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Princeton Junction, 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

Princeton Junction has an overall crime rate of 10 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 Princeton Junction is 1 in 103. How does Princeton Junction fare compared to other communities in New Jersey of all population sizes? Princeton Junction's crime rate is lower than approximately 46% of New Jersey communities.

However, when you compare Princeton Junction to other communities of similar population, then Princeton Junction crime rate (violent and property crimes combined) is quite a bit higher than average. Regardless of how Princeton Junction 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 Princeton Junction 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 Princeton Junction.

For Princeton Junction, 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 Princeton Junction than in most of America. One's chance of becoming a victim of a violent crime here is one in 2475, which is a violent crime rate of 0 per one thousand inhabitants.

NeighborhoodScout's analysis also reveals that Princeton Junction's rate for property crime is 9 per one thousand population. This makes Princeton Junction 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 Princeton Junction is one in 108.

Princeton Junction Crime Data

total Crime Index

41

(100 is safest)


Safer than 41% of U.S. cities.

Princeton Junction Annual Crimes

  Violent Property Total

Number of Crimes

1

23

24

Crime Rate
(per 1,000 residents)

0.40

9.29

9.70

Violent Crime

Violent Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

20 15 10 5 0
0.4
2.18
National Median: 4
    Princeton Junction
    New Jersey

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Violent Crime

1 in 2,475

in Princeton Junction

1 in 459

in New Jersey

Princeton Junction Violent Crimes

Population: 2,475
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
9.29
14.27
National Median: 18
    Princeton Junction
    New Jersey

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Property Crime

1 in 108

in Princeton Junction

1 in 70

in New Jersey

Property Crimes

Population: 2,475
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

Princeton Junction Crimes Per Square Mile

200 150 100 50 0
13
64
National Median: 24.5
    Princeton Junction
    New Jersey