Photo: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ, M.D. · CC BY-SA 4.0Ocean Township reports more crime per resident than 78% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Ocean Township’s police in 2023–2025, it grades C− for safety: #300 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 Ocean Township
2 of the 3 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 5 New Jersey towns on Ocean Township’s borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: West Long Branch (B), Eatontown (C+), Neptune Township (D). Asbury Park reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2025 but not 2024. Tinton Falls has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Reported crime is rising
Crime reported per resident rose 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 Ocean Township’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Ocean Township’s grade up; property crime pulls it down.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Ocean Township’s police reported 116 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.4 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 | Ocean Township | Rest of New Jersey | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.1 | 2.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Reported crime is rising
Reported crime per resident rose 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 | Ocean Township property | Rest of New Jersey property | Ocean Township violent | Rest of New Jersey violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 25.8 | 13.8 | 1.2 | 1.9 |
| 2023 | 23.6 | 14.7 | 1.1 | 2.2 |
| 2024 | 34.0 | 13.9 | 1.9 | 2.2 |
| 2025 | 28.4 | 12.6 | 1.2 | 2.0 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
For every 1,000 residents, about 28 property crimes reported
And about 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.
829 crimes reported in 2025
33 violent and 796 property, as reported to the FBI by Ocean 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.
Six people died in crashes on Ocean Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Ocean Township had 6 fatal crashes in five years, in which six people died; 1 was a pedestrian and 2 were cyclists.
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 Ocean Township’s size would see about 8 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Ocean Township’s own rate (4.3) 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 Township and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ocean Township | C− | 1.4 | 28.6 |
| Eatontown | C+ | 2.1 | 16.8 |
| West Long Branch | B | 0.5 | 12.6 |
| Asbury Park | — | — | — |
| Neptune Township | D | 3.0 | 31.6 |
| Tinton Falls | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Asbury Park reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2025 but not 2024. Tinton Falls has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
New Jersey towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ocean Township | C− | 1.4 | 28.6 |
| Bernards Township | A+ | 0.0 | 1.6 |
| Rockaway Township | B+ | 0.5 | 8.9 |
| Pemberton Township | C+ | 3.3 | 10.3 |
| Millville | D | 4.6 | 39.8 |
| Bridgeton | D− | 8.5 | 33.1 |
The five graded New Jersey towns closest to Ocean Township’s population (28,088), 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 Ocean 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 Ocean Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (28,072 in 2025); our figure for Ocean Township is 28,088 (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 Township
Is Ocean Township, NJ safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Ocean Township reports more crime per resident than 78% of U.S. towns, a C− Safety Grade and #300 of 342 in New Jersey. Its police reported 1.4 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 Ocean Township?
1.4 violent and 28.6 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 Ocean Township?
Reported crime per resident rose from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
How many homicides were there in Ocean Township in 2025?
Ocean Township’s police reported 2 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 7.1 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Ocean Township safer than Eatontown?
Eatontown reports less crime per resident than Ocean Township: Eatontown grades C+ for safety and Ocean Township C−. Eatontown’s police reported 2.1 violent and 16.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Ocean Township?
Ocean Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Ocean Township, Monmouth County”. 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.