Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Ocean City, NJ Crime Grade
How Ocean City 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
2/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
New Jersey
4/10
vs. New Jersey cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Ocean City, NJ was 53.5 per 100,000 residents (6 incidents over a population of 11,217). That puts Ocean City 84% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 72% below the New Jersey statewide rate of 193.8.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Ocean City (red), New Jersey (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Ocean City 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 | 2019 | 2020 | 2022 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 54.7(6) | 73.4(8) | 124.4(14) | 115.6(13) | 53.5(6) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 0.0(0) | 9.2(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 26.7(3) |
| Robbery | 18.2(2) | 18.4(2) | 0.0(0) | 8.9(1) | 8.9(1) |
| Aggravated assault | 36.5(4) | 45.9(5) | 124.4(14) | 106.7(12) | 17.8(2) |
| Property crime | 2946.5(323) | 3075.4(335) | 5969.1(672) | 2062.8(232) | 1765.2(198) |
| Burglary | 337.5(37) | 358.0(39) | 195.4(22) | 17.8(2) | 160.5(18) |
| Larceny | 2599.9(285) | 2634.7(287) | 5658.2(637) | 2027.2(228) | 1488.8(167) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 9.1(1) | 73.4(8) | 115.5(13) | 17.8(2) | 115.9(13) |
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: Ocean City'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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