Lawnside is a borough of 3,180 in Camden County, about 9 miles southeast of downtown Philadelphia · Updated November 2026
Is Lawnside, NJ safe?
With an overall CrimeGrade™ of B+, Lawnside has moderate crime by national standards. Most US neighborhoods have less: 69% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, A- against C+.
B+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 697 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
31% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Lawnside as a whole, and 69% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Lawnside scores 697.
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 Lawnside, NJ at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Lawnside, 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 Lawnside
Thefts run high. Lawnside has thefts at more than triple the US rate: 63.4 a year per 1,000 residents, against 13.1 nationally.
Crime rates and types in Lawnside
CrimeGrade™ estimates Lawnside has about 94 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, more than double the rate for the US as a whole and about triple the rate for 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 Lawnside, about 68% 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.
Where and when crime happens in Lawnside
Lawnside has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Vandalism
Homes (41%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
How Lawnside compares with nearby cities
Of the 9 cities closest to Lawnside, 8 have less crime. Haddon Heights and Barrington have the least.
Two things set Lawnside apart: it has 111 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole, and 4.5 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally. It also combines many jobs with busy transit: places with both tend to report more theft and robbery than places with only one of them, and theft runs high here.
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.111 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 97% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.4.5 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher 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. 62% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.C- (26 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 74% of US city residents
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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.9.9% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 85% 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 Lawnside: D+ (22 of 100).8 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 81% 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 Lawnside
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Lawnside about $2,055 a year per household, 70% more 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 $4.6 million a year, or $1,442 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$170,000
$53
Rape
$32,000
$10
Robbery
$100,000
$32
Assault
$390,000
$123
Burglary
$190,000
$60
Theft
$1.0 million
$325
Vehicle theft
$220,000
$68
Arson
$2,800
$1
Vandalism
$180,000
$56
Total
$2.3 million
$729
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 Lawnside 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 Lawnside, NJ average a SchoolGrade of B+: 50% of students test proficient, against 34% projected for schools like them. Overall, they greatly exceed expectations. See schools in Lawnside on SchoolGrade
