Photo: Jerrye & Roy Klotz, MD · CC BY-SA 3.0Pennsauken Township reports more crime per resident than 92% of U.S. towns
Behind the grade sit 2.6 violent crimes and 43.3 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people a year, where the comparison is 2.1 and 13.6 in the rest of New Jersey. Next door, 5 of 6 towns with figures record less crime per resident. What’s more, on crimes reported by Pennsauken Township’s police in 2023–2025, it grades D for safety: #332 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 Pennsauken Township
5 of the 6 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 7 New Jersey towns on Pennsauken Township’s borders, 6 have a Safety Grade: Merchantville (B−), Cinnaminson Township (C+), Palmyra (C+), Maple Shade Township (C−), Collingswood (C−), Camden (D−). Cherry Hill Township reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023. Neighbors ↓
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 Pennsauken Township’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are higher than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (2.6) 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.
Crime in Pennsauken 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 2 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
Show as a table
| Year | Pennsauken Township | Rest of New Jersey | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.8 | 1.9 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 3.5 | 2.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Pennsauken Township’s police reported 292 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.6 per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.1 in the rest of New Jersey and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
Show as a table
| Year | Pennsauken Township property | Rest of New Jersey property | Pennsauken Township violent | Rest of New Jersey violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 34.5 | 13.8 | 2.8 | 1.9 |
| 2023 | 42.3 | 14.6 | 3.5 | 2.2 |
| 2024 | 43.5 | 13.8 | 2.5 | 2.2 |
| 2025 | 44.1 | 12.5 | 1.8 | 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, 2022–2025, against the rest of New Jersey.
1,734 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.
67 violent and 1,667 property, as reported to the FBI by Pennsauken Township’s police.
16 people died in crashes on Pennsauken Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Pennsauken Township had 16 fatal crashes in five years, in which 16 people died; 8 were pedestrians.
That is 8.6 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.
Pennsauken Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsauken Township | D | 2.6 | 43.3 |
| Cinnaminson Township | C+ | 1.0 | 19.4 |
| Camden | D− | 14.6 | 31.3 |
| Palmyra | C+ | 1.9 | 17.1 |
| Maple Shade Township | C− | 3.5 | 18.9 |
| Merchantville | B− | 1.1 | 15.4 |
| Cherry Hill Township | — | — | — |
| Collingswood | C− | 1.3 | 28.6 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Cherry Hill Township reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023.
New Jersey towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsauken Township | D | 2.6 | 43.3 |
| Monroe Township | B | 1.4 | 10.2 |
| Galloway Township | B− | 1.8 | 12.3 |
| Belleville Township | C | 2.4 | 19.7 |
| Ewing Township | C− | 2.2 | 24.2 |
| Atlantic City | D− | 17.2 | 63.3 |
The five graded New Jersey towns closest to Pennsauken Township’s population (37,742), 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 Pennsauken 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 Pennsauken Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (37,777 in 2025); our figure for Pennsauken Township is 37,742 (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 Pennsauken Township
Is Pennsauken Township, NJ safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Pennsauken Township reports more crime per resident than 92% of U.S. towns, a D Safety Grade and #332 of 342 in New Jersey. Its police reported 2.6 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 Pennsauken Township?
2.6 violent and 43.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of New Jersey reports 2.1 and 13.6; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Pennsauken Township in 2025?
Pennsauken Township’s police reported 0 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 0.0 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Pennsauken Township safer than Cinnaminson Township?
Cinnaminson Township reports less crime per resident than Pennsauken Township: Cinnaminson Township grades C+ for safety and Pennsauken Township D. Cinnaminson Township’s police reported 1.0 violent and 19.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Pennsauken Township?
Pennsauken Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Pennsauken Township”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
Heads-up board
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Please don’t name or describe individuals. In an emergency, call 911.
Neighbors looking out for each other in Pennsauken Township.
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.