What is the crime rate in Neptune Township, NJ?

In 2025, the Neptune Township Police Department reported 81 violent crimes and 850 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 287 violent and 3,011 property crimes per 100,000 of the 28,227 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: 287
Property per 100,000: 3,011
Violent crimes: 81
Property crimes: 850

Crime reported by the Neptune 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	96	340	969	3,432	28,238
2024	81	290	913	3,264	27,969
2025	81	287	850	3,011	28,227

Violent crimes reported went from 96 in 2023 to 81 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 969 in 2023 to 850 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.

Neptune Township against New Jersey and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Neptune Township	287	3,011
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 Neptune Township, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Neptune Township	—	287	3,011
Neptune City Borough	1.4 mi	218	2,349
Bradley Beach Borough	2.4 mi	24	1,234
Asbury Park	2.4 mi	688	3,357
Avon-by-the-Sea Borough	2.6 mi	0	1,027
Belmar Borough	2.8 mi	137	1,268
Ocean Township (Monmouth County)	3.0 mi	118	2,839
Wall Township	4.1 mi	75	1,016
Spring Lake Borough	4.4 mi	0	1,511

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 Neptune Township include the places inside it that have pages of their own: Ocean Grove, Shark River Hills.

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