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
2/10
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.
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
- Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- Metric: Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- National decile: Lawrence Township, Mercer County's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- State decile: Same calculation restricted to New Jersey cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- Letter grade: 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- Refresh: Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- Limits: The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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