Photo: Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's Commons talk page, my Commons user talk page, or my English Wikipedia user talk page; I'll know about it a lot faster) · CC BY 3.0Pemberton Township has more violent crime per resident than three in four U.S. towns
The rate the grade counts dropped 23% from 2023 to 2025. Still, in a usual year, 3.3 violent crimes and 10.3 incidents of property crime are logged per 1,000 inhabitants; in the rest of New Jersey, 2.1 and 13.8. Taking everything together, Pemberton Township scores C+ (#263 of 342 graded towns in New Jersey): more crime per resident than 61% of U.S. towns, measured on crimes its police reported between 2023 and 2025.
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 Pemberton Township
1 of the 1 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 5 New Jersey towns on Pemberton Township’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Eastampton Township (B). Woodland Township, Southampton Township and New Hanover Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Springfield Township reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023. Neighbors ↓
Among New Jersey towns, lower
New Jersey’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Pemberton Township’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 23% of the 342 New Jersey towns we grade, against 39% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
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 Pemberton Township’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Property crime holds Pemberton Township’s grade up; violent crime pulls it down. Its violent rate (3.3) 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 | Pemberton Township property | Rest of New Jersey property | Pemberton Township violent | Rest of New Jersey violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 12.4 | 14.8 | 3.7 | 2.2 |
| 2024 | 9.3 | 14.0 | 3.0 | 2.2 |
| 2025 | 9.3 | 12.6 | 3.2 | 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, 2023–2025, against the rest of New Jersey.
Crime in Pemberton Township 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 3 violent crimes, 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 | Pemberton Township | Rest of New Jersey | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3.7 | 2.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 3.0 | 2.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 3.2 | 2.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Pemberton Township’s police reported 267 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 3.3 per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.1 in the rest of New Jersey and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
341 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.
87 violent and 254 property, as reported to the FBI by Pemberton Township’s police.
17 people died in crashes on Pemberton Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Pemberton Township had 15 fatal crashes in five years, in which 17 people died; 1 was a pedestrian.
That is 12.6 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for New Jersey towns of 25,000–100,000 people (5.8, 102 towns).
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.
Pemberton Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pemberton Township | C+ | 3.3 | 10.3 |
| Woodland Township | — | — | — |
| Southampton Township | — | — | — |
| Eastampton Township | B | 1.5 | 7.4 |
| Springfield Township | — | — | — |
| New Hanover Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Woodland Township, Southampton Township and New Hanover Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Springfield Township reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023.
New Jersey towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pemberton Township | C+ | 3.3 | 10.3 |
| Rockaway Township | B+ | 0.5 | 8.9 |
| Ocean Township | C− | 1.4 | 28.6 |
| Neptune Township | D | 3.0 | 31.6 |
| Millville | D | 4.6 | 39.8 |
| Bridgeton | D− | 8.5 | 33.1 |
The five graded New Jersey towns closest to Pemberton Township’s population (27,611), 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 Pemberton 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 Pemberton Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (27,452 in 2025); our figure for Pemberton Township is 27,611 (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 Pemberton Township
Is Pemberton Township, NJ safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Pemberton Township reports more crime per resident than 61% of U.S. towns, a C+ Safety Grade and #263 of 342 in New Jersey. Its police reported 3.3 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 Pemberton Township?
3.3 violent and 10.3 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.
How many homicides were there in Pemberton Township in 2025?
Pemberton Township’s police reported 1 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 3.6 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Pemberton Township safer than Eastampton Township?
Eastampton Township reports less crime per resident than Pemberton Township: Eastampton Township grades B for safety and Pemberton Township C+. Eastampton Township’s police reported 1.5 violent and 7.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Pemberton Township?
Pemberton Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Pemberton 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.