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Franklin Lakes, 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 2022 calendar year; released from FBI in Oct. 2023 (latest available). Updated annually. Where is 2023 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

Franklin Lakes 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 Franklin Lakes is 1 in 93. How does Franklin Lakes fare compared to other communities in New Jersey of all population sizes? Franklin Lakes's crime rate is lower than approximately 47% of New Jersey communities.

How does the crime rate in Franklin Lakes compare to similar sized communities across America? When NeighborhoodScout compared Franklin Lakes with other communities its size, we found that the crime rate was near the average for all other communities of similar size. So, whether Franklin Lakes's crime rate is high or low compared to all places in the US, when we control for population size and compare it to places that are similar in size, it is near the middle of the pack in crime rate; not much more or less dangerous, and about what we would expect from the statistics.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Franklin Lakes 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 Franklin Lakes.

For Franklin Lakes, 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 Franklin Lakes than in most of America. One's chance of becoming a victim of a violent crime here is one in 5468, which is a violent crime rate of 0 per one thousand inhabitants.

NeighborhoodScout's analysis also reveals that Franklin Lakes's rate for property crime is 11 per one thousand population. This makes Franklin Lakes 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 Franklin Lakes is one in 95.

Franklin Lakes Crime Data

total Crime Index

46

(100 is safest)


Safer than 46% of U.S. cities.

Franklin Lakes Annual Crimes

  Violent Property Total

Number of Crimes

2

115

117

Crime Rate
(per 1,000 residents)

0.18

10.52

10.70

Violent Crime

Violent Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

20 15 10 5 0
0.18
2.03
National Median: 4
    Franklin Lakes
    New Jersey

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Violent Crime

1 in 5,468

in Franklin Lakes

1 in 493

in New Jersey

Franklin Lakes Violent Crimes

Population: 10,936
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total 0 0 0 2
Rate per 1,000 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.18

United States Violent Crimes

Population: 333,287,557
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total 21,156 133,294 220,450 893,980
Rate per 1,000 0.06 0.40 0.66 2.68

Property Crime

Property Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

100 75 50 25 0
10.52
14.17
National Median: 20
    Franklin Lakes
    New Jersey

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Property Crime

1 in 95

in Franklin Lakes

1 in 71

in New Jersey

Property Crimes

Population: 10,936
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total 20 72 23
Rate per 1,000 1.83 6.58 2.10

United States Property Crimes

Population: 333,287,557
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total 899,293 4,672,363 942,173
Rate per 1,000 2.70 14.02 2.83

Franklin Lakes Crimes Per Square Mile

200 150 100 50 0
12
61
National Median: 27.0
    Franklin Lakes
    New Jersey