Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Asbury Park, NJ Crime Grade
How Asbury Park grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of New Jersey — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
10/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
New Jersey
10/10
vs. New Jersey cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Asbury Park, NJ was 688.1 per 100,000 residents (107 incidents over a population of 15,551). That puts Asbury Park 112% above the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 255% above the New Jersey statewide rate of 193.8.
That ranks Asbury Park #3,507 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 7% of them, and #237 of 242 in New Jersey. Violent crime is down 38% year over year and down 41% over the last five years.
Asbury Park, NJ crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (10/10)
- New Jersey Grade
- F (10/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 688.1 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,507 of 3,771
- NJ rank
- #237 of 242
- Safer than
- 7% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 38%
- 5-year change
- down 41%
- Population
- 15,551
- Reporting agency
- Asbury Park Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Asbury Park Police Department (FBI ORI NJ0130300) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Asbury Park (red), New Jersey (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Asbury Park vs. U.S., 2025 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2019 | 2020 | 2022 | 2023 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 1159.6(179) | 1226.3(188) | 1078.3(164) | 1116.5(169) | 688.1(107) |
| Murder | 13.0(2) | 6.5(1) | 19.7(3) | 19.8(3) | 19.3(3) |
| Rape | 64.8(10) | 78.3(12) | 59.2(9) | 39.6(6) | 19.3(3) |
| Robbery | 304.5(47) | 313.1(48) | 210.4(32) | 277.5(42) | 147.9(23) |
| Aggravated assault | 777.4(120) | 828.4(127) | 789.0(120) | 779.6(118) | 501.6(78) |
| Property crime | 3400.9(525) | 3437.5(527) | 3629.4(552) | 4221.7(639) | 3356.7(522) |
| Burglary | 382.2(59) | 476.2(73) | 585.2(89) | 475.7(72) | 282.9(44) |
| Larceny | 2960.4(457) | 2850.4(437) | 2879.9(438) | 3501.6(530) | 2983.7(464) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 58.3(9) | 97.8(15) | 157.8(24) | 237.8(36) | 83.6(13) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Asbury Park, NJ Crime Grade?
- FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- What metric does the Asbury Park Crime Grade use?
- Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- How is the national decile for Asbury Park calculated?
- Asbury Park's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the New Jersey state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to New Jersey cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- How do decile scores convert to a letter grade?
- 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- How often is the Asbury Park Crime Grade refreshed?
- Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- What are the limits of this Crime Grade?
- The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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