What is the crime rate in Lower Township, NJ?

In 2025, the Lower Township Police Department reported 30 violent crimes and 126 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 139 violent and 582 property crimes per 100,000 of the 21,631 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: 139
Property per 100,000: 582
Violent crimes: 30
Property crimes: 126

Crime reported by the Lower 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	31	140	171	770	22,195
2024	34	156	158	723	21,848
2025	30	139	126	582	21,631

Violent crimes reported went from 31 in 2023 to 30 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 171 in 2023 to 126 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.

Lower Township against New Jersey and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Lower Township	139	582
Cape May County	164	1,413
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 Lower Township, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Lower Township	—	139	582
Cape May	3.0 mi	146	2,706
Wildwood Crest Borough	4.1 mi	331	993
Wildwood	5.0 mi	511	3,970
North Wildwood	6.3 mi	85	2,260
Middle Township	8.5 mi	237	1,597
Avalon Borough	12 mi	0	7,597
Sea Isle City	16 mi	329	2,915
Lewes	19 mi	368	868

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 Lower Township include the places inside it that have pages of their own: Erma, North Cape May, Villas.

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