Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Toms River Township, NJ Crime Grade
How Toms River 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
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 Toms River Township, NJ was 123.6 per 100,000 residents (125 incidents over a population of 101,100). That puts Toms River Township Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 36% below the New Jersey statewide rate of 193.8.
That ranks Toms River Township #1,369 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 64% of them, and #154 of 242 in New Jersey. Violent crime is down 7% year over year and up 1962% over the last five years.
Toms River Township, NJ crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (4/10)
- New Jersey Grade
- C (7/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 123.6 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,369 of 3,771
- NJ rank
- #154 of 242
- Safer than
- 64% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 7%
- 5-year change
- up 1962%
- Population
- 101,100
- Reporting agency
- Toms River Township Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Toms River Township Police Department (FBI ORI NJ0150700) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Toms River Township, NJ
Also known as
- Tom's River
- North Branch Toms River
- Goose Creek
- Main Branch Toms River
- Toms Creek
- Toms River Bay
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. Toms River Township (red), New Jersey (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Toms River Township 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 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 6.0(6) | 83.6(83) | 108.6(109) | 133.4(137) | 123.6(125) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 1.0(1) | 0.0(0) | 1.0(1) | 1.0(1) |
| Rape | 2.0(2) | 22.2(22) | 19.9(20) | 27.3(28) | 19.8(20) |
| Robbery | 0.0(0) | 5.0(5) | 15.0(15) | 9.7(10) | 14.8(15) |
| Aggravated assault | 4.0(4) | 55.4(55) | 73.8(74) | 95.4(98) | 88.0(89) |
| Property crime | 20.0(20) | 1052.0(1,044) | 1247.9(1,252) | 1126.2(1,157) | 980.2(991) |
| Burglary | 2.0(2) | 104.8(104) | 124.6(125) | 75.9(78) | 87.0(88) |
| Larceny | 13.0(13) | 879.7(873) | 1053.5(1,057) | 993.8(1,021) | 836.8(846) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 5.0(5) | 63.5(63) | 67.8(68) | 51.6(53) | 49.5(50) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Toms River 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 Toms River 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 Toms River Township calculated?
- Toms River 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 Toms River 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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