Photo: Goldfishbutt · Public domainMillburn Township reports less violent crime than most U.S. towns, but more property crime
Overall, Millburn Township grades B− for safety (#249 of 342 graded towns in New Jersey): close to the middle 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 Millburn Township
7 of the 8 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 8 New Jersey towns on Millburn Township’s borders, 8 have a Safety Grade: Chatham (A), Florham Park (A), Summit (A−), Livingston Township (B+), Springfield Township (B+), Maplewood Township (B), West Orange Township (B−), Union Township (B−). Neighbors ↓
Among New Jersey towns, lower
New Jersey’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Millburn Township’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 27% of the 342 New Jersey towns we grade, against 46% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
A job center
Millburn Township has 16,698 jobs based in town for 22,874 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
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 Millburn 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 Millburn Township’s grade up; property crime pulls it down.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Millburn Township’s police reported 7 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.1 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 | Millburn Township | Rest of New Jersey | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.2 | 1.9 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.2 | 2.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.1 | 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 | Millburn Township property | Rest of New Jersey property | Millburn Township violent | Rest of New Jersey violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 24.5 | 13.8 | 0.2 | 1.9 |
| 2023 | 21.1 | 14.7 | 0.2 | 2.2 |
| 2024 | 22.8 | 14.0 | 0.0 | 2.2 |
| 2025 | 16.4 | 12.6 | 0.1 | 2.0 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
For every 1,000 residents, about 16 property crimes reported
And fewer than 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.
380 crimes reported in 2025
2 violent and 378 property, as reported to the FBI by Millburn 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.
One person died in crashes on Millburn Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Millburn Township had 1 fatal crash in five years, in which one person died; 1 was a pedestrian.
That is fewer than 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 Millburn Township’s size would see about 5 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Millburn Township’s own rate (0.9) 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.
Millburn Township and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Millburn Township | B− | 0.1 | 20.1 |
| Union Township | B− | 0.7 | 17.5 |
| Florham Park | A | 0.2 | 5.7 |
| Springfield Township | B+ | 0.8 | 9.9 |
| Chatham | A | 0.1 | 5.4 |
| Summit | A− | 0.7 | 6.6 |
| Livingston Township | B+ | 0.6 | 9.3 |
| Maplewood Township | B | 0.6 | 11.7 |
| West Orange Township | B− | 1.5 | 12.9 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
New Jersey towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Millburn Township | B− | 0.1 | 20.1 |
| Vernon Township | A+ | 0.1 | 1.4 |
| West Deptford Township | B | 1.2 | 11.5 |
| North Plainfield | C+ | 1.7 | 14.7 |
| Secaucus | C− | 1.4 | 31.2 |
| Hillside Township | C− | 2.2 | 28.6 |
The five graded New Jersey towns closest to Millburn Township’s population (22,874), 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 Millburn 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 Millburn Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (23,019 in 2025); our figure for Millburn Township is 22,874 (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 Millburn Township
Is Millburn Township, NJ safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Millburn Township reports more crime per resident than 54% of U.S. towns, a B− Safety Grade and #249 of 342 in New Jersey. Its police reported 0.1 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 Millburn Township?
0.1 violent and 20.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of New Jersey reports 2.1 and 13.7; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is crime going up or down in Millburn Township?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
Is Millburn Township safer than Union Township?
Union Township reports more crime per resident than Millburn Township: Union Township grades B− for safety and Millburn Township B−. Union Township’s police reported 0.7 violent and 17.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Millburn Township?
Millburn Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Millburn 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.