The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Merchantville, NJ
Merchantville is a borough of 22,800 in Camden County, about 6 miles east of downtown Philadelphia · Updated November 2026
Is Merchantville, NJ safe?
With an overall CrimeGrade™ of B, Merchantville has moderate crime by national standards. Most US neighborhoods have less: 70% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, A- against C+. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Merchantville run from A- to F, so check the map below.
B
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 692 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
30% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Merchantville as a whole, and 70% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Merchantville scores 692.
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 Merchantville, NJ at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Merchantville, 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 Merchantville
Aggravated assaults are less common than the crime level suggests. Crime overall in Merchantville runs 44% above the US rate, but aggravated assaults run 25% below it: 2.0 a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.6 nationally.
Burglaries run high for a B-graded city. Merchantville has 5.3 burglaries a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of a B-graded US city, the figure is 2.7.
The safest and least safe parts of Merchantville
Most of Merchantville grades well: 88% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 4% in areas graded D or F. Grades across Merchantville run from A- to F; every part of Merchantville has more crime than the typical US neighborhood.
88%
A or B 88%C 8%D or F 4%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Merchantville, the east side has the least crime and the west side the most.
Crime rates and types in Merchantville
CrimeGrade™ estimates Merchantville has about 54 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 44% more than the US as a whole and 94% 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 Merchantville is theft, about 46% 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.
Where and when crime happens in Merchantville
Merchantville has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Vandalism
Streets and sidewalks (44%)
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 Merchantville compares with nearby cities
Merchantville has less crime than 5 of its 10 nearest cities.
Night lighting, walkability and transit in Merchantville
Two things set Merchantville apart: it has a Walk Grade of C (34 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole, and 7 buses and trains an hour at the evening rush, where most Americans have none nearby. Places like that tend to report more theft and assault, and they run high here.
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
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.C (34 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 84% 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 Merchantville: C- (25 of 100).7 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 76% of US city residents
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Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.24% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 61% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.49 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 60% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.9.7 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 56% 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 Merchantville
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Merchantville about $1,380 a year per household, 14% 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 $24 million a year, or $1,058 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$880,000
$39
Rape
$240,000
$11
Robbery
$510,000
$23
Assault
$2.8 million
$124
Burglary
$1.1 million
$47
Theft
$2.9 million
$127
Vehicle theft
$1.7 million
$76
Arson
$28,000
$1
Vandalism
$1.0 million
$46
Total
$11 million
$493
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 Merchantville 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 Merchantville, NJ average a SchoolGrade of F: 24% of students test proficient, against 18% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Merchantville on SchoolGrade
