The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Bradley Gardens, NJ
Bradley Gardens is an unincorporated community of 14,300 in Somerset County, about 40 miles west of Midtown Manhattan · Updated November 2026
Is Bradley Gardens, NJ safe?
Yes. Crime is low across most of the US, and lower still in Bradley Gardens: an overall CrimeGrade™ of A+, safer than the neighborhoods where 88% of Americans live. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, A+ against A. Every neighborhood in Bradley Gardens grades A+.
A+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 955 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
88% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Bradley Gardens as a whole, and 12% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Bradley Gardens scores 955.
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 Bradley Gardens, NJ at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Bradley Gardens, 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 Bradley Gardens
Theft runs low. Bradley Gardens has 4.0 thefts a year per 1,000 residents, less than half the US rate of 13.1.
The safest and least safe parts of Bradley Gardens
Every part of Bradley Gardens where people live grades A or B on the national scale.
100%
A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Bradley Gardens, the southwest side has the least crime and the east side the most.
Is crime going up in Bradley Gardens?
Reported property crime in Bradley Gardens has held about steady since 2019, within 1%. Too few violent crimes are reported here each year for a reliable violent crime trend. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 9.9 to 10.0 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 16%.
Property crime, change since 2019
Bradley GardensUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Bradley Gardens. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Bradley Gardens
Property, US
2016
-6%
+15%
2017
-12%
+12%
2018
-24%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-33%
-8%
2021
-19%
-10%
2022
+1%
-6%
2023
+21%
-7%
2024
+1%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Bradley Gardens
CrimeGrade™ estimates Bradley Gardens has about 7.1 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 81% less than the US as a whole and 74% less 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 Bradley Gardens, about 56% of everything reported, and it also accounts for the largest share of what crime costs here.
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 Bradley Gardens compares with nearby cities
Bradley Gardens has less crime than 4 of its 7 nearest cities.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Bradley Gardens. Beside each overall CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with cities of similar size and density, Bradley Gardens is safer than 96% of them.
Empty homes, shops and walkability in Bradley Gardens
Two things set Bradley Gardens apart: it has 0.5% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally, and 3.8 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally. Places like that tend to report less burglary, vandalism and arson, and vandalism runs low here.
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.0.5% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 99% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.3.8 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 96% of US city residents
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 and assault. 96% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D- (10 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 75% of US city residents
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JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.24 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 82% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.1.2 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 71% of US city residents
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 Bradley Gardens: F (1 of 100).under 1 trip an hourUS: noneLower than for 67% of US city residents
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 Bradley Gardens
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Bradley Gardens about $172 a year per household, 86% less than the US figure of $1,205.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost comes to about $1.9 million a year, or $133 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$97,000
$7
Rape
$65,000
$5
Robbery
$12,000
$1
Assault
$140,000
$10
Burglary
$83,000
$6
Theft
$290,000
$21
Vehicle theft
$52,000
$4
Arson
$2,100
under $1
Vandalism
$99,000
$7
Total
$850,000
$59
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 Bradley Gardens 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. Bradley Gardens is the other kind of example: few people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks lower than its CrimeGrade™ suggests.
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 Bradley Gardens, NJ average a SchoolGrade of A: 59% of students test proficient, against 46% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in Bradley Gardens on SchoolGrade
