William and Margaret Mecum House · Photo: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ, M.D. · CC BY-SA 4.0For property crime, Pennsville Township trails 88% of U.S. towns per resident
The rate the grade counts dropped 41% from 2023 to 2025. In sum, crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025 put Pennsville Township at C (#294 of 342 graded towns in New Jersey): more crime per resident than 75% of U.S. towns. Annual rates stand at 1.2 violent crimes and 27.1 incidents of property crime for every thousand residents, next to 2.1 and 13.7 in the rest of 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 Pennsville Township
1 of the 2 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 4 New Jersey towns on Pennsville Township’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Carneys Point Township (B), Salem (D−). Mannington Township and Elsinboro Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. 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 Pennsville 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 Pennsville Township’s grade up; property crime pulls it down.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Pennsville Township property | Rest of New Jersey property | Pennsville Township violent | Rest of New Jersey violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 30.1 | 13.8 | 1.5 | 1.9 |
| 2023 | 37.5 | 14.7 | 1.1 | 2.2 |
| 2024 | 22.7 | 14.0 | 0.8 | 2.2 |
| 2025 | 21.0 | 12.6 | 1.9 | 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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Pennsville Township | Rest of New Jersey | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.1 | 2.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.8 | 2.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Pennsville Township’s police reported 48 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.2 per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.1 in the rest of New Jersey and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in Pennsville 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.
295 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.
24 violent and 271 property, as reported to the FBI by Pennsville Township’s police.
Seven people died in crashes on Pennsville Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Pennsville Township had 6 fatal crashes in five years, in which seven people died; 1 was a pedestrian. 2 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is more than is typical for New Jersey towns of 5,000–25,000 people: at their median rate (4.5 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Pennsville Township’s size would see about 3 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Pennsville Township’s own rate (11.0) 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.
Pennsville Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsville Township | C | 1.2 | 27.1 |
| Mannington Township | — | — | — |
| Carneys Point Township | B | 1.4 | 8.1 |
| Salem | D− | 14.0 | 23.4 |
| Elsinboro Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Mannington Township and Elsinboro Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
New Jersey towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsville Township | C | 1.2 | 27.1 |
| Oakland | A | 0.4 | 3.3 |
| Bordentown Township | B+ | 0.8 | 9.3 |
| Haddonfield | B | 0.3 | 15.2 |
| Red Bank | B− | 2.0 | 11.7 |
| Lumberton Township | B− | 1.2 | 14.9 |
The five graded New Jersey towns closest to Pennsville Township’s population (12,923), 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 Pennsville 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 Pennsville Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (12,899 in 2025); our figure for Pennsville Township is 12,923 (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 Pennsville Township
Is Pennsville Township, NJ safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Pennsville Township reports more crime per resident than 75% of U.S. towns, a C Safety Grade and #294 of 342 in New Jersey. Its police reported 1.2 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 Pennsville Township?
1.2 violent and 27.1 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 Pennsville Township safer than Carneys Point Township?
Carneys Point Township reports less crime per resident than Pennsville Township: Carneys Point Township grades B for safety and Pennsville Township C. Carneys Point Township’s police reported 1.4 violent and 8.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Pennsville Township?
Pennsville Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Pennsville 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.