Ventnor City Hall · Photo: Smallbones · CC0Per resident, Ventnor City records more property crime than 89% of U.S. towns
The crimes the grade counts held steady per resident from 2023 to 2025. Overall, Ventnor City grades C− for safety (#295 of 342 graded towns in New Jersey): more crime per resident than 76% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025. Even so, the yearly rates were 1.2 violent crimes and 28.0 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, set against 2.1 and 13.7 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 Ventnor City
1 of the 2 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 3 New Jersey towns on Ventnor City’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Egg Harbor Township (C+), Atlantic City (D−). Margate City reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 2025. Neighbors ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Ventnor City’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Ventnor City’s grade up; property crime pulls it down.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Ventnor City | Rest of New Jersey | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.7 | 1.9 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.1 | 2.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Ventnor City’s police reported 33 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.
Crime in Ventnor City 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.
How crime in Ventnor City has moved
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| Year | Ventnor City property | Rest of New Jersey property | Ventnor City violent | Rest of New Jersey violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 28.7 | 13.8 | 0.7 | 1.9 |
| 2023 | 30.6 | 14.7 | 1.2 | 2.2 |
| 2024 | 23.1 | 14.0 | 1.1 | 2.2 |
| 2025 | 30.3 | 12.6 | 1.3 | 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.
297 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.
12 violent and 285 property, as reported to the FBI by Ventnor City’s police.
No one died in a crash on Ventnor City’s roads in 2019–2023
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 Ventnor City’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Ventnor City’s own rate (0.0) 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.
Ventnor City and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ventnor City | C− | 1.2 | 28.0 |
| Atlantic City | D− | 17.2 | 63.3 |
| Egg Harbor Township | C+ | 1.4 | 18.1 |
| Margate City | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Margate City reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 2025.
New Jersey towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ventnor City | C− | 1.2 | 28.0 |
| Ocean Township | A+ | 0.2 | 2.6 |
| Caldwell | A | 0.5 | 3.7 |
| Leonia | A− | 0.4 | 6.0 |
| Westampton Township | C− | 3.2 | 20.8 |
| Absecon | C− | 2.6 | 25.3 |
The five graded New Jersey towns closest to Ventnor City’s population (9,345), 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 Ventnor City. 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 Ventnor City’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (9,418 in 2025); our figure for Ventnor City is 9,345 (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 Ventnor City
Is Ventnor City, NJ safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Ventnor City reports more crime per resident than 76% of U.S. towns, a C− Safety Grade and #295 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 Ventnor City?
1.2 violent and 28.0 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of New Jersey reports 2.1 and 13.7; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is Ventnor City safer than Atlantic City?
Atlantic City reports more crime per resident than Ventnor City: Atlantic City grades D− for safety and Ventnor City C−. Atlantic City’s police reported 17.2 violent and 63.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Ventnor City?
Ventnor City’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Ventnor City”. 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.