Photo: Jim.henderson · Public domainReported crime per resident in Maplewood Township fell 29% from 2023 to 2025
Overall, Maplewood Township grades B for safety (#190 of 342 graded towns in New Jersey): less crime per resident than 62% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported to the FBI in 2023–2025.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of NJ” is every other New Jersey city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in Maplewood Township
Maplewood Township reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 5 New Jersey towns on Maplewood Township’s borders, 5 have a Safety Grade: South Orange Village Township (B), Millburn Township (B−), Union Township (B−), Newark (C−), Irvington Township (D). Neighbors ↓
Among New Jersey towns, closer to the middle
New Jersey’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Maplewood Township’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 44% of the 342 New Jersey towns we grade, against 62% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Maplewood Township’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Maplewood Township’s grade up; property crime pulls it down. Its property rate (11.7) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Maplewood Township’s police reported 47 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.6 per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.1 in the rest of New Jersey and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
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| Year | Maplewood Township | Rest of New Jersey | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.8 | 2.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.5 | 2.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Reported crime is falling
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of New Jersey.
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| Year | Maplewood Township property | Rest of New Jersey property | Maplewood Township violent | Rest of New Jersey violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 14.1 | 13.8 | 1.0 | 1.9 |
| 2023 | 12.3 | 14.8 | 0.8 | 2.2 |
| 2024 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 0.5 | 2.2 |
| 2025 | 8.8 | 12.6 | 0.5 | 2.0 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
For every 1,000 residents, about 9 property crimes reported
And about 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
245 crimes reported in 2025
14 violent and 231 property, as reported to the FBI by Maplewood Township’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
Two people died in crashes on Maplewood Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Maplewood Township had 2 fatal crashes in five years, in which two people died; 2 were pedestrians.
That is fewer than is typical for New Jersey towns of 25,000–100,000 people: at their median rate (5.8 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Maplewood Township’s size would see about 7 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Maplewood Township’s own rate (1.6) is context, not a ranking.
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Maplewood Township and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maplewood Township | B | 0.6 | 11.7 |
| Irvington Township | D | 4.3 | 25.6 |
| Newark | C− | 5.3 | 19.8 |
| South Orange Village Township | B | 0.6 | 13.9 |
| Millburn Township | B− | 0.1 | 20.1 |
| Union Township | B− | 0.7 | 17.5 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
New Jersey towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maplewood Township | B | 0.6 | 11.7 |
| Barnegat Township | A | 0.9 | 2.2 |
| Ridgewood | A− | 0.4 | 5.6 |
| Cliffside Park | B+ | 0.9 | 6.7 |
| Lodi | B− | 1.6 | 13.1 |
| Paramus | C− | 0.3 | 39.7 |
The five graded New Jersey towns closest to Maplewood Township’s population (26,320), by grade.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- One number for all of Maplewood Township. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Maplewood Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (26,239 in 2025); our figure for Maplewood Township is 26,320 (2025 Census estimate).
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Maplewood Township
Is Maplewood Township, NJ safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Maplewood Township reports less crime per resident than 62% of U.S. towns, a B Safety Grade and #190 of 342 in New Jersey. Its police reported 0.6 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.1 in the rest of New Jersey and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Maplewood Township?
0.6 violent and 11.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of New Jersey reports 2.1 and 13.8; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is crime going up or down in Maplewood Township?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
How many homicides were there in Maplewood Township in 2025?
Maplewood Township’s police reported 0 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 0.0 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Maplewood Township safer than Irvington Township?
Irvington Township reports more crime per resident than Maplewood Township: Irvington Township grades D for safety and Maplewood Township B. Irvington Township’s police reported 4.3 violent and 25.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Maplewood Township?
Maplewood Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Maplewood Township”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.