Crime in Lakewood Township, New Jersey
Updated ·Vorp Labs
The model puts major crime in Lakewood Township at 66% below the U.S. rate per resident: 66% lower for persons crimes and 66% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 5.3% from a year earlier.
- Modeled from FBI crime data for the police agencies serving Lakewood 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 5.9 major crimes per 1,000 residents a year (1.1 violent, 4.8 property), against 17.2 for the U.S.
- By the model's major-crime rate per resident, Lakewood Township is lower than 73% of the 364 other New Jersey places and 79% 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 Lakewood Township's 49 census block groups for 145,034 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 Lakewood 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 Lakewood Township
Half of residents live where the major-crime index is between 21 and 37.
- 0–5086.8%
- 50–10012.9%
- 100–2000.0%
- 200–4000.3%
- 400+0.1%
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Every crime type in Lakewood Township is near or below the U.S. rate
Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live
Property crimes
Social disorder
Highest on Friday and Saturday nights
100 is the U.S. rate, same hours.
Expected major crime fell 5.3% 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.
Lakewood Township against U.S. places with 100,000 to 250,000 residents
264 of the 278 other places of this size have a major-crime index at least 15% above Lakewood Township's, and 10 are within 15% of it; the middle of the group is 107. The 9 nearest in population:
U.S. = 100. Residents in gray.
Lakewood Township's major-crime index is higher than 3, lower than 4 and within 15% of 1 of its 8 nearest neighbors
The closest, Lakewood (1 mi), is about Lakewood Township's rate.
U.S. = 100. Miles between population centers.
Questions about crime in Lakewood Township
Is Lakewood Township safe?
Lakewood Township's major-crime index is 34, 66% below the U.S. rate per resident and lower than 73% of the 364 other New Jersey places on CrimeMetric: violent crimes against people are 66% below the U.S. rate, and property crimes 66% below the U.S. rate.
What is the crime rate in Lakewood Township?
The model expects about 851 major crimes a year in Lakewood Township, about 5.9 per 1,000 residents, 66% below the U.S. rate.
Is crime going up or down in Lakewood Township?
Expected major crimes in Lakewood Township are down 5.3% from a year earlier; across New Jersey they're down 10.2%.
What are the most common crimes in Lakewood Township?
By the model's expected count, the most common crimes against people and property are other larceny (about 340 a year), theft from vehicle (about 186 a year) and aggravated assault (about 121 a year).
Are car break-ins common in Lakewood Township?
The model expects about 186 thefts from vehicles a year in Lakewood Township, 52% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Are car thefts common in Lakewood Township?
The model expects about 31 motor vehicle thefts a year in Lakewood Township, 86% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Is Lakewood Township safe at night?
The model's major-crime index is 42 on Friday and Saturday nights from 6pm to 6am, against 31 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 Lakewood Township higher than the New Jersey average?
Lakewood Township's major-crime index is 34, 56% 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 Lakewood Township compare with Lakewood?
Lakewood, 1 mile away, has a major-crime index of 35, about Lakewood Township's rate per resident. Lakewood Township's is 34.
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. Lakewood Township's figures add up its 49 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- Lakewood 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: 145,034. Model updated Nov 10, 2026. Release 2026-11-10
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in Lakewood Township, New Jersey." Vorp Labs, updated November 9, 2026 (model Nov 10, 2026). https://crimemetric.com/nj/lakewood-township
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