Crime in Lakehurst, New Jersey
Major crime in Lakehurst is 6% below the U.S. rate per resident: 27% lower for persons crimes and about the same for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 7.0% 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 2.8 times the U.S. rate
Expected crimes per year in Lakehurst 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 Lakehurst
Lakehurst is made up of 3 census block groups. The typical resident lives where the major-crime index is 125; the middle half of residents live where it is between 74 and 125.
- 0–5022.1%
- 50–10025.1%
- 100–20052.8%
- 200–4000.0%
- 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 7.0% 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.
Lakehurst against U.S. places with 2,000 to 5,000 residents
439 of the 1,761 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Lakehurst; the middle of the group is 58. The 9 nearest in population:
Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; residents in gray.
Lakehurst has a higher major-crime index than all of its 8 nearest neighbors
The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Leisure Village West (2 mi), is 73% below Lakehurst's rate.
Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; distances between where residents live, in miles.
Questions about crime in Lakehurst
What are the most common crimes in Lakehurst?
By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are shoplifting (about 24 a year), other larceny (about 10 a year) and aggravated assault (about 5 a year). Compared with the U.S., shoplifting stands out most: 2.8 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. Lakehurst's figures add up its 3 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- Lakehurst 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: 2,747. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in Lakehurst, New Jersey." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/nj/lakehurst
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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100
- Leisure Village West2 mi26
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- Crestwood Village4 mi31
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- South Toms River8 mi46
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- Lakewood8 mi35
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