Photo: Jerrye & Roy Klotz, MD · CC BY-SA 3.0Mount Olive Township reports less crime per resident than 89% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Mount Olive Township’s police in 2023–2025, it grades A for safety: #61 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 Mount Olive Township
3 of the 6 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 8 New Jersey towns on Mount Olive Township’s borders, 6 have a Safety Grade: Chester Township (A+), Washington Township (A), Stanhope (A), Hackettstown (A), Roxbury Township (A−), Netcong (A−). Byram Township reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023. Allamuchy 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 Mount Olive 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
Mount Olive Township’s police reported 33 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.4 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 | Mount Olive Township | Rest of New Jersey | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.4 | 1.9 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.2 | 2.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.6 | 2.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 4 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.
Reported crime is steady
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.
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| Year | Mount Olive Township property | Rest of New Jersey property | Mount Olive Township violent | Rest of New Jersey violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4.5 | 13.9 | 0.4 | 1.9 |
| 2023 | 3.6 | 14.8 | 0.2 | 2.2 |
| 2024 | 5.1 | 14.0 | 0.6 | 2.2 |
| 2025 | 3.9 | 12.6 | 0.3 | 2.0 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
126 crimes reported in 2025
10 violent and 116 property, as reported to the FBI by Mount Olive 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.
Nine people died in crashes on Mount Olive Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Mount Olive Township had 9 fatal crashes in five years, in which nine people died. 3 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is about what 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 Mount Olive Township’s size would see about 8 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Mount Olive Township’s own rate (6.2) 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.
Mount Olive Township and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Olive Township | A | 0.4 | 4.2 |
| Byram Township | — | — | — |
| Hackettstown | A | 0.2 | 5.3 |
| Allamuchy Township | — | — | — |
| Washington Township | A | 0.3 | 3.3 |
| Stanhope | A | 0.6 | 2.5 |
| Netcong | A− | 1.3 | 3.8 |
| Roxbury Township | A− | 0.1 | 6.9 |
| Chester Township | A+ | 0.1 | 2.5 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Byram Township reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023. Allamuchy Township has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
New Jersey towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Olive Township | A | 0.4 | 4.2 |
| Bernards Township | A+ | 0.0 | 1.6 |
| Bergenfield | A+ | 0.3 | 2.6 |
| Lacey Township | B+ | 0.8 | 8.2 |
| Englewood | C+ | 3.0 | 11.4 |
| Hamilton Township | C | 1.0 | 24.3 |
The five graded New Jersey towns closest to Mount Olive Township’s population (29,503), 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 Mount Olive 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 Mount Olive Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (29,633 in 2025); our figure for Mount Olive Township is 29,503 (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 Mount Olive Township
Is Mount Olive Township, NJ safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Mount Olive Township reports less crime per resident than 89% of U.S. towns, an A Safety Grade and #61 of 342 in New Jersey. Its police reported 0.4 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 Mount Olive Township?
0.4 violent and 4.2 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 crime going up or down in Mount Olive Township?
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings.
How many homicides were there in Mount Olive Township in 2025?
Mount Olive 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 Mount Olive Township safer than Hackettstown?
Hackettstown reports more crime per resident than Mount Olive Township: Hackettstown grades A for safety and Mount Olive Township A. Hackettstown’s police reported 0.2 violent and 5.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Mount Olive Township?
Mount Olive Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Mount Olive 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.