Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2024
Readington Township, NJ Crime Grade
How Readington 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
1/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
New Jersey
2/10
vs. New Jersey cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2024, the violent crime rate in Readington Township, NJ was 24.5 per 100,000 residents (4 incidents over a population of 16,307). That puts Readington Township 93% below the U.S. rate of 364.7 and 89% below the New Jersey statewide rate of 221.9.
That ranks Readington Township #187 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 95% of them, and #43 of 242 in New Jersey. Violent crime is up 34% year over year and down 65% over the last five years.
Readington Township, NJ crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (1/10)
- New Jersey Grade
- A (2/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 24.5 / 100k
- National rank
- #187 of 3,771
- NJ rank
- #43 of 242
- Safer than
- 95% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 34%
- 5-year change
- down 65%
- Population
- 16,307
- Reporting agency
- Readington Township Police Department
- Data year
- 2024 · FBI UCR
Reported by Readington Township Police Department (FBI ORI NJ0102200) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Readington Township, NJ
Also known as
- Riddenton
- Readings
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. Readington Township (red), New Jersey (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Readington Township 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 | 69.6(11) | 12.6(2) | 48.9(8) | 18.3(3) | 24.5(4) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 6.1(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 6.3(1) | 6.3(1) | 6.1(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Robbery | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 6.1(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Aggravated assault | 63.3(10) | 6.3(1) | 30.6(5) | 18.3(3) | 24.5(4) |
| Property crime | 392.3(62) | 486.9(77) | 336.4(55) | 421.7(69) | 441.5(72) |
| Burglary | 94.9(15) | 75.9(12) | 42.8(7) | 103.9(17) | 79.7(13) |
| Larceny | 253.1(40) | 373.1(59) | 263.0(43) | 305.5(50) | 337.3(55) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 38.0(6) | 37.9(6) | 24.5(4) | 12.2(2) | 24.5(4) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Readington 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 Readington 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 Readington Township calculated?
- Readington 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 Readington 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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