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Ocean Gate’s police reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023, so there is no Safety Grade: the grade needs all three years, 2023–2025.
For every 1,000 residents, about 2 property crimes reported
And about 2 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.
The years Ocean Gate’s police reported
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents, against the rest of New Jersey. A year the department didn’t report in full is a gap, not a zero.
Show as a table
| Year | Ocean Gate | Rest of New Jersey | Ocean Gate | Rest of New Jersey |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 15.0 | 13.9 | 1.0 | 1.9 |
| 2023 | not reported | 14.8 | not reported | 2.2 |
| 2024 | 4.9 | 14.0 | 2.9 | 2.2 |
| 2025 | 1.5 | 12.6 | 1.5 | 2.0 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
6 crimes reported in 2025
3 violent and 3 property, as reported to the FBI by Ocean Gate’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
The nearest New Jersey towns with a Safety Grade
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seaside Park | A | 3 mi | 0.8 | 3.6 |
| Berkeley Township | B+ | 3 mi | 1.3 | 7.1 |
| Seaside Heights | D− | 3 mi | 8.2 | 38.4 |
| Beachwood | B+ | 4 mi | 0.8 | 7.8 |
| South Toms River | B | 4 mi | 1.0 | 10.2 |
| Lavallette | A− | 4 mi | 0.7 | 5.5 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Ocean Gate. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Ocean Gate.
No one died in a crash on Ocean Gate’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 Ocean Gate’s size would see about 0 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Ocean Gate’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.
Ocean Gate and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
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 Ocean Gate. 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 Ocean Gate’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (2,005 in 2025); our figure for Ocean Gate is 2,005 (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 Ocean Gate
Is Ocean Gate, NJ safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Ocean Gate. Ocean Gate’s police reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023, so there is no Safety Grade: the grade needs all three years, 2023–2025. The nearest New Jersey towns with a grade are Seaside Park (A, 3 mi), Berkeley Township (B+, 3 mi), Seaside Heights (D−, 3 mi).
Who polices Ocean Gate?
Ocean Gate’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Ocean Gate”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
Heads-up board
Neighbors looking out for each other in Ocean Gate.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Please don’t name or describe individuals. In an emergency, call 911.
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.