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-SA 4.0South Harrison Township records less crime per resident than 98% of U.S. towns
Its 3 neighbors with figures all record more crime per resident. Measured on crimes South Harrison Township’s police reported between 2023 and 2025, it earns a Safety Grade of A+: #3 of 342 graded towns in New Jersey. Per 1,000 residents, 1.6 cases of property crime were recorded a year, against 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 Harrison Township
South Harrison Township reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 5 New Jersey towns on South Harrison Township’s borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: Woolwich Township (A), Harrison Township (A), Elk Township (A−). Pilesgrove Township and Upper Pittsgrove Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind South Harrison 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; violent crime is the stronger of the two.
Crime in South Harrison 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 no 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 | South Harrison Township property | Rest of New Jersey property | South Harrison Township violent | Rest of New Jersey violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.0 | 13.9 | 0.0 | 1.9 |
| 2023 | 2.0 | 14.8 | 0.0 | 2.2 |
| 2024 | 0.8 | 14.0 | 0.0 | 2.2 |
| 2025 | 2.0 | 12.6 | 0.0 | 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.
7 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.
0 violent and 7 property, as reported to the FBI by South Harrison Township’s police.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | South Harrison Township | Rest of New Jersey | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
South Harrison Township’s police reported 0 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.0 per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.1 in the rest of New Jersey and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Five people died in crashes on South Harrison Township’s roads in 2019–2023
South Harrison Township had 4 fatal crashes in five years, in which five people died.
That is more than 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 South Harrison Township’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so South Harrison Township’s own rate (29.2) 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.
South Harrison Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Harrison Township | A+ | 0.0 | 1.6 |
| Pilesgrove Township | — | — | — |
| Upper Pittsgrove Township | — | — | — |
| Woolwich Township | A | 0.1 | 5.8 |
| Harrison Township | A | 0.4 | 4.9 |
| Elk Township | A− | 0.7 | 6.9 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Pilesgrove Township and Upper Pittsgrove Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
New Jersey towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Harrison Township | A+ | 0.0 | 1.6 |
| Stanhope | A | 0.6 | 2.5 |
| High Bridge | A− | 0.5 | 6.0 |
| Saddle River | A− | 0.4 | 7.8 |
| North Wildwood | C− | 2.5 | 30.3 |
| Pohatcong Township | C− | 0.4 | 39.4 |
The five graded New Jersey towns closest to South Harrison Township’s population (3,479), 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 Harrison 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 Harrison Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (3,486 in 2025); our figure for South Harrison Township is 3,479 (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 Harrison Township
Is South Harrison Township, NJ safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, South Harrison Township reports less crime per resident than 98% of U.S. towns, an A+ Safety Grade and #3 of 342 in New Jersey. Its police reported 0.0 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 Harrison Township?
0.0 violent and 1.6 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 South Harrison Township safer than Woolwich Township?
Woolwich Township reports more crime per resident than South Harrison Township: Woolwich Township grades A for safety and South Harrison Township A+. Woolwich Township’s police reported 0.1 violent and 5.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices South Harrison Township?
South Harrison Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “South Harrison 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.