What is the crime rate in Vernon Township, NJ?

In 2025, the Vernon Township Police Department reported 2 violent crimes and 33 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 9 violent and 143 property crimes per 100,000 of the 23,028 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: 9
Property per 100,000: 143
Violent crimes: 2
Property crimes: 33

Crime reported by the Vernon 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	3	13	21	92	22,743
2024	1	4	39	171	22,851
2025	2	9	33	143	23,028

Violent crimes reported went from 3 in 2023 to 2 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 21 in 2023 to 33 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.

Vernon Township against New Jersey and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Vernon Township	9	143
Sussex County	55	302
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 Vernon Township, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Vernon Township	—	9	143
Hamburg Borough	5.4 mi	178	385
Hardyston Township	6.1 mi	23	175
Franklin Borough	7.9 mi	0	372
Town of Warwick	8.0 mi	72	294
West Milford Township	8.0 mi	80	268
Ogdensburg Borough	9.8 mi	0	0
Village of Greenwood Lake	11 mi	202	168
Village of Florida	12 mi	0	245

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 Vernon Township include the places inside it that have pages of their own: Highland Lakes, Vernon Center, Vernon Valley.

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