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-SA 4.0Crime per resident in Monmouth Beach runs lower than in 96% of U.S. towns
On violence it beats 97% of U.S. towns, and on property crime 93%. Measured on crimes Monmouth Beach’s police reported between 2023 and 2025, it earns a Safety Grade of A+: #15 of 342 graded towns in New Jersey. The yearly rates were 0.1 violent crime and 2.6 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, set against 2.1 and 13.8 in the rest of 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 Monmouth Beach
Monmouth Beach reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 5 New Jersey towns on Monmouth Beach’s borders, 4 have a Safety Grade: Little Silver (A), Oceanport (A), Sea Bright (B+), Long Branch (C+). Rumson reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 2025. Neighbors ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Monmouth Beach’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 | Monmouth Beach | Rest of New Jersey | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.3 | 2.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Monmouth Beach’s police reported 1 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.
Crime in Monmouth Beach 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 no violent crimes, 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 | Monmouth Beach property | Rest of New Jersey property | Monmouth Beach violent | Rest of New Jersey violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6.8 | 13.9 | 0.0 | 1.9 |
| 2023 | 2.8 | 14.8 | 0.0 | 2.2 |
| 2024 | 2.2 | 14.0 | 0.3 | 2.2 |
| 2025 | 2.8 | 12.6 | 0.0 | 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.
9 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.
0 violent and 9 property, as reported to the FBI by Monmouth Beach’s police.
No one died in a crash on Monmouth Beach’s roads in 2019–2023
That is about what is typical for New Jersey towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (4.9 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Monmouth Beach’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Monmouth Beach’s own rate (0.0) 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.
Monmouth Beach and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monmouth Beach | A+ | 0.1 | 2.6 |
| Long Branch | C+ | 2.4 | 14.7 |
| Oceanport | A | 0.5 | 4.6 |
| Little Silver | A | 0.1 | 6.1 |
| Sea Bright | B+ | 1.9 | 4.4 |
| Rumson | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Rumson reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 2025.
New Jersey towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monmouth Beach | A+ | 0.1 | 2.6 |
| Franklin Township | A | 0.4 | 3.0 |
| Hamburg | B+ | 1.9 | 4.0 |
| Moonachie | B+ | 1.2 | 7.5 |
| Long Beach Township | B− | 1.3 | 13.3 |
| Lawnside | D− | 3.3 | 60.0 |
The five graded New Jersey towns closest to Monmouth Beach’s population (3,226), 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 Monmouth Beach. 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 Monmouth Beach’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (3,229 in 2025); our figure for Monmouth Beach is 3,226 (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 Monmouth Beach
Is Monmouth Beach, NJ safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Monmouth Beach reports less crime per resident than 96% of U.S. towns, an A+ Safety Grade and #15 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 Monmouth Beach?
0.1 violent and 2.6 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 Monmouth Beach safer than Long Branch?
Long Branch reports more crime per resident than Monmouth Beach: Long Branch grades C+ for safety and Monmouth Beach A+. Long Branch’s police reported 2.4 violent and 14.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Monmouth Beach?
Monmouth Beach’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Monmouth Beach”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Monmouth Beach.
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.