What is the crime rate in Freehold Township, NJ?

In 2025, the Freehold Township Police Department reported 55 violent crimes and 487 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 153 violent and 1,357 property crimes per 100,000 of the 35,898 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: 153
Property per 100,000: 1,357
Violent crimes: 55
Property crimes: 487

Crime reported by the Freehold 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	57	160	537	1,509	35,576
2025	55	153	487	1,357	35,898

Violent crimes reported went from 57 in 2024 to 55 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 537 in 2024 to 487 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.

Freehold Township against New Jersey and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Freehold Township	153	1,357
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 Freehold Township, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Freehold Township	—	153	1,357
Freehold Borough	2.8 mi	183	933
Manalapan Township	4.7 mi	32	468
Howell Township	5.8 mi	83	800
Englishtown Borough	5.9 mi	85	726
Colts Neck Township	8.4 mi	30	371
Marlboro Township	8.5 mi	52	634
Monroe Township (Middlesex County)	9.5 mi	16	188
Jackson Township	9.8 mi	49	325

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 Freehold Township include the places inside it that have pages of their own: East Freehold, West Freehold.

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