Photo: Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0Thorofare has no grade of its own; West Deptford Township, 1 mile away, is the nearest that does
Thorofare has no police department of its own: it’s an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) in Gloucester County. The Gloucester County Sheriff’s Office reports to the FBI for the parts of the county without police of their own, so there are no figures for Thorofare alone, and no Safety Grade. The surrounding 10 miles hold 25 graded places to compare with.
What stands out about safety in Thorofare
Policed by the county
Thorofare is a census-designated place, with no town government. Crimes there are reported to the FBI inside the Gloucester County Sheriff’s Office’s totals for the county. County police ↓
Counts, not rates
The FBI doesn’t publish how many people the Gloucester County Sheriff’s Office covers, so its totals can’t be turned into a per-resident rate or a grade for Thorofare. County police ↓
The nearest graded towns
The closest New Jersey towns with their own police figures are West Deptford Township (B, 1 mi), Paulsboro (C−, 2 mi), Woodbury (C−, 3 mi). Nearby towns can differ a lot from Thorofare. Nearest ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What the Gloucester County Sheriff’s Office reports
Reports to the FBI for the parts of Gloucester County without police of their own, which include Thorofare.
Property crimes
Violent crimes
Also reports crimes in Gloucester County to the FBI.
Property crimes
Violent crimes
2025 offenses reported by the Gloucester County Sheriff’s Office
Counts, not rates: the FBI doesn’t publish how many people each agency covers. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, Tables 10–11.
Crimes reported to the FBI for the whole area the department covers, by year.
The nearest New Jersey towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Deptford Township | B | 1 mi | 1.2 | 11.5 |
| Paulsboro | C− | 2 mi | 5.3 | 17.0 |
| Woodbury | C− | 3 mi | 3.1 | 25.3 |
| Brooklawn | D− | 4 mi | 8.0 | 126.7 |
| East Greenwich Township | A− | 5 mi | 0.6 | 7.5 |
| Greenwich Township | A− | 5 mi | 1.0 | 6.1 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Thorofare. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Thorofare.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Three people died in crashes on Thorofare’s roads in 2019–2023
Thorofare had 3 fatal crashes in five years, in which three people died. Most of these deaths (2 of 3) 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 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (4.9 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Thorofare’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Thorofare’s own rate (25.6) 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.
Thorofare and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Deptford Township | B | 1.2 | 11.5 |
| National Park | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. National Park has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
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.
- A county agency covers a wide area. Its totals mix many communities, so they say little about any one of them.
- 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 Thorofare
Is Thorofare, NJ safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Thorofare. The nearest New Jersey towns with a grade are West Deptford Township (B, 1 mi), Paulsboro (C−, 2 mi), Woodbury (C−, 3 mi).
Who polices Thorofare?
The Gloucester County Sheriff’s Office. Thorofare is an unincorporated community, and the department reports to the FBI for the parts of Gloucester County without police of their own.
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Thorofare.
Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 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.