The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Whiting, NJ
Whiting is a community of 26,500 in Ocean County, about 55 miles south of Midtown Manhattan · Updated November 2026
Is Whiting, NJ safe?
Yes. Most US neighborhoods have little crime, and Whiting has less than most of them: its overall CrimeGrade™ is A, safer than the neighborhoods where 68% of Americans live. Property crime grades better than violent crime here, A+ against A. Its neighborhoods are much alike, from A+ to A-; see the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 904 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
68% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Whiting as a whole, and 32% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Whiting scores 904.
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 Whiting, NJ at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Whiting, 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 Whiting
Theft runs low. Whiting has 3.8 thefts a year per 1,000 residents, a small fraction of the US rate of 13.1.
The safest and least safe parts of Whiting
Every part of Whiting where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Whiting run from A+ to A-; 95% 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 Whiting, the west side has the least crime and the center the most.
Is crime going up in Whiting?
Reported property crime in Whiting has fallen 27% 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 6.4 to 4.6 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime rose 19%.
Property crime, change since 2019
WhitingUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Whiting. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Whiting
Property, US
2016
-22%
+15%
2017
-19%
+12%
2018
-14%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-18%
-8%
2021
-32%
-10%
2022
-33%
-6%
2023
-39%
-7%
2024
-27%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Whiting
CrimeGrade™ estimates Whiting has about 11 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 69% less than the US as a whole and 59% less 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.
Assault is the most common crime in Whiting, about 38% of everything reported.
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 Whiting compares with nearby cities
Whiting has less crime than 6 of its 7 nearest cities; only Holmansville has less.
Two things set Whiting apart: it has 3.2 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally, and 13 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report less theft, and it runs low here.
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.3.2 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 97% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.13 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 95% 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. 99% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.F (5 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 90% 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 90% 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 Whiting: F (0 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 84% 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 75% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Whiting on shops, parks, home prices, getting around and more.
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 Whiting
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Whiting about $258 a year per household, 79% 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 $14 million a year, or $515 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$1.2 million
$45
Rape
$300,000
$11
Robbery
$22,000
$1
Assault
$1.0 million
$39
Burglary
$110,000
$4
Theft
$510,000
$19
Vehicle theft
$73,000
$3
Arson
$16,000
$1
Vandalism
$440,000
$17
Total
$3.7 million
$140
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 Whiting 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. Whiting is the other kind of example: few people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks lower than its CrimeGrade™ suggests.
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 Whiting, NJ average a SchoolGrade of D: 31% of students test proficient, against 29% projected for schools like them. Overall, they don't meet expectations. See schools in Whiting on SchoolGrade
