What is the crime rate in Barnegat Township, NJ?

In 2025, the Barnegat Township Police Department reported 34 violent crimes and 77 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 129 violent and 293 property crimes per 100,000 of the 26,304 residents it serves.

Across New Jersey the rates were 199 and 1,267.

Nationally they were 330 and 1,552.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 129
Property per 100,000: 293
Violent crimes: 34
Property crimes: 77

Crime reported by the Barnegat Township Police Department, 2023 to 2025

Offenses known to law enforcement, reported to the FBI; rates per 100,000 residents of the area the department serves
Year	Violent crimes	Violent per 100,000	Property crimes	Property per 100,000	Residents served
2023	22	86	75	294	25,488
2024	17	64	21	79	26,713
2025	34	129	77	293	26,304

Violent crimes reported went from 22 in 2023 to 34 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 75 in 2023 to 77 in 2025.

In a small town a handful of incidents moves these numbers a long way, so one year’s change says little on its own.

Barnegat Township against New Jersey and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Barnegat Township	129	293
Ocean County	113	650
New Jersey	199	1,267
United States	330	1,552

These are rates per resident; they are not adjusted for visitors, commuters or the size of the area, which raise or lower a town’s figures without changing anybody’s risk.

Crime reported in places near Barnegat Township, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Barnegat Township	—	129	293
Ocean Township (Ocean County)	3.7 mi	21	224
Stafford Township	4.3 mi	80	646
Lacey Township	6.1 mi	66	740
Surf City Borough	9.1 mi	75	825
Little Egg Harbor Township	9.7 mi	23	445
Ship Bottom Borough	9.8 mi	0	530
Berkeley Township	11 mi	138	535
Long Beach Township	12 mi	95	1,075

Neighboring departments count the same offenses the same way, but their areas, populations and visitors differ, so a difference between two towns is a starting point for a question, not an answer.

How to read these numbers

These are offenses known to the police and reported to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program: crimes nobody reported, or that a department did not record, are not in them.

Violent crime is murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft and arson.

A department reports the crimes in the area it polices, which can differ from the town’s boundaries, and the FBI estimates the population it serves.

The FBI asks that these figures not be used to rank places or to judge how safe a neighborhood is: crime depends on many local factors, and the counts describe a whole town, not any street or home.

A year is shown only when the department reported all twelve months.

FBI: Uniform Crime Reporting statistics and their proper use

The figures for Barnegat Township include the places inside it that have pages of their own: Barnegat.

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