Photo: Jared Kofsky/Placenj.com · CC BY-SA 3.0Reported crime per resident in Springfield Township fell 36% from 2023 to 2025
Overall, Springfield Township grades B+ for safety (#179 of 342 graded towns in New Jersey): less crime per resident than 65% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported to the FBI in 2023–2025.
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 Springfield Township
4 of the 6 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 6 New Jersey towns on Springfield Township’s borders, 6 have a Safety Grade: Westfield (A), Kenilworth (A−), Cranford Township (A−), Summit (A−), Union Township (B−), Millburn Township (B−). Neighbors ↓
Among New Jersey towns, closer to the middle
New Jersey’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Springfield Township’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 48% of the 342 New Jersey towns we grade, against 65% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
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 Springfield 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.
Reported crime is falling
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.
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| Year | Springfield Township property | Rest of New Jersey property | Springfield Township violent | Rest of New Jersey violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 13.9 | 13.9 | 0.6 | 1.9 |
| 2023 | 12.7 | 14.8 | 0.8 | 2.2 |
| 2024 | 9.3 | 14.0 | 0.6 | 2.2 |
| 2025 | 7.8 | 12.6 | 0.8 | 2.0 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Violent crime, by year and by type
Springfield Township’s police reported 40 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.8 per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.1 in the rest of New Jersey and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
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| Year | Springfield Township | Rest of New Jersey | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.6 | 1.9 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.8 | 2.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.6 | 2.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 8 property crimes reported
And about 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
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.
153 crimes reported in 2025
15 violent and 138 property, as reported to the FBI by Springfield Township’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
Four people died in crashes on Springfield Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Springfield Township had 4 fatal crashes in five years, in which four people died; 2 were pedestrians. Most of these deaths (2 of 4) were on an Interstate passing through, so they say more about through-traffic than about the town’s own streets.
That is about what 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 Springfield Township’s size would see about 4 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Springfield Township’s own rate (4.7) 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.
Springfield Township and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Springfield Township | B+ | 0.8 | 9.9 |
| Union Township | B− | 0.7 | 17.5 |
| Millburn Township | B− | 0.1 | 20.1 |
| Summit | A− | 0.7 | 6.6 |
| Kenilworth | A− | 0.2 | 7.7 |
| Cranford Township | A− | 0.3 | 7.6 |
| Westfield | A | 0.1 | 6.5 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
New Jersey towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Springfield Township | B+ | 0.8 | 9.9 |
| Dumont | A | 0.3 | 2.9 |
| Washington Township | A | 0.3 | 3.3 |
| Hopewell Township | A− | 0.7 | 6.7 |
| Weehawken Township | B− | 1.2 | 13.7 |
| Cinnaminson Township | C+ | 1.0 | 19.4 |
The five graded New Jersey towns closest to Springfield Township’s population (18,342), by grade.
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 Springfield 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 Springfield Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (17,743 in 2025); our figure for Springfield Township is 18,342 (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 Springfield Township
Is Springfield Township, NJ safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Springfield Township reports less crime per resident than 65% of U.S. towns, a B+ Safety Grade and #179 of 342 in New Jersey. Its police reported 0.8 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 Springfield Township?
0.8 violent and 9.9 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 crime going up or down in Springfield Township?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
Is Springfield Township safer than Union Township?
Union Township reports more crime per resident than Springfield Township: Union Township grades B− for safety and Springfield Township B+. Union Township’s police reported 0.7 violent and 17.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Springfield Township?
Springfield Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Springfield Township, Union County”. 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.