Photo: Zeete · CC BY-SA 4.0Less violent crime is recorded per resident in Middletown Township than in 83% of U.S. towns
Next door, 2 of 4 towns with figures record less crime per resident. The local count comes to 0.6 violent crime and 6.1 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people each year, with 2.1 and 13.8 in the rest of New Jersey. On crimes reported by Middletown Township’s police in 2023–2025, it grades A− for safety: #111 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 Middletown Township
2 of the 4 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 8 New Jersey towns on Middletown Township’s borders, 4 have a Safety Grade: Colts Neck Township (A), Holmdel Township (A−), Highlands (B+), Red Bank (B−). Atlantic Highlands and Rumson reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 2025. Tinton Falls has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Keansburg reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023. Neighbors ↓
Among New Jersey towns, closer to the middle
New Jersey’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Middletown Township’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 68% of the 342 New Jersey towns we grade, against 80% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
A college town
Middletown Township is home to Brookdale Community College, with 9,316 students taking classes on campus (federal college data), and 5% of residents are enrolled in college (Census). Students who live in town count as residents, so they are part of the per-resident rate. How to read it ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Middletown 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 | Middletown Township | Rest of New Jersey | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.4 | 2.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.6 | 2.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Middletown Township’s police reported 112 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.
Crime in Middletown 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 | Middletown Township property | Rest of New Jersey property | Middletown Township violent | Rest of New Jersey violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 7.1 | 14.8 | 0.4 | 2.2 |
| 2024 | 6.4 | 14.0 | 0.6 | 2.2 |
| 2025 | 4.9 | 12.7 | 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, 2023–2025, against the rest of New Jersey.
376 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.
47 violent and 329 property, as reported to the FBI by Middletown Township’s police.
16 people died in crashes on Middletown Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Middletown Township had 16 fatal crashes in five years, in which 16 people died; 6 were pedestrians and 1 was a cyclist.
That is 4.8 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, below the median for New Jersey towns of 25,000–100,000 people (5.8, 102 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.
Middletown Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middletown Township | A− | 0.6 | 6.1 |
| Atlantic Highlands | — | — | — |
| Tinton Falls | — | — | — |
| Colts Neck Township | A | 0.2 | 6.2 |
| Red Bank | B− | 2.0 | 11.7 |
| Holmdel Township | A− | 0.3 | 6.8 |
| Keansburg | — | — | — |
| Highlands | B+ | 1.5 | 4.3 |
| Rumson | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Atlantic Highlands and Rumson reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 2025. Tinton Falls has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Keansburg reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023.
New Jersey towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middletown Township | A− | 0.6 | 6.1 |
| Franklin Township | B+ | 0.7 | 9.2 |
| Gloucester Township | B | 0.8 | 11.7 |
| Union Township | B− | 0.7 | 17.5 |
| Passaic | D | 6.4 | 19.6 |
| Camden | D− | 14.6 | 31.3 |
The five graded New Jersey towns closest to Middletown Township’s population (67,135), 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 Middletown Township. A citywide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of the city to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Middletown Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (66,938 in 2025); our figure for Middletown Township is 67,135 (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 Middletown Township
Is Middletown Township, NJ safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Middletown Township reports less crime per resident than 80% of U.S. towns, an A− Safety Grade and #111 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 Middletown Township?
0.6 violent and 6.1 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 Middletown Township in 2025?
Middletown 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 Middletown Township safer than Colts Neck Township?
Colts Neck Township reports less crime per resident than Middletown Township: Colts Neck Township grades A for safety and Middletown Township A−. Colts Neck Township’s police reported 0.2 violent and 6.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Middletown Township?
Middletown Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Middletown 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.