Safety in Penns Grove, NJ: what is reported
Penns Grove’s police reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 2025, so there is no Safety Grade: the grade needs all three years, 2023–2025. Inside a 10-mile circle sit 6 graded neighbors. The nearest town with a Safety Grade is Carneys Point Township, 3 miles away, graded B.
For every 1,000 residents, about 15 property crimes reported
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2024
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2024
Crimes reported to police in 2024 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
And about 6 violent crimes, in 2024. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
The years Penns Grove’s police reported
Show as a table
| Year | Penns Grove | Rest of New Jersey | Penns Grove | Rest of New Jersey |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 16.2 | 13.8 | 10.4 | 1.9 |
| 2023 | 21.2 | 14.7 | 9.1 | 2.2 |
| 2024 | 15.4 | 14.0 | 5.7 | 2.2 |
| 2025 | not reported | 12.6 | not reported | 2.0 |
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.
103 crimes reported in 2024
2024 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
28 violent and 75 property, as reported to the FBI by Penns Grove’s police.
The nearest New Jersey towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carneys Point Township | B | 3 mi | 1.4 | 8.1 |
| Pennsville Township | C | 7 mi | 1.2 | 27.1 |
| Logan Township | C+ | 8 mi | 0.8 | 19.4 |
| Woolwich Township | A | 8 mi | 0.1 | 5.8 |
| Swedesboro | A | 8 mi | 0.1 | 4.8 |
| Woodstown | B+ | 9 mi | 1.1 | 6.3 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Penns Grove. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Penns Grove.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Two people died in crashes on Penns Grove’s roads in 2019–2023
Penns Grove had 2 fatal crashes in five years, in which two people died; 1 was a pedestrian.
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 Penns Grove’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Penns Grove’s own rate (8.2) 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.
Penns Grove and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carneys Point Township | B | 1.4 | 8.1 |
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.
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 Penns Grove. 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 Penns Grove’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (4,872 in 2024); our figure for Penns Grove is 4,934 (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 Penns Grove
Is Penns Grove, NJ safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Penns Grove. The nearest New Jersey towns with a grade are Carneys Point Township (B, 3 mi), Pennsville Township (C, 7 mi), Logan Township (C+, 8 mi).
Who polices Penns Grove?
Penns Grove’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Penns Grove”. 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, 2024, 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.