Crime in Cranford Township, New Jersey
Updated ·Vorp Labs
The model puts major crime in Cranford Township at 68% below the U.S. rate per resident: 89% lower for persons crimes and 63% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 9.3% from a year earlier.
- Modeled from FBI crime data for the police agencies serving Cranford Township and from local police incident records. Where an agency didn't report to the FBI, its totals are estimated from its past reports or similar agencies.
- The model estimates about 5.5 major crimes per 1,000 residents a year (0.4 violent, 5.1 property), against 17.2 for the U.S.
- By the model's major-crime rate per resident, Cranford Township is lower than 76% of the 364 other New Jersey places and 82% of the 8,446 other places nationwide on CrimeMetric.
Where these numbers come from
The estimates start from what police agencies report to the FBI, modeled across Cranford Township's 21 census block groups for 25,078 residents. How New Jersey residents' crime totals reach the FBI: detailed incident reports for 79.1%, summary counts only for 14.7% and estimates from past reports or similar agencies for 6.2% (shares of 2020 residents). Sources · Method
- Year: many show an agency's last full FBI year (often two years back). These figures are the model's estimate for the current year, release 2026-11-10.
- Crimes counted: some add simple assault, vandalism or drug offenses to "violent" or "property" crime; here major crime is persons plus property crime, and social disorder is separate.
- Area: an agency's totals cover its jurisdiction, which can differ from the city's limits; these are summed over the block groups inside Cranford Township.
- Scale: a grade or a 1-to-100 score ranks places against each other; a rate per 1,000 residents and an index against the U.S. rate don't.
Rates are the model's estimates of reported crime per 1,000 residents a year. Index: 100 is the U.S. rate per resident; 200 is twice it. How we calculated this
How crime varies across Cranford Township
Half of residents live where the major-crime index is between 17 and 28.
- 0–5090.1%
- 50–1007.4%
- 100–2000.0%
- 200–4002.5%
- 400+0.0%
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Every crime type in Cranford Township is near or below the U.S. rate
Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live
Property crimes
Social disorder
Highest in the daytime
100 is the U.S. rate, same hours.
Expected major crime fell 9.3% in a year; across New Jersey it fell 10.2%
Change in the model's expected crimes, not a count of reports; New Jersey in gray. 2031 is a model projection, not tested against past years.
Cranford Township against U.S. places with 25,000 to 50,000 residents
952 of the 1,120 other places of this size have a major-crime index at least 15% above Cranford Township's, and 107 are within 15% of it; the middle of the group is 73. The 9 nearest in population:
U.S. = 100. Residents in gray.
Cranford Township's major-crime index is higher than 1, lower than 5 and within 15% of 2 of its 8 nearest neighbors
The closest, Garwood (1 mi), is 1.6 times Cranford Township's rate.
U.S. = 100. Miles between population centers.
Questions about crime in Cranford Township
Is Cranford Township safe?
Cranford Township's major-crime index is 32, 68% below the U.S. rate per resident and lower than 76% of the 364 other New Jersey places on CrimeMetric: violent crimes against people are 89% below the U.S. rate, and property crimes 63% below the U.S. rate.
What is the crime rate in Cranford Township?
The model expects about 139 major crimes a year in Cranford Township, about 5.5 per 1,000 residents, 68% below the U.S. rate.
Is crime going up or down in Cranford Township?
Expected major crimes in Cranford Township are down 9.3% from a year earlier; across New Jersey they're down 10.2%.
What are the most common crimes in Cranford Township?
By the model's expected count, the most common crimes against people and property are other larceny (about 49 a year), burglary (about 41 a year) and shoplifting (about 23 a year).
Are car break-ins common in Cranford Township?
The model expects about 10 thefts from vehicles a year in Cranford Township, 85% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Are car thefts common in Cranford Township?
The model expects about 7 motor vehicle thefts a year in Cranford Township, 82% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Is Cranford Township safe at night?
The model's major-crime index is 32 on Sunday to Thursday nights from 6pm to 6am, against 35 at its highest in the daytime; 100 is the U.S. rate for the same hours. That's a citywide estimate per resident for those hours: it can't speak to a particular street, venue or evening. For one address, use the address lookup on this page.
Is crime in Cranford Township higher than the New Jersey average?
Cranford Township's major-crime index is 32, 59% below the New Jersey rate per resident. New Jersey as a whole is 78, where 100 is the U.S. rate.
How does crime in Cranford Township compare with Garwood?
Garwood, 1 mile away, has a major-crime index of 50, 1.6 times Cranford Township's rate per resident. Cranford Township's is 32.
How we calculated this
Each police agency's crimes, as reported to the FBI or estimated where it didn't report, are spread across the census block groups it serves using population, jobs, points of interest and, where available, local incident records. Cranford Township's figures add up its 21 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- Cranford Township's published incident records inform the estimate for every neighborhood.
- 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: 25,078. Model updated Nov 10, 2026. Release 2026-11-10
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in Cranford Township, New Jersey." Vorp Labs, updated November 9, 2026 (model Nov 10, 2026). https://crimemetric.com/nj/cranford-township
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