Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2022
Tinton Falls, NJ Crime Grade
How Tinton Falls 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 2022, the violent crime rate in Tinton Falls, NJ was 97.2 per 100,000 residents (19 incidents over a population of 19,556). That puts Tinton Falls 76% below the U.S. rate of 398.1 and 55% below the New Jersey statewide rate of 217.7.
That ranks Tinton Falls #1,105 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 71% of them, and #134 of 242 in New Jersey. Violent crime is up 69% year over year and up 475% over the last five years.
Tinton Falls, NJ crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (3/10)
- New Jersey Grade
- C (6/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 97.2 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,105 of 3,771
- NJ rank
- #134 of 242
- Safer than
- 71% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 69%
- 5-year change
- up 475%
- Population
- 19,556
- Reporting agency
- Tinton Falls Police Department
- Data year
- 2022 · FBI UCR
Reported by Tinton Falls Police Department (FBI ORI NJ0133600) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Tinton Falls, NJ
Also known as
- Tinton
- New Shrewsbury
- Tintonfalls
- Tintern Falls
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. Tinton Falls (red), New Jersey (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Tinton Falls vs. U.S., 2022 — 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 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 16.9(3) | 28.2(5) | 45.7(8) | 57.5(10) | 97.2(19) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 15.3(3) |
| Robbery | 5.6(1) | 5.6(1) | 22.8(4) | 17.3(3) | 10.2(2) |
| Aggravated assault | 11.3(2) | 22.5(4) | 22.8(4) | 40.3(7) | 71.6(14) |
| Property crime | 1520.2(270) | 1025.1(182) | 1388.1(243) | 1368.8(238) | 946.0(185) |
| Burglary | 107.0(19) | 84.5(15) | 40.0(7) | 92.0(16) | 71.6(14) |
| Larceny | 1379.4(245) | 923.7(164) | 1296.7(227) | 1248.0(217) | 818.2(160) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 33.8(6) | 16.9(3) | 51.4(9) | 28.8(5) | 56.2(11) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Tinton Falls, 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 Tinton Falls 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 Tinton Falls calculated?
- Tinton Falls'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 Tinton Falls 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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