Fair Haven Reported No Violent Crime Last Year: FBI

Fair Haven is one of 25 New Jersey towns that reported no violent crime last year, according to new FBI statistics. It was one of 46 towns with no violent crime at all, compared to 433 with at least one.

A traditionally a very safe town, Fair Haven's inclusion on the list of towns with no violent crime does not come as a surprise.

In 2014, 2013 there were three violent crimes each year. In 2012, there were two, and in 2011 just one.

According to City-Data.com, a website that tracks crime statistics, there have been no murders in Fair Haven in the past twelve years, and three rapes in that same period. Since 2002, there have been just 23 assaults.

Surrounding towns are also very low-crime, although none of them reported no violent crime at all. Just last week, Rumson saw two teenagers arrested for an armed robbery.

The FBI numbers of violent crimes are per thousand people, which, in low crime towns, can result in small decimals. You can see the statistics for neighboring towns below, listed from most crime to least:

1. Red Bank 2.159309
2. Little Silver 0.169205
3. Rumson 0.000431965
4. Middletown Township 0.000379403
5. Fair Haven 0.0

Photo via wilB, flickr.