Crime in Cape May, New Jersey
Major crime in Cape May is 1.6 times the U.S. rate per resident: 54% lower for persons crimes and 1.9 times for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 7.2% from a year earlier.
Modeled estimates per resident, not counts of incidents. How we calculated this
Index: crimes per resident compared with the U.S., where 100 is the U.S. rate and 200 is twice it.
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Other larceny stands out most, at 4.2 times the U.S. rate
Expected crimes per year in Cape May for each type, and the index against the U.S. rate per resident.
Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live
Property crimes
Social disorder
How crime varies across Cape May
The middle half of Cape May residents live in neighborhoods with a major-crime index between 55 and 190; the typical (median) resident's is 160.
- 0–5019.3%
- 50–10025.3%
- 100–20043.6%
- 200–4000.0%
- 400+11.8%
Share of residents by the index of their census block group, a neighborhood of roughly 600 to 3,000 people.
Highest on weekend daytimes
Major-crime index by time of week, against the U.S. rate for the same hours.
Major crime fell 7.2% in a year; across New Jersey it fell 10.2%
Change in expected crimes, with New Jersey as a whole in gray. The past year uses the reporting agencies' year-to-date FBI data; 2031 is the model's projection.
Cape May against U.S. places with 2,000 to 5,000 residents
148 of the 1,761 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Cape May; the middle of the group is 58. The 9 nearest in population:
Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; residents in gray.
Cape May has a higher major-crime index than 7 of its 8 nearest neighbors
The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, North Cape May (4 mi), is 73% below Cape May's rate.
Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; distances between where residents live, in miles.
Questions about crime in Cape May
What are the most common crimes in Cape May?
By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 56 a year), shoplifting (about 10 a year) and burglary (about 3 a year). Compared with the U.S., other larceny stands out most: 4.2 times the U.S. rate per resident.
How we calculated this
Each police agency's crimes, as reported to the FBI, are spread across the census block groups it serves using population, jobs, points of interest and, where available, local incident records. Cape May's figures add up its 5 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- Cape May has no published incident records in our data, so its estimate relies on agency totals and neighborhood characteristics.
- 0.0% of residents live in block groups whose estimate has high confidence (80% interval within about 5x).
- Rates are per resident, so places where many people work or visit but few live, such as downtowns, airports and stadiums, can read high.
- Disorderly conduct and trespassing are modeled, because the FBI records them only through arrests.
- Residents: 2,702. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in Cape May, New Jersey." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/nj/cape-may
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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100
- North Cape May4 mi44
- Wildwood Crest4 mi81
- Villas6 mi33
- Wildwood6 mi231
- North Wildwood7 mi145
- Cape May Court House11 mi107
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- Milton, DE25 mi39