Photo: Jerrye & Roy Klotz, MD · CC BY-SA 3.0What is recorded in Pine Brook, and why there is no grade
Fairfield Township, 2 miles away, is the nearest town with a Safety Grade (B−). Pine Brook has no FBI crime figures of its own for 2023–2025, so there is nothing to grade it on. A 10-mile radius takes in 38 places that are graded.
The nearest New Jersey towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairfield Township | B− | 2 mi | 0.5 | 15.7 |
| West Caldwell Township | A− | 3 mi | 0.3 | 8.3 |
| East Hanover Township | B− | 4 mi | 0.2 | 17.6 |
| Caldwell | A | 4 mi | 0.5 | 3.7 |
| Boonton | B+ | 4 mi | 0.4 | 8.3 |
| Parsippany-Troy Hills Township | B+ | 4 mi | 0.5 | 8.4 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Pine Brook. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Pine Brook.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Five people died in crashes on Pine Brook’s roads in 2019–2023
Pine Brook had 5 fatal crashes in five years, in which five people died; 3 were pedestrians. 1 died in crash 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 Pine Brook’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Pine Brook’s own rate (16.8) 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.
Pine Brook and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montville Township | — | — | — |
| Parsippany-Troy Hills Township | B+ | 0.5 | 8.4 |
| Fairfield Township | B− | 0.5 | 15.7 |
| East Hanover Township | B− | 0.2 | 17.6 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Montville Township reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 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.
- A county agency covers a wide area. Its totals mix many communities, so they say little about any one of them.
- 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 Pine Brook
Is Pine Brook, NJ safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Pine Brook. The nearest New Jersey towns with a grade are Fairfield Township (B−, 2 mi), West Caldwell Township (A−, 3 mi), East Hanover Township (B−, 4 mi).
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Pine Brook.
Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 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.