The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Cherry Hill, NJ
Cherry Hill is a township of 21,900 in Camden County, about 9 miles east of downtown Philadelphia · Updated November 2026
Is Cherry Hill, NJ safe?
Yes, crime in Cherry Hill is low, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of A-. Because most US neighborhoods are safe as well, Cherry Hill sits near the middle: safer than the neighborhoods where 46% of Americans live. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, A against B+. Its neighborhoods are much alike, from A to B+; see the map below.
A-
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 815 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
46% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Cherry Hill as a whole, and 54% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Cherry Hill scores 815.
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 Cherry Hill, NJ at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Cherry Hill, 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 Cherry Hill
Robberies run high for an A-graded city. Cherry Hill has 0.47 robberies a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of an A-graded US city, the figure is 0.13.
Car thefts and burglaries both run low. In Cherry Hill, each runs at about half the US rate: 1.3 car thefts and 1.2 burglaries a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 and 2.4 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Cherry Hill
Every part of Cherry Hill where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Cherry Hill run from A to B+; 28% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Cherry Hill, the east side has the least crime and the northwest side the most.
Is crime going up in Cherry Hill?
Reported crime in Cherry Hill has risen since 2019: violent crime is up 99% and property crime up 45%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 0.8 to 1.8 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 24 to 34 (US: 18). Neither changed much from 2023 to 2024.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
Cherry HillUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Cherry Hill. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Cherry Hill
Violent, US
Property, Cherry Hill
Property, US
2016
+56%
+4%
+16%
+15%
2017
+63%
+4%
+23%
+12%
2018
+56%
+0%
+20%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+36%
+4%
-13%
-8%
2021
+19%
+6%
+0%
-10%
2022
+76%
+5%
+32%
-6%
2023
+120%
+2%
+42%
-7%
2024
+112%
-4%
+45%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Cherry Hill
CrimeGrade™ estimates Cherry Hill has about 37 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, about the same as the US as a whole and 34% 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.
The largest share of crime reported in Cherry Hill is theft, about 55% of the total. It also makes up 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 Cherry Hill compares with nearby cities
Cherry Hill has more crime than 6 of its 9 nearest cities. Haddonfield and Springdale have the least crime nearby.
Night lighting, empty homes and walkability in Cherry Hill
Two things set Cherry Hill apart: it has 2.7% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally, and 0.9 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally. Places like that tend to report less burglary, vandalism and arson, yet vandalism runs higher here than that would suggest.
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.100% where people liveUS: 78%Higher than for 92% of US city residents
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.2.7% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 90% 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. 78% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (22 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 67% of US city residents
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Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.0.9 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 79% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.8.3 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 69% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.51 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 63% 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 Cherry Hill
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Cherry Hill about $789 a year per household, 35% 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 $11 million a year, or $510 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$290,000
$13
Rape
$130,000
$6
Robbery
$320,000
$15
Assault
$2.0 million
$91
Burglary
$240,000
$11
Theft
$2.3 million
$104
Vehicle theft
$420,000
$19
Arson
$3,400
under $1
Vandalism
$530,000
$24
Total
$6.2 million
$283
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 Cherry Hill 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 Cherry Hill, NJ average a SchoolGrade of C-: 38% of students test proficient, against 28% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Cherry Hill on SchoolGrade
