The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Willingboro, NJ
Willingboro is a township of 33,100 in Burlington County, about 16 miles east of downtown Philadelphia · Updated November 2026
Is Willingboro, NJ safe?
Crime in Willingboro is moderate, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of B+. Most US neighborhoods have little crime: 69% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than Willingboro. Property crime grades better than violent crime here, B+ against B. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Willingboro run from A+ to C+, so check the map or the safest and least safe neighborhoods below.
B+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 699 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
31% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Willingboro as a whole, and 69% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Willingboro scores 699.
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 Willingboro, NJ at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Willingboro, 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 Willingboro
Thefts from cars happen at homes far more often than nationally. In Willingboro, 63% of reported thefts from cars happen at homes, against 34% nationally.
Vehicle theft runs low. Willingboro has 1.2 car thefts a year per 1,000 residents, less than half the US rate of 2.7.
The safest and most dangerous neighborhoods in Willingboro
Low crime is the norm across Willingboro: 94% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and the rest in areas graded C. Grades across Willingboro run from A+ to C+; 2% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
94%
A or B 94%C 6%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
1Country Club Ridge, southwestClose to the rest of Willingboro on most crimes.B+767
2Twin Hill Park, southClose to the rest of Willingboro on most crimes.B+755
3Buckingham Park, northThefts run about 40% lower here than in the rest of Willingboro.B+694
4Garfield Park East, eastThefts run about 40% higher here than in the rest of Willingboro.B+694
5Pennypacker Park, westAggravated assaults run about 30% higher here than in the rest of Willingboro.B663
6Somerset Park & Rittenhouse, northwestAggravated assaults run about 30% higher here than in the rest of Willingboro.B625
Neighborhood areas of Willingboro, 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 Willingboro?
Reported crime in Willingboro has held about steady since 2019: violent crime is up 8% and property crime down 2%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 3.2 to 3.4 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts stayed at about 13 (US: 18). Neither changed much from 2023 to 2024.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
WillingboroUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Willingboro. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Willingboro
Violent, US
Property, Willingboro
Property, US
2016
+1%
+4%
+53%
+15%
2017
-9%
+4%
+32%
+12%
2018
+10%
+0%
+14%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+0%
+4%
-9%
-8%
2021
+0%
+6%
-14%
-10%
2022
+11%
+5%
+1%
-6%
2023
+12%
+2%
-8%
-7%
2024
+8%
-4%
-2%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Willingboro
CrimeGrade™ estimates Willingboro has about 30 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 19% 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 Willingboro, about 33% 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 Willingboro
Willingboro has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Willingboro, 60% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (60%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (62%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Homes (63%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (62%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (40%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Aggravated assault
Homes (62%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
How Willingboro compares with nearby cities
Willingboro has more crime than 7 of its 8 nearest cities. Moorestown and Hainesport have the least crime nearby.
Shops, night lighting and walkability in Willingboro
Two things set Willingboro apart: it has 4.3 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally, and 20 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report less theft, yet theft runs higher here than that would suggest.
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.4.3 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 94% 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
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. 90% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (14 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 61% of US city residents
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JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.20 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 86% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.1.3 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 67% of US city residents
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.10% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 62% 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 Willingboro
Crime costs Willingboro about $1,079 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 10% 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 $44 million a year, or $1,322 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$2.7 million
$81
Rape
$1.0 million
$32
Robbery
$560,000
$17
Assault
$3.8 million
$114
Burglary
$550,000
$17
Theft
$1.7 million
$51
Vehicle theft
$600,000
$18
Arson
$50,000
$2
Vandalism
$1.5 million
$47
Total
$12 million
$378
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 Willingboro 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. Willingboro 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 Willingboro, NJ average a SchoolGrade of D+: 35% of students test proficient, against 27% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Willingboro on SchoolGrade
