Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Lawrence Township, Mercer County, NJ Crime Grade
How Lawrence Township, Mercer 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
3/10
vs. New Jersey cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Lawrence Township, Mercer County, NJ was 34.2 per 100,000 residents (11 incidents over a population of 32,186). That puts Lawrence Township, Mercer County Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 82% below the New Jersey statewide rate of 193.8.
That ranks Lawrence Township, Mercer County #294 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 92% of them, and #57 of 242 in New Jersey. Violent crime is down 9% year over year and down 32% over the last five years.
Lawrence Township, Mercer County, NJ crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (1/10)
- New Jersey Grade
- A (3/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 34.2 / 100k
- National rank
- #294 of 3,771
- NJ rank
- #57 of 242
- Safer than
- 92% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 9%
- 5-year change
- down 32%
- Population
- 32,186
- Reporting agency
- Lawrence Township Police Department, Mercer County
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Lawrence Township Police Department, Mercer County (FBI ORI NJ0110700) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Lawrence Township, Mercer County (red), New Jersey (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Lawrence Township, Mercer 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 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 50.2(17) | 42.5(14) | 44.7(14) | 37.5(12) | 34.2(11) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 3.2(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 32.5(11) | 12.1(4) | 22.4(7) | 28.1(9) | 24.9(8) |
| Robbery | 17.7(6) | 30.3(10) | 19.2(6) | 9.4(3) | 9.3(3) |
| Aggravated assault | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Property crime | 1431.4(485) | 1593.4(525) | 1766.0(553) | 1838.3(589) | 1336.0(430) |
| Burglary | 318.8(108) | 154.8(51) | 156.5(49) | 115.5(37) | 111.8(36) |
| Larceny | 1021.2(346) | 1365.7(450) | 1539.2(482) | 1588.6(509) | 1124.7(362) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 91.5(31) | 69.8(23) | 70.3(22) | 131.1(42) | 99.4(32) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Lawrence Township, Mercer 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 Lawrence Township, Mercer 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 Lawrence Township, Mercer County calculated?
- Lawrence Township, Mercer 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 Lawrence Township, Mercer 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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