Photo: Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's Commons talk page, my Commons user talk page, or my English Wikipedia user talk page; I'll know about it a lot faster) · CC BY 3.0The nearest town with a Safety Grade to Plumsted Township is Jackson Township, 7 miles away
Count 4 graded towns in the 10 miles around. Plumsted Township’s police reported to the FBI for 2023 but not 2024 or 2025, so there is no Safety Grade: the grade needs all three years, 2023–2025.
For every 1,000 residents, about 4 property crimes reported
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2023
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2023
Crimes reported to police in 2023 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
And about 1 violent crime, in 2023. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
The years Plumsted Township’s police reported
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| Year | Plumsted Township | Rest of New Jersey | Plumsted Township | Rest of New Jersey |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4.7 | 13.9 | 0.2 | 1.9 |
| 2023 | 3.6 | 14.8 | 0.5 | 2.2 |
| 2024 | not reported | 14.0 | not reported | 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.
36 crimes reported in 2023
2023 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
4 violent and 32 property, as reported to the FBI by Plumsted Township’s police.
The nearest New Jersey towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson Township | A | 7 mi | 0.4 | 3.6 |
| Manchester Township | A | 8 mi | 0.7 | 4.2 |
| Pemberton Township | C+ | 9 mi | 3.3 | 10.3 |
| Lakehurst | C+ | 9 mi | 1.8 | 17.1 |
| Chesterfield Township | A+ | 11 mi | 0.2 | 1.4 |
| Allentown | A | 11 mi | 0.2 | 4.4 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Plumsted Township. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Plumsted Township.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Six people died in crashes on Plumsted Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Plumsted Township had 6 fatal crashes in five years, in which six people died.
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 Plumsted Township’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Plumsted Township’s own rate (13.9) 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.
Plumsted Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson Township | A | 0.4 | 3.6 |
| New Hanover Township | — | — | — |
| Manchester Township | A | 0.7 | 4.2 |
| North Hanover Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. New Hanover Township has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. North Hanover Township reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023.
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 Plumsted 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 Plumsted Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (8,782 in 2023); our figure for Plumsted Township is 9,991 (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 Plumsted Township
Is Plumsted Township, NJ safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Plumsted Township. The nearest New Jersey towns with a grade are Jackson Township (A, 7 mi), Manchester Township (A, 8 mi), Pemberton Township (C+, 9 mi).
Who polices Plumsted Township?
Plumsted Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Plumsted Township”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Plumsted Township.
Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2023, 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.