Photo: Dough4872 · CC BY-SA 4.0For property crime, North Wildwood trails 91% of U.S. towns per resident
The graded rate fell 40% from 2023 to 2025. Still, the overall Safety Grade is C− (#317 of 342 graded towns in New Jersey), which means more crime per resident than 84% of U.S. towns, judged on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025. Out of every 1,000 residents, 2.5 violent crimes and 30.3 incidents of property crime are reported annually, 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 North Wildwood
1 of the 1 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 2 New Jersey towns on North Wildwood’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Middle Township (C). Wildwood reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023. 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 North Wildwood’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 (2.5) 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 per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | North Wildwood property | Rest of New Jersey property | North Wildwood violent | Rest of New Jersey violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 41.4 | 13.8 | 2.5 | 1.9 |
| 2023 | 36.3 | 14.7 | 3.0 | 2.2 |
| 2024 | 31.9 | 14.0 | 3.6 | 2.2 |
| 2025 | 22.6 | 12.6 | 0.8 | 2.0 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
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.
Crime in North Wildwood 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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | North Wildwood | Rest of New Jersey | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 3.0 | 2.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 3.6 | 2.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
North Wildwood’s police reported 27 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.5 per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.1 in the rest of New Jersey and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
83 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.
3 violent and 80 property, as reported to the FBI by North Wildwood’s police.
No one died in a crash on North Wildwood’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 North Wildwood’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so North Wildwood’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.
North Wildwood and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Wildwood | C− | 2.5 | 30.3 |
| Middle Township | C | 2.9 | 16.9 |
| Wildwood | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Wildwood reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023.
New Jersey towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Wildwood | C− | 2.5 | 30.3 |
| South Harrison Township | A+ | 0.0 | 1.6 |
| Stanhope | A | 0.6 | 2.5 |
| High Bridge | A− | 0.5 | 6.0 |
| Saddle River | A− | 0.4 | 7.8 |
| Pohatcong Township | C− | 0.4 | 39.4 |
The five graded New Jersey towns closest to North Wildwood’s population (3,518), 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 North Wildwood. 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 North Wildwood’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (3,540 in 2025); our figure for North Wildwood is 3,518 (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 North Wildwood
Is North Wildwood, NJ safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, North Wildwood reports more crime per resident than 84% of U.S. towns, a C− Safety Grade and #317 of 342 in New Jersey. Its police reported 2.5 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 North Wildwood?
2.5 violent and 30.3 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.
Is North Wildwood safer than Middle Township?
Middle Township reports less crime per resident than North Wildwood: Middle Township grades C for safety and North Wildwood C−. Middle Township’s police reported 2.9 violent and 16.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices North Wildwood?
North Wildwood’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “North Wildwood”. 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.