What is the crime rate in Scotch Plains Township, NJ?

In 2025, the Scotch Plains Township Police Department reported 8 violent crimes and 112 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 32 violent and 443 property crimes per 100,000 of the 25,285 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: 32
Property per 100,000: 443
Violent crimes: 8
Property crimes: 112

Crime reported by the Scotch Plains 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	8	33	188	770	24,406
2024	10	40	128	516	24,820
2025	8	32	112	443	25,285

Violent crimes reported went from 8 in 2023 to 8 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 188 in 2023 to 112 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.

Scotch Plains Township against New Jersey and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Scotch Plains Township	32	443
Union County	151	1,394
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 Scotch Plains Township, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Scotch Plains Township	—	32	443
Fanwood Borough	0.9 mi	25	337
Westfield Town	2.0 mi	0	539
Plainfield	2.6 mi	411	1,611
Garwood Borough	2.9 mi	0	0
Clark Township	3.1 mi	18	1,360
Mountainside Borough	3.4 mi	14	508
Watchung Borough	3.4 mi	60	3,678
North Plainfield Borough	3.6 mi	129	1,211

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

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