How Safe Is Lawrence Township? Moneygeek Shares New Findings

LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ — MoneyGeek, a personal finance technology company, recently shared a report on the safest towns and cities in America.

Lawrence Township ranked at No. 214 in the country. Princeton Township which is around 6 miles away, ranked No. 21 across the country, with South Brunswick coming in at No. 2o. Meanwhile, Hamilton Township was ranked No. 315.

Four New Jersey towns - Marlboro Township (6), Bridgewater Township (7), Fair Lawn (8) and Monroe Township (10) ranked in the top 10 safest places to live, while Camden (5) was rated among the top 10 most dangerous places in the country.

Moneygeek analyzed crime statistics and calculated the cost of crime. They used data from FBI's yearly Uniform Crime Report which included violent crimes like murder and sexual assault, and burglaries and car theft.

According to Moneygeek, while property crimes were more common, violent crimes were most costly.

To determine the crime rates per 100,000 people, they added population data to the analysis. According to the report, the violent crime rate in Lawrence Township was 138.8, while the property crime rate was 1520.9.

Moneygeek focused on towns and cities with a population between 30,000 and 100,000 residents.

Here are the top 25 safest towns in America 2021:

1. Franklin, MA
2. Shrewsbury, MA
3. Carmel, NY
4. Northampton Township, PA
5. Yorktown, NY
6. Marlboro Township, NJ
7. Bridgewater Township, NJ
8. Fair Lawn, NJ
9. Parkland, FL
10. Monroe Township, NJ
11. Spanish Fork, UT
12. Needham, MA
13. Mason, OH
14. Bloomfield Township, MI
15. Crown Point, IN
16. North Ridgeville, OH
17. Middletown Township, NJ
18. Long Beach, NY
19. Andover, MA
20. South Brunswick Township, NJ
21. Princeton, NJ
22. Southlake, TX
23. Billerica, MA
24. North Olmstead, OH
25. Hillsborough Township, NJ

Most of the safest small cities and towns in the country are in the Northeast, with the top two in Massachusetts and six of the top ten in New York or New Jersey.

The survey found that small cities and towns were a lot safer than large cities. However, some small cities and towns also showed crime rates comparable to big cities.

Here are the most dangerous small cities and towns in America 2021.

1. Gary, IN
2. Pine Bluff, AR
3. Petersburg, VA
4. Chester, PA
5. Camden, NJ
6. Wilmington, DE
7. Danville, IL
8. Meridian, MS
9. Monroe, LA
10. Flint, MI

MoneyGeek relied on research from professors Kathryn McCollister and Michael French of the University of Miami and Hai Fang of the University of Colorado Denver for this survey.

To see how other towns fared, check out their website, which includes a searchable listing of 989 small cities and towns, and expert commentary and detailed methodology..