Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2024
Point Pleasant, NJ Crime Grade
How Point Pleasant 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
5/10
vs. New Jersey cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2024, the violent crime rate in Point Pleasant, NJ was 74.7 per 100,000 residents (15 incidents over a population of 20,068). That puts Point Pleasant 80% below the U.S. rate of 364.7 and 66% below the New Jersey statewide rate of 221.9.
That ranks Point Pleasant #833 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 78% of them, and #106 of 242 in New Jersey. Violent crime is up 47% year over year and down 7% over the last five years.
Point Pleasant, NJ crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (3/10)
- New Jersey Grade
- B (5/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 74.7 / 100k
- National rank
- #833 of 3,771
- NJ rank
- #106 of 242
- Safer than
- 78% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 47%
- 5-year change
- down 7%
- Population
- 20,068
- Reporting agency
- Point Pleasant Police Department
- Data year
- 2024 · FBI UCR
Reported by Point Pleasant Police Department (FBI ORI NJ0152400) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Point Pleasant (red), New Jersey (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Point Pleasant 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 | 80.3(15) | 132.7(25) | 107.7(21) | 50.7(10) | 74.7(15) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 0.0(0) | 26.5(5) | 15.4(3) | 15.2(3) | 24.9(5) |
| Robbery | 0.0(0) | 10.6(2) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 5.0(1) |
| Aggravated assault | 80.3(15) | 95.5(18) | 92.3(18) | 35.5(7) | 44.8(9) |
| Property crime | 620.9(116) | 615.6(116) | 630.7(123) | 405.7(80) | 438.5(88) |
| Burglary | 128.5(24) | 84.9(16) | 51.3(10) | 101.4(20) | 89.7(18) |
| Larceny | 465.6(87) | 493.6(93) | 553.8(108) | 294.1(58) | 343.8(69) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 26.8(5) | 37.2(7) | 25.6(5) | 10.1(2) | 5.0(1) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Point Pleasant, 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 Point Pleasant 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 Point Pleasant calculated?
- Point Pleasant'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 Point Pleasant 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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