The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Pennsville, NJ
Pennsville is a township of 11,100 in Salem County, about 30 miles southwest of downtown Philadelphia · Updated November 2026
Is Pennsville, NJ safe?
Yes. An overall CrimeGrade™ of A means crime in Pennsville is low. Most US neighborhoods have little crime too, so Pennsville sits near the middle: 56% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime, and 44% in neighborhoods with less. Violent crime grades A and property crime A-. Its neighborhoods are much alike, from A to A-; see the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 862 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
56% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Pennsville as a whole, and 44% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Pennsville scores 862.
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 Pennsville, NJ at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Pennsville, 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 Pennsville
Thefts run high for an A-graded city. Pennsville has 21.0 thefts a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of an A-graded US city, the figure is 8.3.
Simple assault is the exception. Pennsville grades A for violent crime, but simple assault grades B, worse than in the neighborhoods where 76% of Americans live.
The safest and least safe parts of Pennsville
Every part of Pennsville where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Pennsville run from A to A-; 69% 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 Pennsville, the south side has the least crime and the north side the most.
Is crime going up in Pennsville?
Reported property crime in Pennsville has risen 42% since 2019. Too few violent crimes are reported here each year for a reliable violent crime trend. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 16 to 23 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 39%.
Property crime, change since 2019
PennsvilleUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Pennsville. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Pennsville
Property, US
2016
+3%
+15%
2017
+4%
+12%
2018
+18%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
+28%
-8%
2021
+48%
-10%
2022
+87%
-6%
2023
+134%
-7%
2024
+42%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Pennsville
CrimeGrade™ estimates Pennsville has about 36 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, about the same as the US as a whole and 31% 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.
Theft is the most common crime in Pennsville, about 58% 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 Pennsville
Pennsville has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
Thefts from cars happen most often on streets and sidewalks: 58% of them, against 18% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Theft from cars
Streets and sidewalks (58%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Homes (78%)
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 Pennsville compares with nearby cities
Pennsville has less crime than 3 of its 4 nearest cities; only Carneys Point has less.
Density, empty homes and walkability in Pennsville
Two things set Pennsville apart: it has 1% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally, and 24 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report less robbery and car theft.
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 91% 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.9.6% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 84% 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. 84% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (15 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 59% of US city residents
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JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.24 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 81% 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.91% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 59% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.9.8 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 55% 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 Pennsville
Crime costs Pennsville about $662 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 45% 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 $5.3 million a year, or $480 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$170,000
$15
Rape
$160,000
$14
Robbery
$36,000
$3
Assault
$1.0 million
$92
Burglary
$44,000
$4
Theft
$1.2 million
$108
Vehicle theft
$83,000
$7
Arson
$7,500
$1
Vandalism
$180,000
$16
Total
$2.9 million
$261
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 Pennsville 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 Pennsville, NJ average a SchoolGrade of F: 24% of students test proficient, against 20% projected for schools like them. Overall, they don't meet expectations. See schools in Pennsville on SchoolGrade
