The crime rate in Lake Hiawatha is considerably higher than the national average across all communities in America from the largest to the smallest, although at 13 crimes per one thousand residents, it is not among the communities with the very highest crime rate. The chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime in Lake Hiawatha is 1 in 74. Based on FBI crime data, Lake Hiawatha is not one of the safest communities in America. Relative to New Jersey, Lake Hiawatha has a crime rate that is higher than 65% of the state's cities and towns of all sizes.

How does the crime rate in Lake Hiawatha compare to similar sized communities across America? When NeighborhoodScout compared Lake Hiawatha with other communities its size, we found that the crime rate was near the average for all other communities of similar size. So, whether Lake Hiawatha's crime rate is high or low compared to all places in the US, when we control for population size and compare it to places that are similar in size, it is near the middle of the pack in crime rate; not much more or less dangerous, and about what we would expect from the statistics.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Lake Hiawatha does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in Lake Hiawatha.

For Lake Hiawatha, NeighborhoodScout found that the violent crime rate is well below the national average for all communities of all population sizes. Violent crimes such as assault, rape, murder and armed robbery happen less often in Lake Hiawatha than in most of America. One's chance of becoming a victim of a violent crime here is one in 1699, which is a violent crime rate of 1 per one thousand inhabitants.

NeighborhoodScout's analysis also reveals that Lake Hiawatha's rate for property crime is 13 per one thousand population. This makes Lake Hiawatha a place where there is an above average chance of becoming a victim of a property crime, when compared to all other communities in America of all population sizes. Property crimes are motor vehicle theft, arson, larceny, and burglary. Your chance of becoming a victim of any of these crimes in Lake Hiawatha is one in 78.