The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Mount Laurel, NJ
Mount Laurel is a township of 39,500 in Burlington County, about 14 miles east of downtown Philadelphia · Updated November 2026
Is Mount Laurel, NJ safe?
Yes. An overall CrimeGrade™ of A means crime in Mount Laurel is low. Most US neighborhoods have little crime too, so Mount Laurel sits near the middle: 59% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime, and 41% in neighborhoods with less. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, A against A-. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Mount Laurel run from A+ to B+, so check the map or the safest and least safe neighborhoods below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 875 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
59% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Mount Laurel as a whole, and 41% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Mount Laurel scores 875.
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 Mount Laurel, NJ at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Mount Laurel, 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 Mount Laurel
Aggravated assaults happen at stores and businesses far more often than nationally. In Mount Laurel, 44% of reported aggravated assaults happen at stores and businesses, against 10% nationally.
Car thefts and burglaries both run low. In Mount Laurel, each runs at about half the US rate: 1.4 car thefts and 1.3 burglaries a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 and 2.4 nationally.
The safest and most dangerous neighborhoods in Mount Laurel
Every part of Mount Laurel where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Mount Laurel run from A+ to B+; 89% 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.
1Birchfield & Holiday Village, southwestClose to the rest of Mount Laurel on most crimes.A881
2Brittany, Rancocas Pointe & Park Place, northClose to the rest of Mount Laurel on most crimes.A874
3Devonshire & Laurel Place, northeastCar thefts run about 30% higher here than in the rest of Mount Laurel.A857
4The Lakes, Laurel Creek & Commons of Delancey, eastThefts run about 50% higher here than in the rest of Mount Laurel.A849
Neighborhood areas of Mount Laurel, ranked by overall CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer). Each one combines several of the smaller areas on the map.
Is crime going up in Mount Laurel?
Reported crime in Mount Laurel has risen since 2019: violent crime is up 41% and property crime up 41%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 1.4 to 1.9 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 14 to 20 (US: 18). Neither changed much from 2023 to 2024.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
Mount LaurelUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Mount Laurel. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Mount Laurel
Violent, US
Property, Mount Laurel
Property, US
2016
-42%
+4%
+5%
+15%
2017
-33%
+4%
-5%
+12%
2018
-8%
+0%
+12%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-6%
+4%
-21%
-8%
2021
-0%
+6%
-7%
-10%
2022
+24%
+5%
+50%
-6%
2023
+35%
+2%
+40%
-7%
2024
+41%
-4%
+41%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Mount Laurel
CrimeGrade™ estimates Mount Laurel has about 27 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 27% less than the US as a whole and close to 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 Mount Laurel, about 47% 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.
Where and when crime happens in Mount Laurel
Mount Laurel has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Mount Laurel, 40% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often in parking lots and garages: 51% of them, against 31% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Stores and businesses (41%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Car theft
Homes (32%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (51%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (34%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (79%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Stores and businesses (44%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
How Mount Laurel compares with nearby cities
Mount Laurel has more crime than 5 of its 9 nearest cities. Moorestown and Moorestown-Lenola have the least crime nearby.
Night lighting, shops and walkability in Mount Laurel
Two things set Mount Laurel apart: it has 5.7 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally, and 71 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. Places with few stores and restaurants tend to report less theft; here theft sits near the national middle.
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
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.5.7 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 89% 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. 94% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D- (9 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 79% of US city residents
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JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.71 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 87% 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.3.5% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 81% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.2.5 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 74% 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 Mount Laurel
Crime costs Mount Laurel about $583 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 52% 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 $22 million a year, or $551 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$530,000
$13
Rape
$580,000
$15
Robbery
$300,000
$8
Assault
$2.8 million
$71
Burglary
$450,000
$11
Theft
$2.6 million
$66
Vehicle theft
$840,000
$21
Arson
$15,000
under $1
Vandalism
$1.4 million
$35
Total
$9.5 million
$241
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 Mount Laurel 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 Mount Laurel, NJ average a SchoolGrade of B: 46% of students test proficient, against 37% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Mount Laurel on SchoolGrade
