What is the crime rate in Spotswood Borough, NJ?

In 2025, the Spotswood Police Department reported 10 violent crimes and 24 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 120 violent and 288 property crimes per 100,000 of the 8,343 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: 120
Property per 100,000: 288
Violent crimes: 10
Property crimes: 24

Crime reported by the Spotswood Police Department, 2024 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
2024	13	158	60	728	8,238
2025	10	120	24	288	8,343

Violent crimes reported went from 13 in 2024 to 10 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 60 in 2024 to 24 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.

Spotswood Borough against New Jersey and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Spotswood Borough	120	288
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 Spotswood Borough, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Spotswood Borough	—	120	288
Helmetta Borough	1.9 mi	40	322
East Brunswick Township	2.6 mi	117	1,171
South River Borough	3.7 mi	115	486
Jamesburg Borough	4.0 mi	34	441
Milltown Borough	4.5 mi	69	1,528
Old Bridge Township	4.5 mi	68	700
Monroe Township (Middlesex County)	5.5 mi	16	188
North Brunswick Township	6.0 mi	160	1,274

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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