Crime in Cape May Court House, New Jersey
Major crime in Cape May Court House is 7% above the U.S. rate per resident: about the same for persons crimes and 9% higher for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 7.4% 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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Shoplifting stands out most, at 1.7 times the U.S. rate
Expected crimes per year in Cape May Court House 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
Neighborhoods in Cape May Court House
Cape May Court House is made up of 3 census block groups. The typical resident lives where the major-crime index is 116; the middle half of residents live where it is between 54 and 116.
- 0–500.0%
- 50–10040.2%
- 100–20045.7%
- 200–40014.1%
- 400+0.0%
Share of residents by the index of their census block group, a neighborhood of roughly 600 to 3,000 people.
Highest on weekday daytimes
Major-crime index by time of week, against the U.S. rate for the same hours.
Major crime fell 7.4% 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 Court House against U.S. places with 5,000 to 10,000 residents
500 of the 2,163 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Cape May Court House; the middle of the group is 63. The 9 nearest in population:
Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; residents in gray.
Cape May Court House has a higher major-crime index than 4 of its 8 nearest neighbors
The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, North Wildwood (6 mi), is 36% above Cape May Court House's rate.
Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; distances between where residents live, in miles.
Questions about crime in Cape May Court House
What are the most common crimes in Cape May Court House?
By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 36 a year), shoplifting (about 30 a year) and aggravated assault (about 14 a year). Compared with the U.S., shoplifting stands out most: 1.7 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 Court House's figures add up its 3 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- Cape May Court House 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: 5,512. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in Cape May Court House, New Jersey." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/nj/cape-may-court-house
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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100
- North Wildwood6 mi145
- Wildwood6 mi231
- Villas7 mi33
- Wildwood Crest7 mi81
- North Cape May9 mi44
- Cape May11 mi163
- Ocean City18 mi100
- Somers Point21 mi132