What is the crime rate in Hillsborough Township, NJ?

In 2025, the Hillsborough Township Police Department reported 45 violent crimes and 157 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 98 violent and 341 property crimes per 100,000 of the 46,078 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: 98
Property per 100,000: 341
Violent crimes: 45
Property crimes: 157

Crime reported by the Hillsborough 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	25	57	250	574	43,522
2024	27	59	179	393	45,555
2025	45	98	157	341	46,078

Violent crimes reported went from 25 in 2023 to 45 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 250 in 2023 to 157 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.

Hillsborough Township against New Jersey and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Hillsborough Township	98	341
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 Hillsborough Township, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Hillsborough Township	—	98	341
Branchburg Township	4.9 mi	19	417
Montgomery Township	5.0 mi	78	388
Manville Borough	5.2 mi	72	614
Raritan Borough	5.2 mi	125	658
Somerville Borough	6.0 mi	126	625
Franklin Township (Somerset County)	6.5 mi	28	403
Bridgewater Township	7.4 mi	47	750
Readington Township	7.9 mi	37	298

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 Hillsborough Township include the places inside it that have pages of their own: Blackwells Mills, Hillsborough.

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