Robbery per Capita in Hightstown
The map below shows robbery per 1,000 Hightstown residents.
The map below shows robbery per 1,000 Hightstown residents.
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Your yearly chance of being a victim of robbery in Hightstown is about 1 in 3,498.
Robbery costs the average Hightstown resident about $9 per year.
Crime Grade's robbery map shows the safest places in Hightstown in green. The most dangerous areas in Hightstown are in red, with moderately safe areas in yellow. Crime rates on the map are weighted by the type and severity of the crime.
The B+ grade means the rate of robbery is lower than the average US city. Hightstown is in the 77th percentile for safety, meaning 23% of cities are safer and 77% of cities are more dangerous. This analysis applies to Hightstown's proper boundaries only. See the table on nearby places below for nearby cities.
The rate of robbery in Hightstown is 0.2859 per 1,000 residents during a standard year. People who live in Hightstown generally consider the southwest part of the city to be the safest.
Your chance of being a victim of robbery in Hightstown may be as high as 1 in 2,503 in the north neighborhoods, or as low as 1 in 3,921 in the southwest part of the city.
By a simple count ignoring population, more robbery occurs in the east parts of Hightstown, NJ: about 2 per year. The southeast part of Hightstown has fewer cases of robbery with only 0 in a typical year.
The chart below compares the robbery rate in Hightstown to the New Jersey state average and the national average. All rates are the number of crimes per 1,000 residents in a standard year.
| Hightstown, NJ: | 0.2859 |
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| New Jersey: | 0.4566 |
| USA: | 0.6421 |
Considering only the robbery rate, Hightstown is safer than the New Jersey state average and safer than the national average.
See how CrimeGrade calculates these grades and rates on the CrimeGrade methodology page.
Robbery is projected to cost the residents of Hightstown about $299,010 in 2025, or roughly $9 per resident. This is part of Hightstown's overall Cost of Crime™. See the full cost-of-crime breakdown for Hightstown, including every crime type and how Hightstown compares to other cities.
Remember that robbery rates are measured per resident. Places with heavy daytime traffic, like shopping districts, airports, and parks, can look more dangerous than they are for the people who live there. See a full guide to reading Hightstown's crime maps on the Hightstown overall crime page.
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Nearby City | Overall Crime Grade | Violent Crime Grade | Property Crime Grade | Robbery Crime Grade |
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A | A+ | B- | B | |
A | A+ | B | A- | |
B | A+ | C- | B- | |
A+ | A+ | A | A | |
A | A- | B | C+ | |
A+ | A+ | A | A- | |
A | A+ | B- | A- | |
A | A+ | B- | B+ | |
A | A | B | B | |
B+ | A+ | C | A |
Hightstown is lower versus other cities of the same size for robbery. The table below compares robbery in cities with comparable overall population.
Similar City | Overall Crime Grade | Violent Crime Grade | Property Crime Grade | Robbery Crime Grade |
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D | D | D | B+ | |
C | A | A | C+ | |
A | A+ | A+ | B+ | |
C- | B- | B- | B+ | |
B- | B | B | B | |
B+ | A | A | C+ | |
D- | D- | D- | C- | |
C+ | C- | C- | A | |
B+ | A | A | A- | |
A- | A- | A- | B |
Safety and school performance are separate topics, but both shape moving decisions. Using SchoolGrade data, schools in Hightstown, NJ average SchoolGrade of B-, with 43% actual proficiency versus 47% projected; overall, schools don't meet expectations. See Hightstown schools on SchoolGrade
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