Photo: Smallbones · Public domainMiddle Township reports more crime per resident than 70% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Middle Township’s police in 2023–2025, it grades C for safety: #284 of 342 graded towns in New Jersey.
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 Middle Township
1 of the 3 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 6 New Jersey towns on Middle Township’s borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: Lower Township (B+), North Wildwood (C−), Sea Isle City (D). Dennis Township has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Avalon and Wildwood reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023. Neighbors ↓
Among New Jersey towns, lower
New Jersey’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Middle Township’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 17% of the 342 New Jersey towns we grade, against 30% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Middle 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 higher than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (2.9) is below the FBI’s national estimate (3.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns. Its property rate (16.9) 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.
For every 1,000 residents, about 16 property crimes reported
And about 2 violent crimes, 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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Middle Township’s police reported 173 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.9 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 | Middle Township | Rest of New Jersey | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3.1 | 1.9 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 3.5 | 2.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Reported crime is steady
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.
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| Year | Middle Township property | Rest of New Jersey property | Middle Township violent | Rest of New Jersey violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 18.2 | 13.8 | 3.1 | 1.9 |
| 2023 | 15.7 | 14.7 | 3.5 | 2.2 |
| 2024 | 19.3 | 14.0 | 2.6 | 2.2 |
| 2025 | 15.8 | 12.6 | 2.4 | 2.0 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
360 crimes reported in 2025
47 violent and 313 property, as reported to the FBI by Middle 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.
18 people died in crashes on Middle Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Middle Township had 18 fatal crashes in five years, in which 18 people died; 6 were pedestrians and 2 were cyclists.
That is 17.8 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for New Jersey towns of 5,000–25,000 people (4.5, 369 towns).
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.
Middle Township and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middle Township | C | 2.9 | 16.9 |
| Dennis Township | — | — | — |
| Avalon | — | — | — |
| North Wildwood | C− | 2.5 | 30.3 |
| Lower Township | B+ | 1.4 | 6.9 |
| Wildwood | — | — | — |
| Sea Isle City | D | 2.3 | 33.4 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Dennis Township has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Avalon and Wildwood reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023.
New Jersey towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middle Township | C | 2.9 | 16.9 |
| Sparta Township | A | 0.4 | 3.8 |
| Point Pleasant | A | 0.7 | 4.1 |
| Palisades Park | A− | 0.4 | 6.5 |
| Hawthorne | A− | 0.2 | 8.0 |
| Aberdeen Township | B | 1.5 | 7.6 |
The five graded New Jersey towns closest to Middle Township’s population (19,990), 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 Middle 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 Middle Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (19,855 in 2025); our figure for Middle Township is 19,990 (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 Middle Township
Is Middle Township, NJ safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Middle Township reports more crime per resident than 70% of U.S. towns, a C Safety Grade and #284 of 342 in New Jersey. Its police reported 2.9 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 Middle Township?
2.9 violent and 16.9 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 Middle Township?
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings.
Is Middle Township safer than North Wildwood?
North Wildwood reports more crime per resident than Middle Township: North Wildwood grades C− for safety and Middle Township C. North Wildwood’s police reported 2.5 violent and 30.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Middle Township?
Middle Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Middle 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.