Allen House · Photo: ClassicLady · CC BY-SA 3.0Shrewsbury reports less violent crime than most U.S. towns, but more property crime
Of the 4 towns on its borders with figures, 3 record less crime per resident. Out of every 1,000 residents, 0.5 violent crime and 19.5 incidents of property crime are reported annually, against 2.1 and 13.8 in the rest of New Jersey. By contrast, its Safety Grade, C+ (#256 of 342 graded towns in New Jersey), rests on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025: close to the middle of U.S. towns. The crimes the grade counts fell 35% per resident from 2023 to 2025.
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 Shrewsbury
3 of the 4 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 5 New Jersey towns on Shrewsbury’s borders, 4 have a Safety Grade: Little Silver (A), Oceanport (A), Red Bank (B−), Eatontown (C+). Tinton Falls has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Among New Jersey towns, lower
New Jersey’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Shrewsbury’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 25% of the 342 New Jersey towns we grade, against 43% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
A job center
Shrewsbury has 5,739 jobs based in town for 4,178 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
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 Shrewsbury’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Shrewsbury’s grade up; property crime pulls it down.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Shrewsbury property | Rest of New Jersey property | Shrewsbury violent | Rest of New Jersey violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 19.8 | 13.8 | 1.0 | 1.9 |
| 2023 | 23.5 | 14.7 | 0.5 | 2.2 |
| 2024 | 20.0 | 14.0 | 0.2 | 2.2 |
| 2025 | 14.9 | 12.6 | 0.7 | 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 | Shrewsbury | Rest of New Jersey | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.5 | 2.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.2 | 2.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Shrewsbury’s police reported 6 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.5 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 Shrewsbury 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 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
65 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 62 property, as reported to the FBI by Shrewsbury’s police.
Three people died in crashes on Shrewsbury’s roads in 2019–2023
Shrewsbury had 3 fatal crashes in five years, in which three people died; 3 were pedestrians.
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 Shrewsbury’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Shrewsbury’s own rate (14.4) 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.
Shrewsbury and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shrewsbury | C+ | 0.5 | 19.5 |
| Eatontown | C+ | 2.1 | 16.8 |
| Oceanport | A | 0.5 | 4.6 |
| Tinton Falls | — | — | — |
| Little Silver | A | 0.1 | 6.1 |
| Red Bank | B− | 2.0 | 11.7 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Tinton Falls has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
New Jersey towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shrewsbury | C+ | 0.5 | 19.5 |
| Lambertville | A− | 0.4 | 5.5 |
| Cranbury Township | A− | 0.4 | 8.1 |
| Bradley Beach | B | 0.3 | 13.9 |
| Merchantville | B− | 1.1 | 15.4 |
| Riverdale | C | 0.6 | 26.7 |
The five graded New Jersey towns closest to Shrewsbury’s population (4,178), 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 Shrewsbury. 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 Shrewsbury’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (4,166 in 2025); our figure for Shrewsbury is 4,178 (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 Shrewsbury
Is Shrewsbury, NJ safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Shrewsbury reports more crime per resident than 57% of U.S. towns, a C+ Safety Grade and #256 of 342 in New Jersey. Its police reported 0.5 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 Shrewsbury?
0.5 violent and 19.5 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 Shrewsbury safer than Eatontown?
Eatontown reports more crime per resident than Shrewsbury: Eatontown grades C+ for safety and Shrewsbury C+. Eatontown’s police reported 2.1 violent and 16.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Shrewsbury?
Shrewsbury’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Shrewsbury”. 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.