Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Ocean Township, Monmouth County, NJ Crime Grade
How Ocean Township, Monmouth 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
4/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
New Jersey
7/10
vs. New Jersey cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Ocean Township, Monmouth County, NJ was 117.6 per 100,000 residents (33 incidents over a population of 28,072). That puts Ocean Township, Monmouth County Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 39% below the New Jersey statewide rate of 193.8.
That ranks Ocean Township, Monmouth County #1,317 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 65% of them, and #151 of 242 in New Jersey. Violent crime is down 37% year over year and up 41% over the last five years.
Ocean Township, Monmouth County, NJ crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (4/10)
- New Jersey Grade
- C (7/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 117.6 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,317 of 3,771
- NJ rank
- #151 of 242
- Safer than
- 65% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 37%
- 5-year change
- up 41%
- Population
- 28,072
- Reporting agency
- Ocean Township Police Department, Monmouth County
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Ocean Township Police Department, Monmouth County (FBI ORI NJ0133700) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Ocean Township, Monmouth County (red), New Jersey (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Ocean Township, Monmouth 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 | 2020 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 83.1(22) | 128.0(36) | 111.2(31) | 186.8(52) | 117.6(33) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 3.6(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 7.1(2) |
| Rape | 0.0(0) | 3.6(1) | 32.3(9) | 43.1(12) | 21.4(6) |
| Robbery | 52.9(14) | 24.9(7) | 21.5(6) | 28.7(8) | 10.7(3) |
| Aggravated assault | 30.2(8) | 96.0(27) | 57.4(16) | 115.0(32) | 78.4(22) |
| Property crime | 2052.0(543) | 2610.3(734) | 2510.1(700) | 3395.0(945) | 2839.1(797) |
| Burglary | 185.2(49) | 220.5(62) | 204.4(57) | 305.4(85) | 99.7(28) |
| Larceny | 1761.0(466) | 2194.2(617) | 2201.7(614) | 3010.6(838) | 2664.6(748) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 98.3(26) | 184.9(52) | 96.8(27) | 79.0(22) | 71.2(20) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Ocean Township, Monmouth 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 Ocean Township, Monmouth 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 Ocean Township, Monmouth County calculated?
- Ocean Township, Monmouth 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 Ocean Township, Monmouth 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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