Spring Lake, NJ Crime Statistics For 2023

Demographics | Crime
Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Spring Lake, NJ Summary

Crime in Spring Lake research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Spring Lake over the past eight years using the FBI crime explorer. Based on the most recently available data released October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Spring Lake:

  • There were 54 total crimes committed in Spring Lake the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,923.8 total crimes per 100K people in Spring Lake.
  • The overall crime rate in Spring Lake is -17.23% below the national average.
  • Spring Lake ranks #389 safest out of 489 cities in New Jersey.
  • Spring Lake ranks #6,372 safest out of 9,869 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as doing per capita comparisons and isn't conveying that there are 100,000+ people in a location.

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Spring Lake Vs New Jersey And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Spring Lake is 1,923.8 per 100,000 people. That's -17.23% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and 42.13% higher than the New Jersey total crime rate of 1,353.6 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Spring Lake
/ 100k People
New Jersey
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 54 1,923.8 1,353.6 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 3.7 6.3
Robbery 0 0.0 49.4 66.1
Aggravated Assault 1 35.6 127.9 268.2
Violent Crime 1 35.6 195.4 369.8
Burglary 8 285.0 146.2 269.8
Larceny 33 1,175.6 896.3 1,401.9
Car Theft 12 427.5 115.7 282.7
Property Crime 53 1,888.1 1,158.2 1,954.4

Spring Lake Crime Compared To New Jersey Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in New Jersey.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2022.

Violent Crime Rates In Spring Lake

1
Violent Crimes
35.6
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-90.37%
Below The National Average
  • There were 1 violent crimes in Spring Lake in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Spring Lake is 35.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 2,807.0 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Spring Lake each year. That compares to a 1 in 511.9 chance statewide.
  • That's -90.37% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -81.76% lower than the New Jersey violent crime rate of 195.4 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Spring Lake

53
Property Crimes
1,888.1
Property Crimes / 100k People
-3.39%
Below The National Average
  • There were 53 property crimes in Spring Lake in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Spring Lake is 1,888.1 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 53.0 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Spring Lake each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -3.39% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And 63.02% higher than the New Jersey property crime rate of 1,158.2 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Spring Lake

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Tinton Falls, NJ 19,556 204 1,043.2 946.0 97.2
Fair Haven, NJ 6,156 29 471.1 471.1 0.0
Little Silver, NJ 6,050 41 677.7 677.7 0.0
Manasquan, NJ 5,949 81 1,361.6 1,344.8 16.8
Belmar, NJ 5,868 122 2,079.1 2,010.9 68.2
Spring Lake Heights, NJ 4,888 9 184.1 184.1 0.0
Bradley Beach, NJ 4,267 65 1,523.3 1,476.4 46.9
Avon-by-the-Sea, NJ 1,899 34 1,790.4 1,790.4 0.0
Sea Girt, NJ 1,885 4 212.2 159.2 53.1
Lake Como, NJ 1,673 13 777.0 657.5 119.5

Spring Lake SnackAbility

6
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
9/10
Housing
10
Affordability
3
Diversity
4
Safety
8
Amenities
8
Education
10
Commute
1
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