Photo: Tinton5 · CC BY-SA 3.0In Voorhees Township, the kinds of crime the grade counts rose 58% per resident from 2023 to 2025
Each year brought 0.7 violent crime and 16.4 incidents of property crime for every 1,000 residents (2.1 and 13.8 in the rest of New Jersey). It has less violent crime than 79% of U.S. towns, but less property crime than only 31%. In sum, crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025 put Voorhees Township at B− (#238 of 342 graded towns in New Jersey): close to the middle of U.S. towns.
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 Voorhees Township
1 of the 6 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 7 New Jersey towns on Voorhees Township’s borders, 6 have a Safety Grade: Evesham Township (B−), Gibbsboro (B−), Lindenwold (C−), Berlin Township (C−), Somerdale (D), Lawnside (D−). Cherry Hill Township reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023. Neighbors ↓
Among New Jersey towns, lower
New Jersey’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Voorhees Township’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 30% of the 342 New Jersey towns we grade, against 49% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
A job center
Voorhees Township has 19,425 jobs based in town for 31,571 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Reported crime is rising
Crime reported per resident rose 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 Voorhees Township’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Voorhees Township’s grade up; property crime pulls it down. Its property rate (16.4) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Voorhees Township property | Rest of New Jersey property | Voorhees Township violent | Rest of New Jersey violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 13.0 | 14.8 | 0.4 | 2.2 |
| 2024 | 15.9 | 14.0 | 0.8 | 2.2 |
| 2025 | 20.4 | 12.6 | 0.8 | 2.0 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident rose from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2023–2025, against the rest of New Jersey.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Voorhees Township | Rest of New Jersey | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.4 | 2.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.8 | 2.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Voorhees Township’s police reported 63 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 Voorhees 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 about 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
669 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.
25 violent and 644 property, as reported to the FBI by Voorhees Township’s police.
Seven people died in crashes on Voorhees Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Voorhees Township had 5 fatal crashes in five years, in which seven people died.
That is about what is typical for New Jersey towns of 25,000–100,000 people: at their median rate (5.8 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Voorhees Township’s size would see about 9 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Voorhees Township’s own rate (4.5) 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.
Voorhees Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Voorhees Township | B− | 0.7 | 16.4 |
| Somerdale | D | 2.5 | 48.9 |
| Gibbsboro | B− | 1.2 | 15.8 |
| Lindenwold | C− | 4.1 | 18.9 |
| Evesham Township | B− | 0.9 | 14.6 |
| Berlin Township | C− | 1.1 | 31.5 |
| Cherry Hill Township | — | — | — |
| Lawnside | D− | 3.3 | 60.0 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Cherry Hill Township reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023.
New Jersey towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Voorhees Township | B− | 0.7 | 16.4 |
| Princeton | A− | 0.5 | 6.8 |
| Nutley Township | A− | 0.7 | 6.9 |
| Stafford Township | B+ | 0.5 | 8.4 |
| Livingston Township | B+ | 0.6 | 9.3 |
| Rahway | B | 1.8 | 8.6 |
The five graded New Jersey towns closest to Voorhees Township’s population (31,571), 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 Voorhees 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 Voorhees Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (31,547 in 2025); our figure for Voorhees Township is 31,571 (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 Voorhees Township
Is Voorhees Township, NJ safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Voorhees Township reports more crime per resident than 51% of U.S. towns, a B− Safety Grade and #238 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 Voorhees Township?
0.7 violent and 16.4 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.
How many homicides were there in Voorhees Township in 2025?
Voorhees Township’s police reported 0 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 0.0 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Voorhees Township safer than Somerdale?
Somerdale reports more crime per resident than Voorhees Township: Somerdale grades D for safety and Voorhees Township B−. Somerdale’s police reported 2.5 violent and 48.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Voorhees Township?
Voorhees Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Voorhees 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.