violent crime

Top 5 Most Violent Towns in Ocean County ..... The good news, crime is down in New Jersey ... bad news, still some towns in Ocean County with higher "violent" crime incidents. In a recent Patch article the state's list was released.

Check out what towns are the most violent in Ocean & Monmouth Counties according to FBI Data.

Check out what towns are the most violent in Ocean & Monmouth Counties according to FBI Data.

Despite a deadly shooting involving a domestic incident last month, violent crime has gone down in Asbury Park over the last year or two, according to acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni in an interview with Townsquare Media News.

An arrest is made in the early Monday morning shooting of a Neptune Township woman. 22-year-old Asbury Park resident Diquan Speights is charged with Attempted Murder, Burglary and weapons counts and is being held in the Monmouth County Correctional Institution in Freehold on $650,000 bail...