The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Atlantic County, NJ
Atlantic County is home to 276,300 residents and includes Atlantic City and Pleasantville · Updated November 2026
Is Atlantic County, NJ safe?
Yes, crime in Atlantic County is low, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of A-. Because most US neighborhoods are safe as well, Atlantic County sits near the middle: safer than the neighborhoods where 41% of Americans live. Violent and property crime both grade A- here. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Atlantic County run from A+ to F, so check the map or the safest and least safe places below.
A-
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 790 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
41% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Atlantic County as a whole, and 59% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Atlantic County scores 790.
Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its crime with the people, homes and cars there, on one national scale, from green for the least crime to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy shopping center can show red while the homes beside it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in Atlantic County, NJ at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Atlantic County, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.
Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports
What stands out in Atlantic County
Robbery stands out among A-graded counties. For the typical resident of an A-graded US county, the figure is 0.19 robberies a year per 1,000 residents; Atlantic County has 0.82.
The safest and most dangerous places in Atlantic County
Most of Atlantic County grades well: 86% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 10% in areas graded D or F. Grades across Atlantic County run from A+ to F; 59% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
86%10%
A or B 86%C 4%D or F 10%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Cities and towns in Atlantic County with at least 1,000 residents. Ranked by overall CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer), and the other numbers are residents.
Across the county, the Hammonton area has the least crime and the Atlantic City area the most.
Is crime going up in Atlantic County?
Since 2019, reported violent crime in Atlantic County is up 49%, while property crime has held about steady. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 2.6 to 3.8 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts stayed at about 24 (US: 18). Neither changed much from 2023 to 2024.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
Atlantic CountyUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments across Atlantic County. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Atlantic County
Violent, US
Property, Atlantic County
Property, US
2016
+48%
+4%
+9%
+15%
2017
+25%
+4%
+9%
+12%
2018
+2%
+0%
-7%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+12%
+4%
-6%
-8%
2021
+22%
+6%
-7%
-10%
2022
+46%
+5%
+10%
-6%
2023
+62%
+2%
+10%
-7%
2024
+49%
-4%
+1%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Atlantic County
CrimeGrade™ estimates Atlantic County has about 46 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 25% more than the US as a whole and 68% more than New Jersey.
Overall crime
Violent crime
Property crime
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. These figures include simple assaults and vandalism, which the FBI's violent and property crime rates leave out.
Theft is the most common crime in Atlantic County, about 40% of everything reported, but assault costs more, because each one does more harm.
Each CrimeGrade™ compares a crime with what it affects: people for assaults and robbery, homes for burglary, parked cars for vehicle theft. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
How Atlantic County compares with nearby counties
Atlantic County has less crime than 5 of its 10 nearest counties.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Atlantic County. Beside each overall CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with counties of similar size and density, Atlantic County has more crime than 70% of them.
Shops, walkability and empty homes in Atlantic County
Atlantic County looks like a typical county on the traits that tend to go with crime.
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.13.3 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 92% of Americans
Walk GradeBestNeighborhood's grade for getting through daily life on foot, traced along real walking routes to shops, schools and parks. Walkable places tend to report more theft. 72% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (23 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 72% of Americans
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary and arson.5.0% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 68% of Americans
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Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft and robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Atlantic County: D (16 of 100).4 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 63% of Americans
Lit at nightSatellite images show which neighborhoods are lit at night, a sign of busy streets and businesses. Brightly lit places tend to report more theft and vandalism.79% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 62% of Americans
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery.23% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 60% of Americans
These traits tend to go with more or less crime; none of them causes it on its own. Sources: Census job counts and housing figures, OpenStreetMap and Overture business listings, CrimeGrade™ parking estimates, NASA night-light imagery, US Forest Service tree cover, EPA transit data and BestNeighborhood's Walk Grade.
What crime costs Atlantic County
Crime costs Atlantic County about $1,266 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 5% more than the US figure of $1,205. The total is about $135 million a year.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost rises to about $396 million a year, or $1,434 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$21 million
$76
Rape
$6.6 million
$24
Robbery
$7.0 million
$25
Assault
$48 million
$173
Burglary
$7.4 million
$27
Theft
$26 million
$94
Vehicle theft
$6.5 million
$24
Arson
$530,000
$2
Vandalism
$12 million
$45
Total
$135 million
$489
How CrimeGrade™ works
A CrimeGrade™ shows how much crime an area has compared with the rest of the country, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most. Every neighborhood in the US is graded on the same scale, so a B in Atlantic County means the same as a B anywhere else.
CrimeGrade™ starts from the crimes people report to police and measures each kind of crime against what it affects: people for assaults, homes for burglaries, parked cars for car thefts.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them.
Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.
Where the numbers come from
Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.
Schools in Atlantic County, NJ average a SchoolGrade of D: 31% of students test proficient, against 27% projected for schools like them. Overall, they don't meet expectations. See schools in Atlantic County on SchoolGrade
