Photo: Zeete · CC BY-SA 4.0Crime reported in Piscataway Township, NJ
Middlesex itself is graded A, and no other graded town is as close. Piscataway Township’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.
For every 1,000 residents, about 7 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 1 violent crime, in 2024. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
The years Piscataway Township’s police reported
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| Year | Piscataway Township | Rest of New Jersey | Piscataway Township | Rest of New Jersey |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7.7 | 13.9 | 1.5 | 1.9 |
| 2023 | 9.8 | 14.8 | 1.4 | 2.2 |
| 2024 | 7.0 | 14.0 | 1.1 | 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.
503 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.
67 violent and 436 property, as reported to the FBI by Piscataway Township’s police.
The nearest New Jersey towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Middlesex | A | 3 mi | 0.3 | 5.3 |
| South Plainfield | C+ | 3 mi | 1.4 | 18.9 |
| Highland Park | B | 4 mi | 1.1 | 11.0 |
| New Brunswick | D | 4 mi | 6.7 | 23.9 |
| Green Brook Township | A− | 4 mi | 0.6 | 6.2 |
| Metuchen | B+ | 5 mi | 0.6 | 10.1 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Piscataway Township. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Piscataway Township.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
15 people died in crashes on Piscataway Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Piscataway Township had 15 fatal crashes in five years, in which 15 people died; 2 were pedestrians and 1 was a cyclist. 4 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 4.9 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, below 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.
Piscataway Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Brunswick | D | 6.7 | 23.9 |
| Franklin Township | B+ | 0.7 | 9.2 |
| Edison Township | C+ | 1.8 | 17.9 |
| South Plainfield | C+ | 1.4 | 18.9 |
| Middlesex | A | 0.3 | 5.3 |
| Dunellen | — | — | — |
| South Bound Brook | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Dunellen reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023. South Bound Brook reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2025 but not 2024.
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 Piscataway Township. A citywide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of the city to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Piscataway Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (62,342 in 2024); our figure for Piscataway Township is 62,253 (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 Piscataway Township
Is Piscataway Township, NJ safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Piscataway Township. The nearest New Jersey towns with a grade are Middlesex (A, 3 mi), South Plainfield (C+, 3 mi), Highland Park (B, 4 mi).
Who polices Piscataway Township?
Piscataway Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Piscataway 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, 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.