What is the crime rate in Montville Township, NJ?

In 2024, the Montville Township Police Department reported 4 violent crimes and 147 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 17 violent and 639 property crimes per 100,000 of the 23,015 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: 17
Property per 100,000: 639
Violent crimes: 4
Property crimes: 147

Crime reported by the Montville 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	5	22	123	546	22,545
2024	4	17	147	639	23,015

Violent crimes reported went from 5 in 2023 to 4 in 2024.

Property crimes reported went from 123 in 2023 to 147 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.

Montville Township against New Jersey and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2024
	Violent crime	Property crime
Montville Township	17	639
Morris County	48	643
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 Montville Township, 2024

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Montville Township	—	17	639
Boonton Town	2.6 mi	56	573
Lincoln Park Borough	3.0 mi	9	271
Fairfield Township (Essex County)	3.5 mi	48	1,472
Boonton Township	3.7 mi	0	223
Pequannock Township	4.4 mi	25	399
Mountain Lakes Borough	4.6 mi	43	192
Parsippany-Troy Hills Township	5.0 mi	67	748
Kinnelon Borough	5.0 mi	10	168

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 Montville Township include the places inside it that have pages of their own: Pine Brook, Towaco.

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