Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2024
Long Branch, NJ Crime Grade
How Long Branch 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
7/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
New Jersey
9/10
vs. New Jersey cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2024, the violent crime rate in Long Branch, NJ was 241.6 per 100,000 residents (80 incidents over a population of 33,113). That puts Long Branch Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 9% above the New Jersey statewide rate of 221.9.
That ranks Long Branch #2,330 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 38% of them, and #210 of 242 in New Jersey. Violent crime is roughly flat year over year and down 33% over the last five years.
Long Branch, NJ crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (7/10)
- New Jersey Grade
- F (9/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 241.6 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,330 of 3,771
- NJ rank
- #210 of 242
- Safer than
- 38% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- roughly flat
- 5-year change
- down 33%
- Population
- 33,113
- Reporting agency
- Long Branch Police Department
- Data year
- 2024 · FBI UCR
Reported by Long Branch Police Department (FBI ORI NJ0132500) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Long Branch, NJ
Also known as
- Longbranch
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. Long Branch (red), New Jersey (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Long Branch 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 | 359.1(109) | 304.9(92) | 187.3(62) | 240.6(79) | 241.6(80) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 3.0(1) |
| Rape | 36.2(11) | 43.1(13) | 33.2(11) | 21.3(7) | 30.2(10) |
| Robbery | 75.8(23) | 69.6(21) | 21.2(7) | 30.5(10) | 39.3(13) |
| Aggravated assault | 247.1(75) | 192.2(58) | 133.0(44) | 188.8(62) | 169.1(56) |
| Property crime | 2059.2(625) | 1855.8(560) | 1275.2(422) | 1340.2(440) | 1627.8(539) |
| Burglary | 197.7(60) | 179.0(54) | 163.2(54) | 185.8(61) | 196.3(65) |
| Larceny | 1772.5(538) | 1554.3(469) | 1024.4(339) | 1072.2(352) | 1325.8(439) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 89.0(27) | 122.6(37) | 84.6(28) | 79.2(26) | 105.7(35) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Long Branch, 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 Long Branch 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 Long Branch calculated?
- Long Branch'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 Long Branch 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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