What is the crime rate in Stafford Township, NJ?

In 2025, the Stafford Township Police Department reported 25 violent crimes and 201 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 80 violent and 646 property crimes per 100,000 of the 31,111 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: 80
Property per 100,000: 646
Violent crimes: 25
Property crimes: 201

Crime reported by the Stafford 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	6	20	340	1,109	30,666
2024	13	41	243	770	31,546
2025	25	80	201	646	31,111

Violent crimes reported went from 6 in 2023 to 25 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 340 in 2023 to 201 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.

Stafford Township against New Jersey and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Stafford Township	80	646
Ocean County	113	650
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 Stafford Township, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Stafford Township	—	80	646
Barnegat Township	4.3 mi	129	293
Surf City Borough	5.7 mi	75	825
Ship Bottom Borough	6.0 mi	0	530
Little Egg Harbor Township	6.2 mi	23	445
Ocean Township (Ocean County)	6.4 mi	21	224
Long Beach Township	7.5 mi	95	1,075
Tuckerton Borough	8.7 mi	0	990
Beach Haven Borough	9.0 mi	0	11,503

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 Stafford Township include the places inside it that have pages of their own: Beach Haven West, Manahawkin, Ocean Acres.

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