Photo: Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's Commons talk page, my Commons user talk page, or my English Wikipedia user talk page; I'll know about it a lot faster) · CC BY-SA 4.0Willingboro Township sees more violent crime per resident than 78% of U.S. towns
The crimes the grade counts held steady per resident from 2023 to 2025. Next door, 4 of 6 towns with figures record less crime per resident. Overall, it grades C for safety (#280 of 342 graded towns in New Jersey). Behind the grade sit 3.6 violent crimes and 12.4 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people a year, where the comparison is 2.1 and 13.8 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 Willingboro Township
4 of the 6 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 7 New Jersey towns on Willingboro Township’s borders, 6 have a Safety Grade: Moorestown Township (B+), Burlington Township (B−), Delran Township (B−), Edgewater Park Township (B−), Mount Laurel Township (C), Westampton Township (C−). Delanco Township reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2025 but not 2024. Neighbors ↓
Among New Jersey towns, lower
New Jersey’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Willingboro Township’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 18% of the 342 New Jersey towns we grade, against 33% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Willingboro Township’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are higher than in most U.S. towns; property crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (3.6) is below the FBI’s national estimate (3.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns. Its property rate (12.4) 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.
Crime in Willingboro 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 4 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Willingboro Township | Rest of New Jersey | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3.4 | 2.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 3.5 | 2.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 3.8 | 1.9 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Willingboro Township’s police reported 346 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 3.6 per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.1 in the rest of New Jersey and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
How crime in Willingboro Township has moved
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| Year | Willingboro Township property | Rest of New Jersey property | Willingboro Township violent | Rest of New Jersey violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 12.1 | 14.8 | 3.4 | 2.2 |
| 2024 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 3.5 | 2.2 |
| 2025 | 12.1 | 12.6 | 3.8 | 1.9 |
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, 2023–2025, against the rest of New Jersey.
520 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.
124 violent and 396 property, as reported to the FBI by Willingboro Township’s police.
Seven people died in crashes on Willingboro Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Willingboro Township had 7 fatal crashes in five years, in which seven people died; 3 were pedestrians.
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 Willingboro Township’s size would see about 9 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Willingboro Township’s own rate (4.4) 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.
Willingboro Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Willingboro Township | C | 3.6 | 12.4 |
| Burlington Township | B− | 1.7 | 10.3 |
| Westampton Township | C− | 3.2 | 20.8 |
| Moorestown Township | B+ | 0.6 | 9.8 |
| Delran Township | B− | 0.9 | 15.5 |
| Mount Laurel Township | C | 2.2 | 19.1 |
| Delanco Township | — | — | — |
| Edgewater Park Township | B− | 1.4 | 14.9 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Delanco Township reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2025 but not 2024.
New Jersey towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Willingboro Township | C | 3.6 | 12.4 |
| Westfield | A | 0.1 | 6.5 |
| Livingston Township | B+ | 0.6 | 9.3 |
| Voorhees Township | B− | 0.7 | 16.4 |
| Garfield | C+ | 1.7 | 16.8 |
| Long Branch | C+ | 2.4 | 14.7 |
The five graded New Jersey towns closest to Willingboro Township’s population (32,824), 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 Willingboro 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 Willingboro Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (32,676 in 2025); our figure for Willingboro Township is 32,824 (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 Willingboro Township
Is Willingboro Township, NJ safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Willingboro Township reports more crime per resident than 67% of U.S. towns, a C Safety Grade and #280 of 342 in New Jersey. Its police reported 3.6 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 Willingboro Township?
3.6 violent and 12.4 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 Willingboro Township in 2025?
Willingboro Township’s police reported 1 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 3.1 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Willingboro Township safer than Burlington Township?
Burlington Township reports less crime per resident than Willingboro Township: Burlington Township grades B− for safety and Willingboro Township C. Burlington Township’s police reported 1.7 violent and 10.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Willingboro Township?
Willingboro Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Willingboro 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.