What is the crime rate in Highlands Borough, NJ?

In 2025, the Highlands Police Department reported 10 violent crimes and 18 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 234 violent and 421 property crimes per 100,000 of the 4,272 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: 234
Property per 100,000: 421
Violent crimes: 10
Property crimes: 18

Crime reported by the Highlands 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	5	108	18	389	4,624
2024	5	118	21	495	4,240
2025	10	234	18	421	4,272

Violent crimes reported went from 5 in 2023 to 10 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 18 in 2023 to 18 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.

Highlands Borough against New Jersey and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Highlands Borough	234	421
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 Highlands Borough, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Highlands Borough	—	234	421
Atlantic Highlands Borough	1.7 mi	137	457
Rumson Borough	3.0 mi	42	351
Sea Bright Borough	3.2 mi	208	1,038
Fair Haven Borough	4.0 mi	16	148
Middletown Township	4.4 mi	70	491
Monmouth Beach Borough	4.7 mi	0	279
Little Silver Borough	5.2 mi	0	378
Red Bank Borough	5.6 mi	234	1,147

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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