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Safety in Pemberton · Not graded

What is recorded in Pemberton, and why there is no grade

Of the graded towns, Eastampton Township is the closest, at B. Pemberton’s police reported to the FBI for 2025 but not 2023 or 2024, so there is no Safety Grade: the grade needs all three years, 2023–2025.

Violent crimes
3
reported to the FBI, 2025
Property crimes
10
reported to the FBI, 2025
Nearest graded town
4 mi
Eastampton Township (B)
1,000 neighbors · one year

For every 1,000 residents, about 7 property crimes reported

Property crime (7.1)Violent crime (2.1)Everyone else

Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025

Pemberton2.1
Rest of NJ2.0
U.S. (FBI)3.3

Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025

Pemberton7.1
Rest of NJ12.6
U.S. (FBI)15.5

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 2 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.

By year

The years Pemberton’s police reported

Show as a table
YearPembertonRest of New JerseyPembertonRest of New Jersey
2022not reported13.9not reported1.9
2023not reported14.8not reported2.2
2024not reported14.0not reported2.2
20257.112.62.12.0

Crimes per 1,000 residents

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.

What gets reported

13 crimes reported in 2025

2025 offenses reported

Larceny / theft10
Burglary0
Vehicle theft0
Aggravated assault2
Robbery1
Rape0
Homicide0
Arson0
3
violent crimes
10
property crimes

Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.

3 violent and 10 property, as reported to the FBI by Pemberton’s police.

Nearest with figures

The nearest New Jersey towns with a Safety Grade

TownGradeDistanceViolentProperty
Eastampton TownshipB4 mi1.57.4
Pemberton TownshipC+4 mi3.310.3
Mount Holly TownshipC5 mi3.416.6
Lumberton TownshipB−6 mi1.214.9
Westampton TownshipC−8 mi3.220.8
Mansfield TownshipA−8 mi0.96.0

Straight-line distance from the center of Pemberton. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Pemberton.

Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

On the roads

Three people died in crashes on Pemberton’s roads in 2019–2023

Pemberton had 2 fatal crashes in five years, in which three people died.

That is more than 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 Pemberton’s size would see about 0 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Pemberton’s own rate (45.7) is context, not a ranking.

3
people died in crashes, 2019–2023
0
pedestrians among them
0
cyclists among them
45.7
per 100,000 a year · New Jersey towns of 2,500–5,000: 4.9

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.

Next door

Pemberton and its neighbors

Pemberton Heights: not gradedPemberton HeightsPemberton
A rangeB rangeC rangeD rangeNot graded
TownGradeViolentProperty

Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.

How to read these numbers

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. 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’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
  • Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (1,399 in 2025); our figure for Pemberton is 1,406 (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

Is Pemberton, NJ safe?

There is no Safety Grade for Pemberton. The nearest New Jersey towns with a grade are Eastampton Township (B, 4 mi), Pemberton Township (C+, 4 mi), Mount Holly Township (C, 5 mi).

Who polices Pemberton?

Pemberton’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Pemberton Borough”. 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.