Oakhurst is an unincorporated community of 6,260 in Monmouth County, about 35 miles south of Midtown Manhattan · Updated November 2026
Is Oakhurst, NJ safe?
Crime in Oakhurst is moderate, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of B+. Most US neighborhoods have little crime: 65% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than Oakhurst. Violent and property crime both grade B+ here. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Oakhurst run from A to B, so check the map below.
B+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 745 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
35% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Oakhurst as a whole, and 65% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Oakhurst scores 745.
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 Oakhurst, NJ at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Oakhurst, 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 Oakhurst
Theft stands out among B-graded cities. For the typical resident of a B-graded US city, the figure is 15.4 thefts a year per 1,000 residents; Oakhurst has 36.4.
Crime rates and types in Oakhurst
CrimeGrade™ estimates Oakhurst has about 76 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, about double the rate for the US as a whole and more than double 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 makes up about 48% of crime reported in Oakhurst. Assault is less common but 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.
How Oakhurst compares with nearby cities
Oakhurst has more crime than 5 of its 7 nearest cities. West Long Branch and Eatontown have the least crime nearby.
Two things set Oakhurst apart: it has 24.0 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally, and 81 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report more theft, and it runs high here.
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.24.0 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 98% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.81 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher 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. 78% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (20 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 61% 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.1% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 92% of US city residents
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
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.2.1 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 65% 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 Oakhurst
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Oakhurst about $1,526 a year per household, 27% 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 $7.4 million a year, or $1,182 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$340,000
$54
Rape
$160,000
$26
Robbery
$62,000
$10
Assault
$1.4 million
$231
Burglary
$170,000
$27
Theft
$1.2 million
$187
Vehicle theft
$71,000
$11
Arson
$2,700
under $1
Vandalism
$280,000
$45
Total
$3.7 million
$591
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 Oakhurst 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 Oakhurst, NJ average a SchoolGrade of B-: 45% of students test proficient, against 31% projected for schools like them. Overall, they greatly exceed expectations. See schools in Oakhurst on SchoolGrade
