Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Lakewood Township, NJ Crime Grade
How Lakewood Township 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 2025, the violent crime rate in Lakewood Township, NJ was 129.3 per 100,000 residents (186 incidents over a population of 143,902). That puts Lakewood Township Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 33% below the New Jersey statewide rate of 193.8.
That ranks Lakewood Township #1,414 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 63% of them, and #162 of 242 in New Jersey. Violent crime is down 14% year over year and up 1032% over the last five years.
Lakewood Township, NJ crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (4/10)
- New Jersey Grade
- C (7/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 129.3 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,414 of 3,771
- NJ rank
- #162 of 242
- Safer than
- 63% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 14%
- 5-year change
- up 1032%
- Population
- 143,902
- Reporting agency
- Lakewood Township Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Lakewood Township Police Department (FBI ORI NJ0151400) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Lakewood Township, NJ
Also known as
- Washington Furnace
- Bergen Works
- Bricksburg
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. Lakewood Township (red), New Jersey (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Lakewood Township 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 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 11.4(13) | 87.8(124) | 157.2(224) | 151.2(219) | 129.3(186) |
| Murder | 2.6(3) | 0.0(0) | 0.7(1) | 1.4(2) | 0.7(1) |
| Rape | 4.4(5) | 9.9(14) | 16.8(24) | 15.9(23) | 17.4(25) |
| Robbery | 0.9(1) | 18.4(26) | 23.2(33) | 18.6(27) | 16.0(23) |
| Aggravated assault | 3.5(4) | 59.5(84) | 116.5(166) | 115.3(167) | 95.2(137) |
| Property crime | 14.1(16) | 660.1(932) | 653.3(931) | 589.5(854) | 480.9(692) |
| Burglary | 3.5(4) | 107.7(152) | 96.8(138) | 87.7(127) | 64.6(93) |
| Larceny | 7.0(8) | 468.2(661) | 497.5(709) | 464.5(673) | 378.7(545) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 3.5(4) | 72.2(102) | 51.9(74) | 32.4(47) | 24.3(35) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Lakewood Township, 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 Lakewood Township 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 Lakewood Township calculated?
- Lakewood Township'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 Lakewood Township 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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