Crime in Freehold Township, New Jersey
Updated ·Vorp Labs
The model puts major crime in Freehold Township at about the U.S. rate per resident: 54% lower for persons crimes and 6% higher for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 7.5% from a year earlier.
- Modeled from FBI crime data for the police agencies serving Freehold Township. Where an agency didn't report to the FBI, its totals are estimated from its past reports or similar agencies.
- The model estimates about 16.3 major crimes per 1,000 residents a year (1.4 violent, 14.9 property), against 17.2 for the U.S.
- By the model's major-crime rate per resident, Freehold Township is higher than 66% of the 364 other New Jersey places and 60% 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 Freehold Township's 21 census block groups for 36,348 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 Freehold 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 Freehold Township
Half of residents live where the major-crime index is between 35 and 116.
- 0–5039.7%
- 50–10023.4%
- 100–20026.2%
- 200–40010.7%
- 400+0.0%
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Shoplifting stands out most, at 1.9 times the U.S. rate
Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live
Property crimes
Social disorder
Highest on weekday daytimes
100 is the U.S. rate, same hours.
Expected major crime fell 7.5% 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.
Freehold Township against U.S. places with 25,000 to 50,000 residents
288 of the 1,120 other places of this size have a major-crime index at least 15% above Freehold Township's, and 199 are within 15% of it; the middle of the group is 73. The 9 nearest in population:
U.S. = 100. Residents in gray.
Freehold Township's major-crime index is higher than 7 and lower than 1 of its 8 nearest neighbors
The closest, West Freehold (1 mi), is 39% above Freehold Township's rate.
U.S. = 100. Miles between population centers.
Questions about crime in Freehold Township
Is Freehold Township safe?
Freehold Township's major-crime index is 95, about the U.S. rate per resident and higher than 66% of the 364 other New Jersey places on CrimeMetric: violent crimes against people are 54% below the U.S. rate, and property crimes 6% above the U.S. rate.
What is the crime rate in Freehold Township?
The model expects about 593 major crimes a year in Freehold Township, about 16.3 per 1,000 residents, about the U.S. rate.
Is crime going up or down in Freehold Township?
Expected major crimes in Freehold Township are down 7.5% from a year earlier; across New Jersey they're down 10.2%.
What are the most common crimes in Freehold Township?
By the model's expected count, the most common crimes against people and property are other larceny (about 272 a year), shoplifting (about 218 a year) and aggravated assault (about 41 a year).
Are car break-ins common in Freehold Township?
The model expects about 17 thefts from vehicles a year in Freehold Township, 83% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Are car thefts common in Freehold Township?
The model expects about 14 motor vehicle thefts a year in Freehold Township, 76% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Is Freehold Township safe at night?
The model's major-crime index is 79 on Friday and Saturday nights from 6pm to 6am, against 123 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 Freehold Township higher than the New Jersey average?
Freehold Township's major-crime index is 95, 22% above the New Jersey rate per resident. New Jersey as a whole is 78, where 100 is the U.S. rate.
How does crime in Freehold Township compare with West Freehold?
West Freehold, 1 mile away, has a major-crime index of 132, 39% above Freehold Township's rate per resident. Freehold Township's is 95.
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. Freehold Township's figures add up its 21 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- Freehold Township has no published incident records in our data, so its estimate relies on agency totals and neighborhood characteristics.
- 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: 36,348. Model updated Nov 10, 2026. Release 2026-11-10
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in Freehold Township, New Jersey." Vorp Labs, updated November 9, 2026 (model Nov 10, 2026). https://crimemetric.com/nj/freehold-township
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