Photo: Milkbreath · Public domainLess violent crime is recorded per resident in Stratford than in 79% of U.S. towns
None of the 3 towns next door with figures records less crime per resident. The crimes the grade counts held steady per resident from 2023 to 2025. Across all the graded crimes, Stratford lands on B+ (#179 of 342 graded towns in New Jersey): less crime per resident than 65% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025. Add to that, the yearly rates were 0.7 violent crime and 10.4 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, set against 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 Stratford
Stratford reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 4 New Jersey towns on Stratford’s borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: Gloucester Township (B), Lindenwold (C−), Somerdale (D). Laurel Springs reported to the FBI for 2023 but not 2024 or 2025. Neighbors ↓
Among New Jersey towns, closer to the middle
New Jersey’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Stratford’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 ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Stratford’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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Stratford | Rest of New Jersey | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.9 | 2.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.8 | 2.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Stratford’s police reported 14 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.7 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 Stratford 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 fewer than 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
How crime in Stratford has moved
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| Year | Stratford property | Rest of New Jersey property | Stratford violent | Rest of New Jersey violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 12.5 | 13.9 | 1.0 | 1.9 |
| 2023 | 9.3 | 14.8 | 0.9 | 2.2 |
| 2024 | 11.6 | 14.0 | 0.8 | 2.2 |
| 2025 | 10.2 | 12.6 | 0.3 | 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.
76 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.
2 violent and 74 property, as reported to the FBI by Stratford’s police.
Two people died in crashes on Stratford’s roads in 2019–2023
Stratford had 2 fatal crashes in five years, in which two people died.
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 Stratford’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Stratford’s own rate (5.7) 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.
Stratford and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stratford | B+ | 0.7 | 10.4 |
| Gloucester Township | B | 0.8 | 11.7 |
| Lindenwold | C− | 4.1 | 18.9 |
| Laurel Springs | — | — | — |
| Somerdale | D | 2.5 | 48.9 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Laurel Springs reported to the FBI for 2023 but not 2024 or 2025.
New Jersey towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stratford | B+ | 0.7 | 10.4 |
| Allendale | A | 0.3 | 2.8 |
| Washington | A− | 0.4 | 6.1 |
| Barrington | B+ | 0.3 | 10.2 |
| Milltown | B− | 0.9 | 13.9 |
| Keyport | B− | 1.4 | 13.6 |
The five graded New Jersey towns closest to Stratford’s population (7,200), 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 Stratford. 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 Stratford’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (7,232 in 2025); our figure for Stratford is 7,200 (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 Stratford
Is Stratford, NJ safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Stratford 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 0.7 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 Stratford?
0.7 violent and 10.4 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 Stratford safer than Gloucester Township?
Gloucester Township reports more crime per resident than Stratford: Gloucester Township grades B for safety and Stratford B+. Gloucester Township’s police reported 0.8 violent and 11.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Stratford?
Stratford’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Stratford”. 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.