What is the crime rate in Bridgewater Township, NJ?

In 2025, the Bridgewater Township Police Department reported 22 violent crimes and 354 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 47 violent and 750 property crimes per 100,000 of the 47,220 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: 47
Property per 100,000: 750
Violent crimes: 22
Property crimes: 354

Crime reported by the Bridgewater Township Police Department, 2024 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
2024	13	28	477	1,016	46,946
2025	22	47	354	750	47,220

Violent crimes reported went from 13 in 2024 to 22 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 477 in 2024 to 354 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.

Bridgewater Township against New Jersey and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Bridgewater Township	47	750
Somerset County	60	566
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 Bridgewater Township, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Bridgewater Township	—	47	750
Somerville Borough	1.6 mi	126	625
Raritan Borough	2.6 mi	125	658
Manville Borough	3.6 mi	72	614
Bound Brook Borough	3.9 mi	125	911
South Bound Brook Borough	4.8 mi	40	1,139
Warren Township	5.3 mi	18	240
Middlesex Borough	5.7 mi	54	543
Bernards Township	6.2 mi	3	72

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 Bridgewater Township include the places inside it that have pages of their own: Bradley Gardens, Bridgewater Center, Finderne, Green Knoll, Martinsville.

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