CrimeMetric

Crime in Woodbury Heights, New Jersey

Major crime in Woodbury Heights is 30% below the U.S. rate per resident: 60% lower for persons crimes and 23% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 7.7% from a year earlier.

Modeled estimates per resident, not counts of incidents. How we calculated this

Major crime
71
30% below the U.S. rate
9% below the New Jersey rate
down 7.7% in a year
Persons crimes
40
60% below the U.S. rate
34% below the New Jersey rate
down 5.7% in a year
Property crimes
77
23% below the U.S. rate
6% below the New Jersey rate
down 8.0% in a year
Social disorder
70
30% below the U.S. rate
27% above the New Jersey rate
down 5.4% in a year

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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Crime by type

Shoplifting stands out most, at 30% above the U.S. rate

Expected crimes per year in Woodbury Heights for each type, and the index against the U.S. rate per resident.

Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live

IndexPer year

Neighborhoods in Woodbury Heights

Woodbury Heights is made up of 3 census block groups. The typical resident lives where the major-crime index is 53; the middle half of residents live where it is between 23 and 111.

Map of Woodbury Heights, with its census block groups shaded by major-crime index band
Block groups shaded by major-crime index, in the key's bands below; pale gray where fewer than 100 people live. Highways and boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau.
  • 0–5028.9%
  • 50–10026.2%
  • 100–20044.9%
  • 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.

When it happens

Highest on weekday daytimes

Major-crime index by time of week, against the U.S. rate for the same hours.

Monday to Friday, 6am to 6pm85
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am58
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm76
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am48
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 7.7% in a year; across New Jersey it fell 10.2%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-7.7%NJ -10.2%-13.1%NJ -11.5%
Persons crimes-5.7%NJ -7.9%-0.2%NJ -1.4%
Property crimes-8.0%NJ -10.5%-14.6%NJ -13.1%
Social disorder-5.4%NJ -5.4%-5.7%NJ -4.7%

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.

Similar-size places

Woodbury Heights against U.S. places with 2,000 to 5,000 residents

683 of the 1,761 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Woodbury Heights; the middle of the group is 58. The 9 nearest in population:

Woodbury Heights, NJ3,18071
Teague, TX3,17761
Ingram, PA3,18357
Cadiz, OH3,17225

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; residents in gray.

Nearby places

Woodbury Heights has a higher major-crime index than 2 of its 8 nearest neighbors

The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Woodbury (2 mi), is 2.7 times Woodbury Heights's rate.

Woodbury2 mi189
Paulsboro5 mi177
Bellmawr5 mi84
Blackwood5 mi72
Woodbury Heights71
Runnemede5 mi66
Glendora5 mi52

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; distances between where residents live, in miles.

Questions about crime in Woodbury Heights

What are the most common crimes in Woodbury Heights?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are shoplifting (about 13 a year), other larceny (about 13 a year) and theft from vehicle (about 4 a year). Compared with the U.S., shoplifting stands out most: 30% above 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. Woodbury Heights's figures add up its 3 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Woodbury Heights 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: 3,180. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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CrimeMetric. "Crime in Woodbury Heights, New Jersey." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/nj/woodbury-heights

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100