Photo: Freeholdman12 · CC BY-SA 4.0Fewer crimes per resident are recorded in South Brunswick Township than in 68% of U.S. towns
The crimes the grade counts fell 24% per resident from 2023 to 2025. It has less violent crime than 63% of U.S. towns, and less property crime than 66%. Measured on crimes South Brunswick Township’s police reported between 2023 and 2025, it earns a Safety Grade of B+: #166 of 342 graded towns in New Jersey. Behind the grade sit 1.2 violent crimes and 7.4 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people a year, where the comparison is 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 South Brunswick Township
4 of the 6 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 7 New Jersey towns on South Brunswick Township’s borders, 6 have a Safety Grade: Monroe Township (A+), Princeton (A−), Cranbury Township (A−), Franklin Township (B+), East Brunswick Township (B−), North Brunswick Township (B−). Plainsboro Township reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2025 but not 2024. Neighbors ↓
Among New Jersey towns, closer to the middle
New Jersey’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so South Brunswick Township’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 51% of the 342 New Jersey towns we grade, against 68% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
A job center
South Brunswick Township has 30,427 jobs based in town for 47,454 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 South Brunswick Township’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are lower than in most U.S. towns; property crime is the stronger of the two.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | South Brunswick Township | Rest of New Jersey | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.0 | 2.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
South Brunswick Township’s police reported 168 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.2 per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.1 in the rest of New Jersey and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | South Brunswick Township property | Rest of New Jersey property | South Brunswick Township violent | Rest of New Jersey violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 9.0 | 13.9 | 1.2 | 1.9 |
| 2023 | 8.3 | 14.8 | 1.3 | 2.2 |
| 2024 | 7.9 | 14.0 | 1.0 | 2.2 |
| 2025 | 6.1 | 12.6 | 1.2 | 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.
Crime in South Brunswick Township 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.
353 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.
58 violent and 295 property, as reported to the FBI by South Brunswick Township’s police.
26 people died in crashes on South Brunswick Township’s roads in 2019–2023
South Brunswick Township had 25 fatal crashes in five years, in which 26 people died; 5 were pedestrians and 1 was a cyclist.
That is 11.0 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above 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.
South Brunswick Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Brunswick Township | B+ | 1.2 | 7.4 |
| North Brunswick Township | B− | 1.6 | 14.4 |
| East Brunswick Township | B− | 1.1 | 12.4 |
| Plainsboro Township | — | — | — |
| Franklin Township | B+ | 0.7 | 9.2 |
| Cranbury Township | A− | 0.4 | 8.1 |
| Princeton | A− | 0.5 | 6.8 |
| Monroe Township | A+ | 0.2 | 2.3 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Plainsboro Township reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2025 but not 2024.
New Jersey towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Brunswick Township | B+ | 1.2 | 7.4 |
| Manchester Township | A | 0.7 | 4.2 |
| Berkeley Township | B+ | 1.3 | 7.1 |
| Egg Harbor Township | C+ | 1.4 | 18.1 |
| Mount Laurel Township | C | 2.2 | 19.1 |
| Hackensack | C | 2.4 | 20.9 |
The five graded New Jersey towns closest to South Brunswick Township’s population (47,454), 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 South Brunswick 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 South Brunswick Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (48,091 in 2025); our figure for South Brunswick Township is 47,454 (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 South Brunswick Township
Is South Brunswick Township, NJ safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, South Brunswick Township reports less crime per resident than 68% of U.S. towns, a B+ Safety Grade and #166 of 342 in New Jersey. Its police reported 1.2 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 South Brunswick Township?
1.2 violent and 7.4 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.
How many homicides were there in South Brunswick Township in 2025?
South Brunswick Township’s police reported 2 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 4.2 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is South Brunswick Township safer than North Brunswick Township?
North Brunswick Township reports more crime per resident than South Brunswick Township: North Brunswick Township grades B− for safety and South Brunswick Township B+. North Brunswick Township’s police reported 1.6 violent and 14.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices South Brunswick Township?
South Brunswick Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “South Brunswick 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, 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.