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Moorestown, NJ crime analytics

Source & Methodology

Analytics built by:   Location, Inc.

Raw data sources:   18,000 local law enforcement agencies in the U.S.

Date(s) & Update Frequency:   "Reflects 2023 calendar year; released from FBI in October 2024 (latest available). Updated annually." Where is 2024 data?

Methodology:   Our nationwide meta-analysis overcomes the issues inherent in any crime database, including non-reporting and reporting errors. This is possible by associating the 9.4 million reported crimes in the U.S, including over 2 million geocoded point locations…. Read more about Scout's Crime Data

Moorestown has an overall crime rate of 11 per 1,000 residents, making the crime rate here near the average for all cities and towns of all sizes in America. According to our analysis of FBI crime data, your chance of becoming a victim of crime in Moorestown is 1 in 91. How does Moorestown fare compared to other communities in New Jersey of all population sizes? Moorestown's crime rate is lower than approximately 44% of New Jersey communities.

However, compared to other communities of similar population size, Moorestown has a crime rate that is noticeably lower than the average. This means that for comparably sized cities all across America, Moorestown is actually safer than most according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis of FBI crime data.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Moorestown does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in Moorestown.

For Moorestown, NeighborhoodScout found that the violent crime rate is well below the national average for all communities of all population sizes. Violent crimes such as assault, rape, murder and armed robbery happen less often in Moorestown than in most of America. One's chance of becoming a victim of a violent crime here is one in 2697, which is a violent crime rate of 0 per one thousand inhabitants.

NeighborhoodScout's analysis also reveals that Moorestown's rate for property crime is 11 per one thousand population. This makes Moorestown a place where there is an above average chance of becoming a victim of a property crime, when compared to all other communities in America of all population sizes. Property crimes are motor vehicle theft, arson, larceny, and burglary. Your chance of becoming a victim of any of these crimes in Moorestown is one in 94.

Moorestown Crime Data

total Crime Index

41

(100 is safest)


Safer than 41% of U.S. cities.

Moorestown Annual Crimes

  Violent Property Total

Number of Crimes

8

230

238

Crime Rate
(per 1,000 residents)

0.37

10.66

11.03

Violent Crime

Violent Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

20 15 10 5 0
0.37
2.21
National Median: 4
    Moorestown
    New Jersey

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Violent Crime

1 in 2,697

in Moorestown

1 in 452

in New Jersey

Moorestown Violent Crimes

Population: 21,577
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total 0 2 4 2
Rate per 1,000 0.00 0.09 0.19 0.09

United States Violent Crimes

Population: 334,914,895
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total 19,252 127,216 222,795 884,550
Rate per 1,000 0.06 0.38 0.67 2.64

Property Crime

Property Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

100 75 50 25 0
10.66
15.22
National Median: 19
    Moorestown
    New Jersey

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Property Crime

1 in 94

in Moorestown

1 in 66

in New Jersey

Property Crimes

Population: 21,577
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total 40 181 9
Rate per 1,000 1.85 8.39 0.42

United States Property Crimes

Population: 334,914,895
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total 839,563 4,512,064 1,067,522
Rate per 1,000 2.51 13.47 3.19

Moorestown Crimes Per Square Mile

200 150 100 50 0
33
66
National Median: 26.5
    Moorestown
    New Jersey