What is the crime rate in Wildwood, NJ?

In 2025, the Wildwood Police Department reported 26 violent crimes and 202 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 511 violent and 3,970 property crimes per 100,000 of the 5,088 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: 511
Property per 100,000: 3,970
Violent crimes: 26
Property crimes: 202

Crime reported by the Wildwood 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	20	391	252	4,924	5,118
2025	26	511	202	3,970	5,088

Violent crimes reported went from 20 in 2024 to 26 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 252 in 2024 to 202 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.

Wildwood against New Jersey and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Wildwood	511	3,970
Cape May County	164	1,413
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 Wildwood, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Wildwood	—	511	3,970
Wildwood Crest Borough	1.5 mi	331	993
North Wildwood	1.7 mi	85	2,260
Lower Township	5.0 mi	139	582
Cape May	5.4 mi	146	2,706
Middle Township	7.4 mi	237	1,597
Avalon Borough	8.0 mi	0	7,597
Sea Isle City	13 mi	329	2,915

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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