Photo: Dough4872 · CC BY-SA 4.0Crime and safety in Wildwood, NJ
Nearby, 5 communities within 10 miles carry a Safety Grade. Wildwood’s police reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023, so there is no Safety Grade: the grade needs all three years, 2023–2025. For a graded neighbor, the nearest is Wildwood Crest (C+), 2 miles away.
For every 1,000 residents, about 40 property crimes reported
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 5 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
The years Wildwood’s police reported
Show as a table
| Year | Wildwood | Rest of New Jersey | Wildwood | Rest of New Jersey |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 66.4 | 13.8 | 10.8 | 1.9 |
| 2023 | not reported | 14.8 | not reported | 2.2 |
| 2024 | 48.8 | 14.0 | 3.9 | 2.2 |
| 2025 | 39.5 | 12.6 | 5.1 | 2.0 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents, against the rest of New Jersey. A year the department didn’t report in full is a gap, not a zero.
227 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.
26 violent and 201 property, as reported to the FBI by Wildwood’s police.
The nearest New Jersey towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wildwood Crest | C+ | 2 mi | 2.6 | 13.3 |
| North Wildwood | C− | 2 mi | 2.5 | 30.3 |
| Lower Township | B+ | 5 mi | 1.4 | 6.9 |
| Cape May | C− | 5 mi | 1.4 | 30.4 |
| Middle Township | C | 7 mi | 2.9 | 16.9 |
| Sea Isle City | D | 13 mi | 2.3 | 33.4 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Wildwood. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Wildwood.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Two people died in crashes on Wildwood’s roads in 2019–2023
Wildwood had 1 fatal crash in five years, in which two people died; 1 was a pedestrian.
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 Wildwood’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Wildwood’s own rate (7.8) 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.
Wildwood and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middle Township | C | 2.9 | 16.9 |
| Lower Township | B+ | 1.4 | 6.9 |
| Wildwood Crest | C+ | 2.6 | 13.3 |
| North Wildwood | C− | 2.5 | 30.3 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 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.
- One number for all of Wildwood. 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 Wildwood’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (5,088 in 2025); our figure for Wildwood is 5,068 (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 Wildwood
Is Wildwood, NJ safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Wildwood. The nearest New Jersey towns with a grade are Wildwood Crest (C+, 2 mi), North Wildwood (C−, 2 mi), Lower Township (B+, 5 mi).
Who polices Wildwood?
Wildwood’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Wildwood”. 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.