Photo: Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0Sea Bright has less property crime per resident than 83% of U.S. towns
Each of the 3 towns on its borders with figures records less crime per resident. Taking everything together, Sea Bright scores B+: less crime per resident than 68% of U.S. towns, measured on crimes its police reported between 2023 and 2025. On top of that, the local count comes to 1.9 violent crimes and 4.4 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people each year, with 2.1 and 13.8 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 Sea Bright
3 of the 3 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 4 New Jersey towns on Sea Bright’s borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: Monmouth Beach (A+), Middletown Township (A−), Highlands (B+). Rumson reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 2025. Neighbors ↓
A job center
Sea Bright has 1,001 jobs based in town for 1,460 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Sea Bright’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Property crime holds Sea Bright’s grade up; violent crime pulls it down. Its violent rate (1.9) 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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Sea Bright | Rest of New Jersey | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.8 | 1.9 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Sea Bright’s police reported 8 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.9 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 Sea Bright 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.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | Sea Bright property | Rest of New Jersey property | Sea Bright violent | Rest of New Jersey violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.8 | 13.9 | 2.8 | 1.9 |
| 2023 | 0.7 | 14.8 | 1.4 | 2.2 |
| 2024 | 2.1 | 14.0 | 2.1 | 2.2 |
| 2025 | 10.4 | 12.6 | 2.1 | 2.0 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of New Jersey.
18 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.
3 violent and 15 property, as reported to the FBI by Sea Bright’s police.
No one died in a crash on Sea Bright’s roads in 2019–2023
That is about what is typical for New Jersey towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (4.9 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Sea Bright’s size would see about 0 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Sea Bright’s own rate (0.0) 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.
Sea Bright and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sea Bright | B+ | 1.9 | 4.4 |
| Rumson | — | — | — |
| Monmouth Beach | A+ | 0.1 | 2.6 |
| Middletown Township | A− | 0.6 | 6.1 |
| Highlands | B+ | 1.5 | 4.3 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Rumson reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 2025.
New Jersey towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sea Bright | B+ | 1.9 | 4.4 |
| Frenchtown | A+ | 0.2 | 2.9 |
| Allentown | A | 0.2 | 4.4 |
| Chester | A− | 0.0 | 9.2 |
| Alpine | B+ | 0.4 | 9.8 |
| Winfield Township | B | 0.9 | 11.1 |
The five graded New Jersey towns closest to Sea Bright’s population (1,460), 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 Sea Bright. 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 Sea Bright’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (1,445 in 2025); our figure for Sea Bright is 1,460 (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 Sea Bright
Is Sea Bright, NJ safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Sea Bright reports less crime per resident than 68% of U.S. towns, a B+ Safety Grade. Its police reported 1.9 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 Sea Bright?
1.9 violent and 4.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of New Jersey reports 2.1 and 13.8; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is Sea Bright safer than Monmouth Beach?
Monmouth Beach reports less crime per resident than Sea Bright: Monmouth Beach grades A+ for safety and Sea Bright B+. Monmouth Beach’s police reported 0.1 violent and 2.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Sea Bright?
Sea Bright’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Sea Bright”. 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.