Crime in Little Egg Harbor, New Jersey
Updated ·Vorp Labs
The model puts major crime in Little Egg Harbor at 67% below the U.S. rate per resident: 85% lower for persons crimes and 63% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 7.5% from a year earlier.
- Modeled from FBI crime data for the police agencies serving Little Egg Harbor. Where an agency didn't report to the FBI, its totals are estimated from its past reports or similar agencies.
- The model estimates about 5.7 major crimes per 1,000 residents a year (0.5 violent, 5.2 property), against 17.2 for the U.S.
- By the model's major-crime rate per resident, Little Egg Harbor is lower than 76% of the 364 other New Jersey places and 80% 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 Little Egg Harbor's 15 census block groups for 22,010 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 Little Egg Harbor.
- 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 Little Egg Harbor
Half of residents live where the major-crime index is between 24 and 39.
- 0–5082.7%
- 50–10017.3%
- 100–2000.0%
- 200–4000.0%
- 400+0.0%
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Every crime type in Little Egg Harbor is near or below 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.
Little Egg Harbor against U.S. places with 10,000 to 25,000 residents
1,986 of the 2,480 other places of this size have a major-crime index at least 15% above Little Egg Harbor's, and 241 are within 15% of it; the middle of the group is 67. The 9 nearest in population:
U.S. = 100. Residents in gray.
Little Egg Harbor's major-crime index is lower than 6 and within 15% of 2 of its 8 nearest neighbors
The closest, Mystic Island (2 mi), is about Little Egg Harbor's rate.
U.S. = 100. Miles between population centers.
Questions about crime in Little Egg Harbor
Is Little Egg Harbor safe?
Little Egg Harbor's major-crime index is 33, 67% 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 85% below the U.S. rate, and property crimes 63% below the U.S. rate.
What is the crime rate in Little Egg Harbor?
The model expects about 126 major crimes a year in Little Egg Harbor, about 5.7 per 1,000 residents, 67% below the U.S. rate.
Is crime going up or down in Little Egg Harbor?
Expected major crimes in Little Egg Harbor are down 7.5% from a year earlier; across New Jersey they're down 10.2%.
What are the most common crimes in Little Egg Harbor?
By the model's expected count, the most common crimes against people and property are other larceny (about 73 a year), shoplifting (about 24 a year) and burglary (about 9 a year).
Are car break-ins common in Little Egg Harbor?
The model expects about 6 thefts from vehicles a year in Little Egg Harbor, 90% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Are car thefts common in Little Egg Harbor?
The model expects about 3 motor vehicle thefts a year in Little Egg Harbor, 91% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Is Little Egg Harbor safe at night?
The model's major-crime index is 26 on Sunday to Thursday nights from 6pm to 6am, against 42 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 Little Egg Harbor higher than the New Jersey average?
Little Egg Harbor's major-crime index is 33, 57% 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 Little Egg Harbor compare with Mystic Island?
Mystic Island, 2 miles away, has a major-crime index of 32, about Little Egg Harbor's rate per resident. Little Egg Harbor's is 33.
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. Little Egg Harbor's figures add up its 15 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- Little Egg Harbor 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: 22,010. Model updated Nov 10, 2026. Release 2026-11-10
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in Little Egg Harbor, New Jersey." Vorp Labs, updated November 9, 2026 (model Nov 10, 2026). https://crimemetric.com/nj/little-egg-harbor
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