Photo: Apc106 · CC BY-SA 3.0Per resident, Moorestown Township records less violent crime than 80% of U.S. towns
Each of the 5 towns on its borders with figures records more crime per resident. What’s more, for every 1,000 residents, 0.6 violent crime and 9.8 incidents of property crime were logged a year; in the rest of New Jersey, the figures are 2.1 and 13.8. Overall, it grades B+ for safety (#168 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 Moorestown Township
Moorestown Township reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 5 New Jersey towns on Moorestown Township’s borders, 5 have a Safety Grade: Delran Township (B−), Cinnaminson Township (C+), Willingboro Township (C), Mount Laurel Township (C), Maple Shade Township (C−). Neighbors ↓
Among New Jersey towns, closer to the middle
New Jersey’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Moorestown Township’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 51% of the 342 New Jersey towns we grade, against 67% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
A job center
Moorestown Township has 21,957 jobs based in town for 22,262 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Moorestown 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 | Moorestown 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 | 0.9 | 2.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Moorestown Township’s police reported 41 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 Moorestown 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 | Moorestown Township property | Rest of New Jersey property | Moorestown Township violent | Rest of New Jersey violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 10.7 | 14.8 | 0.4 | 2.2 |
| 2024 | 10.4 | 14.0 | 0.6 | 2.2 |
| 2025 | 8.3 | 12.6 | 0.9 | 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.
200 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.
19 violent and 181 property, as reported to the FBI by Moorestown Township’s police.
Four people died in crashes on Moorestown Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Moorestown Township had 2 fatal crashes in five years, in which four people died; 1 was a pedestrian.
That is about what 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 Moorestown Township’s size would see about 5 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Moorestown Township’s own rate (3.7) 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.
Moorestown Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moorestown Township | B+ | 0.6 | 9.8 |
| Maple Shade Township | C− | 3.5 | 18.9 |
| Mount Laurel Township | C | 2.2 | 19.1 |
| Delran Township | B− | 0.9 | 15.5 |
| Willingboro Township | C | 3.6 | 12.4 |
| Cinnaminson Township | C+ | 1.0 | 19.4 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
New Jersey towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moorestown Township | B+ | 0.6 | 9.8 |
| Lyndhurst Township | B+ | 0.6 | 8.9 |
| West Deptford Township | B | 1.2 | 11.5 |
| Harrison | C | 2.5 | 17.8 |
| Lindenwold | C− | 4.1 | 18.9 |
| Secaucus | C− | 1.4 | 31.2 |
The five graded New Jersey towns closest to Moorestown Township’s population (22,262), 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 Moorestown 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 Moorestown Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (21,904 in 2025); our figure for Moorestown Township is 22,262 (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 Moorestown Township
Is Moorestown Township, NJ safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Moorestown Township reports less crime per resident than 67% of U.S. towns, a B+ Safety Grade and #168 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 Moorestown Township?
0.6 violent and 9.8 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 Moorestown Township safer than Maple Shade Township?
Maple Shade Township reports more crime per resident than Moorestown Township: Maple Shade Township grades C− for safety and Moorestown Township B+. Maple Shade Township’s police reported 3.5 violent and 18.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Moorestown Township?
Moorestown Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Moorestown 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.