What is the crime rate in Howell Township, NJ?

In 2024, the Howell Township Police Department reported 45 violent crimes and 432 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 83 violent and 800 property crimes per 100,000 of the 53,988 residents it serves.

Across New Jersey the rates were 222 and 1,432.

Nationally they were 363 and 1,767.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 83
Property per 100,000: 800
Violent crimes: 45
Property crimes: 432

Crime reported by the Howell Township Police Department, 2023 to 2024

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	52	97	492	914	53,819
2024	45	83	432	800	53,988

Violent crimes reported went from 52 in 2023 to 45 in 2024.

Property crimes reported went from 492 in 2023 to 432 in 2024.

In a small town a handful of incidents moves these numbers a long way, so one year’s change says little on its own.

Howell Township against New Jersey and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2024
	Violent crime	Property crime
Howell Township	83	800
Monmouth County	109	1,159
New Jersey	222	1,432
United States	363	1,767

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 Howell Township, 2024

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Howell Township	—	83	800
Wall Township	5.8 mi	75	1,016
Freehold Township	5.8 mi	153	1,357
Freehold Borough	6.8 mi	183	933
Lakewood Township	7.0 mi	129	482
Colts Neck Township	8.2 mi	30	371
Neptune Township	8.4 mi	287	3,011
Spring Lake Heights Borough	8.7 mi	0	206
Brielle Borough	9.0 mi	81	142

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 Howell Township include the places inside it that have pages of their own: Ramtown.

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