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Long Beach Township, NJ crime: up or down?

Newest FBI monthly report: Oct 2026

Oct 2026 looks incomplete so far (reports are still coming in), so this compares Jul–Sep 2026.

Lower than past years, but within its usual swings

51% below the usual, but Long Beach Township's past years differ from each other almost as much, so this isn't clearly unusual.

18 violent and property crimes reported, Jul–Sep 2026
Usual for these months
37
Per 1,000 residents, past year
14.5
New Jersey overall: 13.7
Residents served
3,162
FBI estimate

Missing or partial reports to the FBI: Oct 2023 – Dec 2023, Mar 2025 – Apr 2025. Those months are left out of every comparison.

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The same months in past years

Next to similar-size cities

Among the 3201 city police departments serving 2,500–10,000 residents in the 51 states loaded so far: violent crime 1.3 per 1,000 residents a year (48% of them report less), property crime 13.2 per 1,000 (73% report less).

The FBI warns against ranking places with these numbers: visitors, commuters, and how each department records and reports crime all differ. Treat this as context, not a grade.

Is Long Beach Township safe?

Crime Radar doesn't grade towns as safe or unsafe: one number can't say what a street is like, and the FBI warns against ranking places. What these reports can say is whether Long Beach Township has more or fewer reported crimes than it usually does, and that its yearly rate is 14.5 per 1,000 residents against 13.7 across New Jersey. For one block, open it on the map.

How this works

Long Beach Township Police Department sends monthly counts of violent and property crime to the FBI. Crime Radar compares the newest complete three months with the same months in past years, and only calls a change when it's bigger than this department's usual ups and downs. Months with missing reports are left out, so a reporting gap never looks like a safe stretch. These are totals for everywhere the department patrols, not one street.

Not every crime reaches these numbers: in the national victim survey, about 6 in 10 serious violent crimes and 3 in 10 property crimes were reported to police in 2024 (BJS).

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