Photo: Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0Safety in Woodbridge Township: figures, but no grade
The closest graded town is Perth Amboy, 3 miles away, at C. Woodbridge Township’s police reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2025 but not 2024, so there is no Safety Grade: the grade needs all three years, 2023–2025. The surrounding 10 miles hold 28 graded places to compare with.
For every 1,000 residents, about 12 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 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
The years Woodbridge Township’s police reported
Show as a table
| Year | Woodbridge Township | Rest of New Jersey | Woodbridge Township | Rest of New Jersey |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 17.6 | 13.8 | 1.9 | 1.9 |
| 2023 | 18.5 | 14.7 | 2.4 | 2.2 |
| 2024 | not reported | 14.0 | not reported | 2.2 |
| 2025 | 11.6 | 12.6 | 1.4 | 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.
1,381 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.
145 violent and 1,236 property, as reported to the FBI by Woodbridge Township’s police.
The nearest New Jersey towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perth Amboy | C | 3 mi | 3.4 | 12.7 |
| Rahway | B | 3 mi | 1.8 | 8.6 |
| Carteret | C+ | 4 mi | 2.4 | 11.9 |
| Metuchen | B+ | 4 mi | 0.6 | 10.1 |
| Clark Township | C+ | 4 mi | 0.5 | 20.3 |
| Edison Township | C+ | 5 mi | 1.8 | 17.9 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Woodbridge Township. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Woodbridge Township.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
38 people died in crashes on Woodbridge Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Woodbridge Township had 35 fatal crashes in five years, in which 38 people died; 6 were pedestrians. 6 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 7.3 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for New Jersey towns of 100,000+ people (5.8, 7 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.
Woodbridge Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perth Amboy | C | 3.4 | 12.7 |
| Carteret | C+ | 2.4 | 11.9 |
| Edison Township | C+ | 1.8 | 17.9 |
| Rahway | B | 1.8 | 8.6 |
| Sayreville | — | — | — |
| Linden | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Sayreville and Linden reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2025 but not 2024.
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 Woodbridge Township. A citywide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of the city to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Woodbridge Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (106,592 in 2025); our figure for Woodbridge Township is 104,802 (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 Woodbridge Township
Is Woodbridge Township, NJ safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Woodbridge Township. The nearest New Jersey towns with a grade are Perth Amboy (C, 3 mi), Rahway (B, 3 mi), Carteret (C+, 4 mi).
Who polices Woodbridge Township?
Woodbridge Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Woodbridge 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.