What is the crime rate in Lawrence Township (Mercer County), NJ?

In 2025, the Lawrence Township Police Department, Mercer County reported 12 violent crimes and 430 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 37 violent and 1,336 property crimes per 100,000 of the 32,186 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: 37
Property per 100,000: 1,336
Violent crimes: 12
Property crimes: 430

Crime reported by the Lawrence Township Police Department, Mercer County, 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	14	45	553	1,766	31,314
2024	12	37	589	1,838	32,040
2025	12	37	430	1,336	32,186

Violent crimes reported went from 14 in 2023 to 12 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 553 in 2023 to 430 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.

Lawrence Township (Mercer County) against New Jersey and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Lawrence Township (Mercer County)	37	1,336
Mercer County	268	1,597
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 Lawrence Township (Mercer County), 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Lawrence Township (Mercer County)	—	37	1,336
Pennington Borough	4.1 mi	68	205
Ewing Township	4.7 mi	200	2,026
West Windsor Township	4.9 mi	52	1,331
Princeton	5.1 mi	41	563
Trenton	5.5 mi	808	2,415
Hopewell Township (Mercer County)	6.4 mi	61	600
Hamilton Township (Mercer County)	6.6 mi	160	1,980
Hopewell Borough	6.9 mi	105	422

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 Lawrence Township (Mercer County) include the places inside it that have pages of their own: Lawrenceville.

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