Safety · Surf
Surf, NJ crime & safety
Surf's reported crime rate is below New Jersey's. Most reported incidents are property crimes, mainly thefts. Violent crime is rare: 1 reported in 2024.
Crime reported to police, trends and how Surf compares with the towns next door, from FBI data.
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A grade needs all of the FBI's latest years (2023–2025). Surf's police department reported only 2023 and 2024, so we don't grade it yet. The figures below are still real.
Reported crime, 2024
Surf at a glance
Violent crime
0.8
per 1,000 residents · New Jersey 2.2
Property crime
8.3
per 1,000 residents · New Jersey 14.3
Incidents reported
12
1 violent · 11 property
Since 2022
▲ 8%
change in reported property crime
Violent crime per 1,000
Property crime per 1,000
Trend
Reported crime per 1,000 residents, 2022–2024
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Solid lines: property crime · dashed: violent crime.
Show as a table
| Year | Surf property | New Jersey property | Surf violent | New Jersey violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7.7 | 14.3 | 0.8 | 2.2 |
| 2023 | 9.2 | 15.5 | 0.8 | 2.3 |
| 2024 | 8.3 | 14.3 | 0.8 | 2.2 |
What gets reported
2024, by type
Larceny / theft
10
Burglary
0
Vehicle theft
1
Aggravated assault
1
Robbery
0
Rape
0
Homicide
0
Arson
0
Offenses reported to police, not convictions.
Who keeps Surf safe
Local public safety
👮 Surf Police DepartmentReports its crime counts to the FBI — the figures on this page.
🚨 EmergenciesCall 911. For non-emergency numbers, alerts and preparedness, see the town guide.
Nearby
Surf and its neighbors
Reported crime per 1,000 residents in each town's latest year. * = a count, for towns under 1,000 people. Grade: the Safety Grade; — = not graded.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surf | — | 0.8 | 8.3 | 2024 |
| Stafford | A- | 0.8 | 6.4 | 2025 |
| Long Beach | B- | 0.9 | 10.8 | 2025 |
| Ship Bottom | — | 0 | 5.3 | 2025 |
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can't tell you
- It's reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many thefts and some assaults are never reported.
- Small numbers swing. In a town of about 1,300, a handful of incidents moves the rate noticeably from year to year. The trend matters more than any one year.
- Visitors count too. Towns with a campus, highway, beach or shopping center see incidents involving people who don't live there, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn't report a full year, not that nothing happened.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2024, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. This isn't an official statement of public safety — in an emergency, call 911.