Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Franklin Township, Somerset County, NJ Crime Grade
How Franklin Township, Somerset County 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
1/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
New Jersey
2/10
vs. New Jersey cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Franklin Township, Somerset County, NJ was 28.4 per 100,000 residents (20 incidents over a population of 70,400). That puts Franklin Township, Somerset County Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 85% below the New Jersey statewide rate of 193.8.
That ranks Franklin Township, Somerset County #223 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 94% of them, and #44 of 242 in New Jersey. Violent crime is down 64% year over year and down 59% over the last five years.
Franklin Township, Somerset County, NJ crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (1/10)
- New Jersey Grade
- A (2/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 28.4 / 100k
- National rank
- #223 of 3,771
- NJ rank
- #44 of 242
- Safer than
- 94% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 64%
- 5-year change
- down 59%
- Population
- 70,400
- Reporting agency
- Franklin Township Police Department, Somerset County
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Franklin Township Police Department, Somerset County (FBI ORI NJ0180800) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Franklin Township, Somerset County (red), New Jersey (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Franklin Township, Somerset County 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 | 2020 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 69.6(46) | 97.4(67) | 94.0(65) | 78.7(55) | 28.4(20) |
| Murder | 4.5(3) | 1.5(1) | 4.3(3) | 1.4(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 4.5(3) | 10.2(7) | 28.9(20) | 12.9(9) | 2.8(2) |
| Robbery | 25.7(17) | 27.6(19) | 30.4(21) | 18.6(13) | 4.3(3) |
| Aggravated assault | 34.8(23) | 58.2(40) | 30.4(21) | 45.8(32) | 21.3(15) |
| Property crime | 979.8(648) | 869.4(598) | 1218.6(843) | 1131.3(791) | 400.6(282) |
| Burglary | 96.8(64) | 74.1(51) | 128.7(89) | 110.1(77) | 29.8(21) |
| Larceny | 811.9(537) | 686.2(472) | 1001.8(693) | 919.6(643) | 331.0(233) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 71.1(47) | 109.0(75) | 88.2(61) | 101.5(71) | 39.8(28) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Franklin Township, Somerset County, 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 Franklin Township, Somerset County 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 Franklin Township, Somerset County calculated?
- Franklin Township, Somerset County'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 Franklin Township, Somerset County 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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