What is the crime rate in Cape May, NJ?

In 2025, the Cape May Police Department reported 4 violent crimes and 74 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 146 violent and 2,706 property crimes per 100,000 of the 2,735 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: 146
Property per 100,000: 2,706
Violent crimes: 4
Property crimes: 74

Crime reported by the Cape May 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	4	144	105	3,769	2,786
2024	4	145	73	2,650	2,755
2025	4	146	74	2,706	2,735

Violent crimes reported went from 4 in 2023 to 4 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 105 in 2023 to 74 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.

Cape May against New Jersey and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Cape May	146	2,706
Cape May County	164	1,413
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 Cape May, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Cape May	—	146	2,706
Lower Township	3.0 mi	139	582
Wildwood Crest Borough	3.9 mi	331	993
Wildwood	5.4 mi	511	3,970
North Wildwood	7.0 mi	85	2,260
Middle Township	11 mi	237	1,597
Avalon Borough	13 mi	0	7,597
Lewes	17 mi	368	868
Sea Isle City	18 mi	329	2,915

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

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