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Mays Landing, 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 2024 calendar year; released from FBI in October 2025 (latest available). Updated annually. Where is 2025 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

The crime rate in Mays Landing is considerably higher than the national average across all communities in America from the largest to the smallest, although at 26 crimes per one thousand residents, it is not among the communities with the very highest crime rate. The chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime in Mays Landing is 1 in 39. Based on FBI crime data, Mays Landing is not one of the safest communities in America. Relative to New Jersey, Mays Landing has a crime rate that is higher than 90% of the state's cities and towns of all sizes.

Importantly, when you compare Mays Landing to other communities of similar population, then Mays Landing crime rate (violent and property crimes combined) is quite a bit higher than average. Regardless of how Mays Landing does relative to all communities in America of all sizes, when NeighborhoodScout compared it to communities of similar population size, its crime rate per thousand residents stands out as higher than most.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Mays Landing 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 Mays Landing.

NeighborhoodScout's research shows that Mays Landing's violent crime rate is 1 per one thousand inhabitants, which is about average for all communities in America, across all population sizes. Violent crimes that are tracked and included in this rate are armed robbery, aggravated assault, rape (not statutory), and murder and non-negligent manslaughter. Roughly similar to the national average, our analysis shows that your chance of becoming a victim of violent crime in Mays Landing is one in 700.

In addition, NeighborhoodScout found that a lot of the crime that takes place in Mays Landing is property crime. Property crimes that are tracked for this analysis are burglary, larceny over fifty dollars, motor vehicle theft, and arson. In Mays Landing, your chance of becoming a victim of a property crime is one in 41, which is a rate of 24 per one thousand population.

Mays Landing Crime Data

total Crime Index

10

(100 is safest)


Safer than 10% of U.S. cities.

Mays Landing Annual Crimes

  Violent Property Total

Number of Crimes

8

137

145

Crime Rate
(per 1,000 residents)

1.43

24.45

25.88

Violent Crime

Violent Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

20 15 10 5 0
1.43
2.18
National Median: 4
    Mays Landing
    New Jersey

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Violent Crime

1 in 700

in Mays Landing

1 in 459

in New Jersey

Mays Landing Violent Crimes

Population: 5,603
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total Unreported Unreported Unreported Unreported
Rate per 1,000 Unreported Unreported Unreported Unreported

United States Violent Crimes

Population: 340,110,988
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total 16,935 127,527 205,952 870,931
Rate per 1,000 0.05 0.38 0.61 2.56

Property Crime

Property Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

100 75 50 25 0
24.45
14.27
National Median: 18
    Mays Landing
    New Jersey

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Property Crime

1 in 41

in Mays Landing

1 in 70

in New Jersey

Property Crimes

Population: 5,603
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total Unreported Unreported Unreported
Rate per 1,000 Unreported Unreported Unreported

United States Property Crimes

Population: 340,110,988
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total 779,542 4,326,531 880,327
Rate per 1,000 2.29 12.72 2.59

Mays Landing Crimes Per Square Mile

200 150 100 50 0
77
64
National Median: 24.5
    Mays Landing
    New Jersey