Police in Camden County have been issuing more traffic tickets than other South Jersey regions, according to data from the New Jersey Judiciary .
With several main roads leading across New Jersey and into one of the country's most populous cities, officers in Camden handed out approximately 129,496 moving violations between June 2023 and July 2024. Approximately 30,000 fewer tickets were issued in neighboring Burlington County.
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These data from New Jersey Courts, which includes municipal and county totals , show a statewide total of nearly 1.88 million tickets were written in the Garden State, a 4% drop from the previous year. These numbers do not include parking tickets or driving while intoxicated arrests.
Overall, traffic tickets in New Jersey are down about 34.5% compared to 10 years ago, when the total was more than 2.86 million.
The 2023-24 statewide total is the lowest number in the last two decades, with the exception of the two pandemic years earlier this decade.
South Jersey traffic tickets by town
- Franklin Township (Franklin Joint Municipal Court): 19,582.
- Camden City: 14,531.
- Gloucester Township: 13,399.
- Pennsauken: 13,359.
- Cherry Hill Township: 13,071.
- Mantua Township: 10,838.
- Deptford Township: 10,090.
- Winslow Township: 10,087.
- Mansfield Township: 8,183.
- Mt. Laurel: 8,137.
- Carneys Point Township Munici: 7,925.
- Evesham Township: 7,727.
- Bordentown Township: 7,604.
- Bellmawr: 6,384.
- Oaklyn Borough Municipal: 6,223.
- Washington Township: 5,498.
- Waterford Township: 5,283.
- Westampton Township: 5,277.
- Stratford Borough: 5,062.
- Elk Joint Municipal Crt: 4,863.
- Logan Township: 4,746.
- Pemberton Township: 4,607.
- East Greenwich Township: 4,554.
- Berlin Borough: 4,039.
- Gloucester City: 4,038.
- Glassboro: 3,997.
- Burlington Township: 3,815.
- Mid-Salem County: 3,374.
- Monroe Township: 3,364.
- Borough Of Runnemede: 3,355.
- Bass River: 3,212.
- Eastampton Township: 2,922.
- Florence Township: 2,914.
- Burlington City: 2,870.
- Palmyra Borough: 2,824.
- Medford Township: 2,670.
- North Hanover: 2,670.
- Lumberton Township: 2,602.
- Southampton: 2,598.
- Cinnaminson: 2,516.
- Chesterfield: 2,502.
- Pemberton Borough: 2,488.
- Bordentown City: 2,397.
- Barrington: 2,327.
- Lawnside Borough: 2,214.
- Willingboro Township: 2,130.
- Riverton Borough: 2,121.
- Gibbsboro Borough: 2,118.
- Woolwich Township (Woolwich Joint Municipal Court): 2,099.
- Haddon Township: 2,019.
- Riverside Township: 1,998.
- Mt. Ephraim Borough: 1,993.
- Berlin Township: 1,991.
- Magnolia Borough: 1,946.
- Delran: 1,885.
- Moorestown Township: 1,854.
- Somerdale Borough: 1,775.
- Paulsboro Borough: 1,775.
- Merchantville Borough: 1,773.
- Voorhees Township: 1,765.
- Westville National Pk: 1,653.
- Springfield Township: 1,531.
- Laurel Springs: 1,458.
- Haddon Heights: 1,333.
- Brooklawn: 1,331.
- Edgewater Park: 1,307.
- Greenwich Township: 1,294.
- Maple Shade Township: 1,266.
- Audubon Borough: 1,180.
- Pilesgrove Joint: 1,155.
- Mt. Holly: 935.
- Collingswood: 931.
- Pine Hill Borough: 911.
- New Hanover Township: 884.
- Chesilhurst: 874.
- Woodland Township: 847.
- Delanco Township: 787.
- Lindenwold: 785.
- Shamong Township: 689.
- Clementon: 675.
- Tabernacle Township: 572.
- Haddonfield: 551.
- Medford Lakes: 541.
- Beverly City: 529.
- Penns Grove: 526.
- Woodlynne Borough: 523.
- Pennsville Township: 393.
- Salem City: 385.
- Hainesport Township: 289.
- West Deptford Township: 287.
- Fieldsboro: 283.
- Lower Alloways Creek: 211.
- Harrison Township: 179.
- Hi-Nella Borough: 158.
- Washington Township: 149.
- Pittsgrove Township: 148.
- Newfield Borough: 82.
- Oldmans Township: 77.
- Woodbury City: 73.
- Wrightstown Borough: 65.
- Upper Pittsgrove: 38.
- Audubon Park Borough: 34.
- Pitman Borough: 22.
- Clayton Borough: 21.
- Elmer Borough: 20.
- Swedesboro: 19.
- South Harrison: 19.
- Wenonah Borough: 17.
- National Park Borough: 14.
- Woodbury Heights Borough: 12.
- Mannington Township: 4.
- Alloway Township: 3.
- Quinton Township: 3.
- Pine Valley: 0.
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New Jersey traffic tickets by county
- Essex: 247,918.
- Bergen: 220,994.
- Middlesex: 173,435.
- Camden: 129,496.
- Monmouth: 123,572.
- Union: 118,794.
- Burlington: 101,197.
- Hudson: 94,748.
- Passaic: 94,473.
- Morris: 90,860.
- Ocean: 81,143.
- Mercer: 76,106.
- Gloucester: 75,098.
- Atlantic: 61,240.
- Somerset: 53,951.
- Hunterdon: 31,705.
- Cumberland: 28,028.
- Cape May: 19,806.
- Warren: 26,331.
- Sussex: 15,678.
- Salem: 14,262.
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South Jersey towns with the largest increase in traffic tickets
- Wenonah Borough: 750%.
- National Park Borough: 600%.
- Woodbury City: 109%.
- Moorestown Township: 88%.
- Audubon Park Borough: 79%.
- Washington Township: 72%.
- Pine Hill Borough: 67%.
- Lumberton Township: 66%.
- Berlin Borough: 59%.
- Waterford Township: 39%.
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South Jersey towns the largest decreases in traffic tickets
- Mannington Township: 98%.
- Elmer Borough: 96%.
- Oldmans Township: 90%.
- Quinton Township: 83%.
- Upper Pittsgrove: 81%.
- Clayton Borough: 81%.
- Pennsville Township: 80%.
- Hi-Nella Borough: 76%.
- Pittsgrove Township: 75%.
- Woodbury Heights Borough: 74%.
Chris Ullery is the Philadelphia Hub Data Reporter for the USA Today Network. Reach him at cullery@couriertimes.com or find him on Twitter at @ulleryatinell.
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