With a crime rate of 31 per one thousand residents, Pennsville has one of the highest crime rates in America compared to all communities of all sizes - from the smallest towns to the very largest cities. One's chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime here is one in 32. Within New Jersey, more than 93% of the communities have a lower crime rate than Pennsville.

Importantly, when you compare Pennsville to other communities of similar population, then Pennsville crime rate (violent and property crimes combined) is quite a bit higher than average. Regardless of how Pennsville does relative to all communities in America of all sizes, when NeighborhoodScout compared it to communities of similar population size, its crime rate per thousand residents stands out as higher than most.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Pennsville 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 Pennsville.

NeighborhoodScout's research shows that Pennsville's violent crime rate is 2 per one thousand inhabitants, which is about average for all communities in America, across all population sizes. Violent crimes that are tracked and included in this rate are armed robbery, aggravated assault, rape (not statutory), and murder and non-negligent manslaughter. Roughly similar to the national average, our analysis shows that your chance of becoming a victim of violent crime in Pennsville is one in 634.

In addition, NeighborhoodScout found that a lot of the crime that takes place in Pennsville is property crime. Property crimes that are tracked for this analysis are burglary, larceny over fifty dollars, motor vehicle theft, and arson. In Pennsville, your chance of becoming a victim of a property crime is one in 34, which is a rate of 30 per one thousand population.