Photo: Freeholdman12 · CC BY-SA 4.0Reported crime per resident in Wall Township fell 23% from 2023 to 2025
Overall, Wall Township grades B for safety (#200 of 342 graded towns in New Jersey): close to the middle 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 Wall Township
3 of the 6 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 8 New Jersey towns on Wall Township’s borders, 6 have a Safety Grade: Spring Lake Heights (A+), Brielle (A), Manasquan (B+), Brick Township (B−), Belmar (B−), Neptune Township (D). Tinton Falls has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Howell Township reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 2025. Neighbors ↓
Among New Jersey towns, closer to the middle
New Jersey’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Wall Township’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 42% of the 342 New Jersey towns we grade, against 58% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
A job center
Wall Township has 21,123 jobs based in town for 26,753 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
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 Wall 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 Wall Township’s grade up; property crime pulls it down. Its property rate (12.0) 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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Wall Township’s police reported 67 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 | Wall Township | Rest of New Jersey | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.9 | 2.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.9 | 2.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
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 | Wall Township property | Rest of New Jersey property | Wall Township violent | Rest of New Jersey violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 10.8 | 13.9 | 1.0 | 1.9 |
| 2023 | 13.2 | 14.8 | 0.9 | 2.2 |
| 2024 | 12.6 | 14.0 | 0.9 | 2.2 |
| 2025 | 10.2 | 12.6 | 0.7 | 2.0 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
For every 1,000 residents, about 10 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.
292 crimes reported in 2025
20 violent and 272 property, as reported to the FBI by Wall 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.
11 people died in crashes on Wall Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Wall Township had 11 fatal crashes in five years, in which 11 people died; 3 were pedestrians. 1 died in crash on an Interstate.
That is 8.3 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for New Jersey towns of 25,000–100,000 people (5.8, 102 towns).
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.
Wall Township and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wall Township | B | 0.8 | 12.0 |
| Tinton Falls | — | — | — |
| Neptune Township | D | 3.0 | 31.6 |
| Brick Township | B− | 1.4 | 11.3 |
| Spring Lake Heights | A+ | 0.0 | 1.5 |
| Brielle | A | 0.5 | 3.0 |
| Howell Township | — | — | — |
| Manasquan | B+ | 0.5 | 9.5 |
| Belmar | B− | 1.2 | 16.0 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Tinton Falls has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Howell Township reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 2025.
New Jersey towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wall Township | B | 0.8 | 12.0 |
| Ridgewood | A− | 0.4 | 5.6 |
| Cliffside Park | B+ | 0.9 | 6.7 |
| Maplewood Township | B | 0.6 | 11.7 |
| Lodi | B− | 1.6 | 13.1 |
| Paramus | C− | 0.3 | 39.7 |
The five graded New Jersey towns closest to Wall Township’s population (26,753), 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 Wall 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 Wall Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (26,782 in 2025); our figure for Wall Township is 26,753 (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 Wall Township
Is Wall Township, NJ safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Wall Township reports less crime per resident than 58% of U.S. towns, a B Safety Grade and #200 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 Wall Township?
0.8 violent and 12.0 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of New Jersey reports 2.1 and 13.8; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is crime going up or down in Wall Township?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
How many homicides were there in Wall Township in 2025?
Wall 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 Wall Township safer than Neptune Township?
Neptune Township reports more crime per resident than Wall Township: Neptune Township grades D for safety and Wall Township B. Neptune Township’s police reported 3.0 violent and 31.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Wall Township?
Wall Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Wall 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.