Marlton has an overall crime rate of 11 per 1,000 residents, making the crime rate here near the average for all cities and towns of all sizes in America. According to our analysis of FBI crime data, your chance of becoming a victim of crime in Marlton is 1 in 89. How does Marlton fare compared to other communities in New Jersey of all population sizes? Marlton's crime rate is lower than approximately 43% of New Jersey communities.

How does the crime rate in Marlton compare to similar sized communities across America? When NeighborhoodScout compared Marlton with other communities its size, we found that the crime rate was near the average for all other communities of similar size. So, whether Marlton'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 Marlton 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 Marlton.

For Marlton, 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 Marlton than in most of America. One's chance of becoming a victim of a violent crime here is one in 1513, which is a violent crime rate of 1 per one thousand inhabitants.

NeighborhoodScout's analysis also reveals that Marlton's rate for property crime is 11 per one thousand population. This makes Marlton 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 Marlton is one in 95.