Photo: Mlaurenti at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Monroe Township reports less crime per resident than 96% of U.S. towns
Annual rates stand at 0.2 violent crime and 2.3 incidents of property crime for every thousand residents, next to 2.1 and 13.8 in the rest of New Jersey. Add to that, each of the 4 towns on its borders with figures records more crime per resident. Scored on crimes Monroe Township’s police reported across 2023 to 2025, the town lands on A+ for safety: #15 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 Monroe Township
Monroe Township reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 8 New Jersey towns on Monroe Township’s borders, 4 have a Safety Grade: Manalapan Township (A−), Cranbury Township (A−), East Windsor Township (B+), South Brunswick Township (B+). Old Bridge Township and Helmetta reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 2025. Spotswood reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023. Millstone Township has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Monroe 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 | Monroe Township | Rest of New Jersey | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.1 | 1.9 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.3 | 2.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.1 | 2.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.2 | 2.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Monroe Township’s police reported 27 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.2 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 Monroe 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 fewer than 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 | Monroe Township property | Rest of New Jersey property | Monroe Township violent | Rest of New Jersey violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.2 | 13.9 | 0.1 | 1.9 |
| 2023 | 2.3 | 14.8 | 0.3 | 2.2 |
| 2024 | 2.6 | 14.0 | 0.1 | 2.2 |
| 2025 | 1.9 | 12.7 | 0.2 | 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.
103 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.
8 violent and 95 property, as reported to the FBI by Monroe Township’s police.
Eight people died in crashes on Monroe Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Monroe Township had 8 fatal crashes in five years, in which eight people died.
That is fewer than is typical for New Jersey towns of 25,000–100,000 people: at their median rate (5.8 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Monroe Township’s size would see about 14 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Monroe Township’s own rate (3.3) 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.
Monroe Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monroe Township | A+ | 0.2 | 2.3 |
| Old Bridge Township | — | — | — |
| Helmetta | — | — | — |
| Spotswood | — | — | — |
| Manalapan Township | A− | 0.3 | 6.1 |
| East Windsor Township | B+ | 0.6 | 8.3 |
| Cranbury Township | A− | 0.4 | 8.1 |
| Millstone Township | — | — | — |
| South Brunswick Township | B+ | 1.2 | 7.4 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Old Bridge Township and Helmetta reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 2025. Spotswood reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023. Millstone Township has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
New Jersey towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monroe Township | A+ | 0.2 | 2.3 |
| East Brunswick Township | B− | 1.1 | 12.4 |
| Evesham Township | B− | 0.9 | 14.6 |
| West Orange Township | B− | 1.5 | 12.9 |
| Egg Harbor Township | C+ | 1.4 | 18.1 |
| Mount Laurel Township | C | 2.2 | 19.1 |
The five graded New Jersey towns closest to Monroe Township’s population (49,830), 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 Monroe 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 Monroe Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (50,506 in 2025); our figure for Monroe Township is 49,830 (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 Monroe Township
Is Monroe Township, NJ safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Monroe Township 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 0.2 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 Monroe Township?
0.2 violent and 2.3 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 Monroe Township in 2025?
Monroe 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 Monroe Township safer than Manalapan Township?
Manalapan Township reports more crime per resident than Monroe Township: Manalapan Township grades A− for safety and Monroe Township A+. Manalapan Township’s police reported 0.3 violent and 6.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Monroe Township?
Monroe Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Monroe Township, Middlesex County”. 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.