Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Moorestown Township, NJ Crime Grade
How Moorestown 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
3/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
New Jersey
6/10
vs. New Jersey cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Moorestown Township, NJ was 86.7 per 100,000 residents (19 incidents over a population of 21,904). That puts Moorestown Township 73% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 55% below the New Jersey statewide rate of 193.8.
That ranks Moorestown Township #965 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 74% of them, and #125 of 242 in New Jersey. Violent crime is up 34% year over year and up 27% over the last five years.
Moorestown Township, NJ crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (3/10)
- New Jersey Grade
- C (6/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 86.7 / 100k
- National rank
- #965 of 3,771
- NJ rank
- #125 of 242
- Safer than
- 74% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 34%
- 5-year change
- up 27%
- Population
- 21,904
- Reporting agency
- Moorestown Township Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Moorestown Township Police Department (FBI ORI NJ0032300) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Moorestown Township, NJ
Also known as
- Moorfield
- Moorstown
- Moors Town
- Moorsfield
- Moorefields
- Chester
- Rodmantown
- Chestertown
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. Moorestown Township (red), New Jersey (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Moorestown 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 | 2020 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 68.3(14) | 74.7(16) | 37.1(8) | 64.7(14) | 86.7(19) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 4.6(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 14.6(3) | 0.0(0) | 9.3(2) | 9.2(2) | 13.7(3) |
| Robbery | 24.4(5) | 32.7(7) | 18.5(4) | 9.2(2) | 9.1(2) |
| Aggravated assault | 29.3(6) | 42.0(9) | 9.3(2) | 41.6(9) | 63.9(14) |
| Property crime | 727.1(149) | 887.0(190) | 1066.5(230) | 1057.9(229) | 826.3(181) |
| Burglary | 73.2(15) | 130.7(28) | 185.5(40) | 231.0(50) | 150.7(33) |
| Larceny | 605.1(124) | 676.9(145) | 834.6(180) | 799.2(173) | 602.6(132) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 48.8(10) | 74.7(16) | 41.7(9) | 27.7(6) | 73.0(16) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Moorestown 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 Moorestown 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 Moorestown Township calculated?
- Moorestown 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 Moorestown 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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