Photo: Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's Commons talk page, my Commons user talk page, or my English Wikipedia user talk page; I'll know about it a lot faster) · CC BY 4.0Medford Township records less crime per resident than three in four U.S. towns
Per resident, the graded rate barely moved from 2023 to 2025. In a usual year, 0.8 violent crime and 6.8 incidents of property crime are logged per 1,000 inhabitants; in the rest of New Jersey, 2.1 and 13.8. Measured on crimes Medford Township’s police reported between 2023 and 2025, it earns a Safety Grade of A−: #132 of 342 graded towns in New Jersey. One of the 4 towns next door with figures records less crime per resident.
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 Medford Township
1 of the 4 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 7 New Jersey towns on Medford Township’s borders, 4 have a Safety Grade: Waterford Township (A−), Evesham Township (B−), Lumberton Township (B−), Mount Laurel Township (C). Southampton Township, Shamong Township and Tabernacle Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Among New Jersey towns, closer to the middle
New Jersey’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Medford Township’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 61% of the 342 New Jersey towns we grade, against 75% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Medford Township’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are lower than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the stronger of the two.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Medford Township | Rest of New Jersey | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.8 | 2.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.8 | 2.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Medford Township’s police reported 58 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.8 per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.1 in the rest of New Jersey and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in Medford Township per 1,000 residents
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.
And about 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | Medford Township property | Rest of New Jersey property | Medford Township violent | Rest of New Jersey violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 8.1 | 13.9 | 1.1 | 1.9 |
| 2023 | 7.0 | 14.8 | 0.8 | 2.2 |
| 2024 | 6.6 | 14.0 | 0.8 | 2.2 |
| 2025 | 6.7 | 12.6 | 0.7 | 2.0 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of New Jersey.
191 crimes reported in 2025
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
19 violent and 172 property, as reported to the FBI by Medford Township’s police.
Six people died in crashes on Medford Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Medford Township had 6 fatal crashes in five years, in which six people died; 1 was a cyclist.
That is about what is typical for New Jersey towns of 5,000–25,000 people: at their median rate (4.5 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Medford Township’s size would see about 6 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Medford Township’s own rate (4.8) 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.
Medford Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medford Township | A− | 0.8 | 6.8 |
| Southampton Township | — | — | — |
| Waterford Township | A− | 0.1 | 7.0 |
| Lumberton Township | B− | 1.2 | 14.9 |
| Evesham Township | B− | 0.9 | 14.6 |
| Shamong Township | — | — | — |
| Tabernacle Township | — | — | — |
| Mount Laurel Township | C | 2.2 | 19.1 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Southampton Township, Shamong Township and Tabernacle Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
New Jersey towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medford Township | A− | 0.8 | 6.8 |
| Raritan Township | A+ | 0.2 | 1.5 |
| Barnegat Township | A | 0.9 | 2.2 |
| West Milford Township | A | 0.8 | 2.9 |
| Scotch Plains Township | A− | 0.3 | 5.7 |
| Carteret | C+ | 2.4 | 11.9 |
The five graded New Jersey towns closest to Medford Township’s population (25,612), by grade.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
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 Medford 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 Medford Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (25,504 in 2025); our figure for Medford Township is 25,612 (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 Medford Township
Is Medford Township, NJ safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Medford Township reports less crime per resident than 75% of U.S. towns, an A− Safety Grade and #132 of 342 in New Jersey. Its police reported 0.8 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 Medford Township?
0.8 violent and 6.8 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.
How many homicides were there in Medford Township in 2025?
Medford 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 Medford Township safer than Waterford Township?
Waterford Township reports less crime per resident than Medford Township: Waterford Township grades A− for safety and Medford Township A−. Waterford Township’s police reported 0.1 violent and 7.0 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Medford Township?
Medford Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Medford 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.