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Wildwood Crest Crime Rate Report (New Jersey)

Wildwood Crest crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 20 years with violent crime increasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Wildwood Crest for 2026 is expected to be lower than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for Wildwood Crest in 2025 was higher than the national violent crime rate average by 1.04% and the city property crime rate in Wildwood Crest was lower than the national property crime rate average by 37.46%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in Wildwood Crest was higher than the violent crime rate in New Jersey by 70.77% and the city property crime rate in Wildwood Crest was lower than the property crime rate in New Jersey by 23.18%.

Property and Violent Crime
Wildwood Crest Property Crime vs. State and National Per Capita
Wildwood Crest Violent Crime vs. State and National Per Capita

Wildwood Crest Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault8
Arson1
Burglary7
Larceny and Theft20
Motor Vehicle Theft2
Murder and Manslaughter1
Rape1
Robbery0
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)31
Property Crime29
Violent Crime10
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault8
Arson0
Burglary5
Larceny and Theft26
Motor Vehicle Theft3
Murder and Manslaughter0
Rape2
Robbery0
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)36
Property Crime34
Violent Crime10

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Wildwood Crest Property Crime

Wildwood Crest Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Wildwood Crest Crime 2025

Wildwood Crest Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Wildwood Crest Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

Wildwood Crest Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Wildwood Crest, New Jersey crime rate report is the FBI Report of Offenses Known to Law Enforcement for the corresponding year or years. Arson numbers are reported inconsistently. Zero values may indicate the data was not available. The projected crime rate data displayed above was generated from the trends found in the years of actual reported crime data on file. In this case, the Wildwood Crest crime report data for 2026 was projected from 20 years of actual data. The last year of actual available crime data, as reported above, was 2025.

The FBI cautions the data users against comparing yearly statistical data solely on the basis of their population coverage. The comparisons made herein are thus, only meaningful upon further examination of all variables that affect crime in each reported city, state or other reported jurisdicition.



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