Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2024
Hammonton, NJ Crime Grade
How Hammonton 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
4/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
New Jersey
7/10
vs. New Jersey cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2024, the violent crime rate in Hammonton, NJ was 128.1 per 100,000 residents (19 incidents over a population of 14,832). That puts Hammonton 65% below the U.S. rate of 364.7 and 42% below the New Jersey statewide rate of 221.9.
That ranks Hammonton #1,404 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 63% of them, and #160 of 242 in New Jersey. Violent crime is down 45% year over year and down 28% over the last five years.
Hammonton, NJ crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (4/10)
- New Jersey Grade
- C (7/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 128.1 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,404 of 3,771
- NJ rank
- #160 of 242
- Safer than
- 63% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 45%
- 5-year change
- down 28%
- Population
- 14,832
- Reporting agency
- Hammonton Police Department
- Data year
- 2024 · FBI UCR
Reported by Hammonton Police Department (FBI ORI NJ0011300) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Hammonton, NJ
Also known as
- Coffin's Mill
- Hammond Town
- Hammondtown
Name history sourced from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) — public-domain federal geographic-names data.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Hammonton (red), New Jersey (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Hammonton vs. U.S., 2024 — 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 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 178.5(25) | 166.1(23) | 296.1(44) | 234.8(35) | 128.1(19) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 7.1(1) | 0.0(0) | 6.7(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Robbery | 28.6(4) | 0.0(0) | 26.9(4) | 33.5(5) | 13.5(2) |
| Aggravated assault | 142.8(20) | 166.1(23) | 262.4(39) | 201.3(30) | 114.6(17) |
| Property crime | 828.4(116) | 1372.3(190) | 706.5(105) | 704.4(105) | 1186.6(176) |
| Burglary | 178.5(25) | 267.2(37) | 87.5(13) | 73.8(11) | 94.4(14) |
| Larceny | 557.0(78) | 1047.3(145) | 524.9(78) | 556.8(83) | 984.4(146) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 85.7(12) | 50.6(7) | 87.5(13) | 67.1(10) | 107.9(16) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Hammonton, 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 Hammonton 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 Hammonton calculated?
- Hammonton'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 Hammonton 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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