Photo: Dorian Wallender from Lake Havasu City, Arizona, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0Neptune Township reports more crime per resident than 87% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Neptune Township’s police in 2023–2025, it grades D for safety: #325 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 Neptune Township
6 of the 6 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 8 New Jersey towns on Neptune Township’s borders, 6 have a Safety Grade: Wall Township (B), Bradley Beach (B), Avon-by-the-Sea (B), Belmar (B−), Ocean Township (C−), Neptune City (C−). Tinton Falls has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Asbury Park reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2025 but not 2024. Neighbors ↓
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 Neptune 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 higher than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (3.0) is below the FBI’s national estimate (3.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
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 | Neptune Township property | Rest of New Jersey property | Neptune Township violent | Rest of New Jersey violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 29.1 | 13.8 | 3.9 | 1.9 |
| 2023 | 34.3 | 14.7 | 3.4 | 2.2 |
| 2024 | 32.6 | 13.9 | 2.9 | 2.2 |
| 2025 | 28.0 | 12.6 | 2.8 | 2.0 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
For every 1,000 residents, about 28 property crimes reported
And about 3 violent crimes, 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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Neptune Township’s police reported 256 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 3.0 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 | Neptune Township | Rest of New Jersey | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3.9 | 1.9 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 3.4 | 2.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.9 | 2.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 2.8 | 2.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
868 crimes reported in 2025
79 violent and 789 property, as reported to the FBI by Neptune 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.
Eight people died in crashes on Neptune Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Neptune Township had 8 fatal crashes in five years, in which eight people died; 3 were pedestrians.
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 Neptune Township’s size would see about 8 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Neptune Township’s own rate (5.7) 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.
Neptune Township and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neptune Township | D | 3.0 | 31.6 |
| Wall Township | B | 0.8 | 12.0 |
| Neptune City | C− | 1.9 | 28.5 |
| Belmar | B− | 1.2 | 16.0 |
| Tinton Falls | — | — | — |
| Asbury Park | — | — | — |
| Bradley Beach | B | 0.3 | 13.9 |
| Ocean Township | C− | 1.4 | 28.6 |
| Avon-by-the-Sea | B | 0.3 | 14.9 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Tinton Falls has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Asbury Park reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2025 but not 2024.
New Jersey towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neptune Township | D | 3.0 | 31.6 |
| Bernards Township | A+ | 0.0 | 1.6 |
| Bergenfield | A+ | 0.3 | 2.6 |
| Rockaway Township | B+ | 0.5 | 8.9 |
| Millville | D | 4.6 | 39.8 |
| Bridgeton | D− | 8.5 | 33.1 |
The five graded New Jersey towns closest to Neptune Township’s population (28,273), 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 Neptune 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 Neptune Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (28,227 in 2025); our figure for Neptune Township is 28,273 (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 Neptune Township
Is Neptune Township, NJ safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Neptune Township reports more crime per resident than 87% of U.S. towns, a D Safety Grade and #325 of 342 in New Jersey. Its police reported 3.0 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 Neptune Township?
3.0 violent and 31.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of New Jersey reports 2.1 and 13.7; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is crime going up or down in Neptune Township?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
How many homicides were there in Neptune Township in 2025?
Neptune 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 Neptune Township safer than Wall Township?
Wall Township reports less crime per resident than Neptune Township: Wall Township grades B for safety and Neptune Township D. Wall Township’s police reported 0.8 violent and 12.0 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Neptune Township?
Neptune Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Neptune 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.