New Jersey Crime Statistics and Rates Report (NJ)

New Jersey crime statistics indicate a total downward trend in crime based on data from 10 years when violent crime was decreasing and property crime was decreasing.

Based on this report, the crime rate in New Jersey for 2012 is expected to be lower than in 2009 when the state violent crime rate was lower than the national violent crime rate average by 10.62% and the state property crime rate was lower than the national property crime rate average by 8.54%.

New Jersey Property Crime New Jersey Violent Crime
2009 Crime (Actual Data)Incidents
Aggravated Assault14,122
ArsonN/A
Burglary37,262
Forcible Rape1,041
Larceny and Theft128,327
Motor Vehicle Theft15,508
Murder and Manslaughter319
Robbery11,639
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)208,218
Property Crime181,097
Violent Crime27,121

State versus National Crime Comparison

New Jersey Property Crime vs. National Comparison New Jersey Violent Crime vs. National Comparison
Arson numbers are reported inconsistently. Zero values may indicate the data was not available. The FBI cautions the data users against comparing yearly statistical data solely on the basis of their population coverage. The comparisons made herein are thus, only meaningful upon further examination of all variables that affect crime in each reported city, state or other reported jurisdicition.

New Jersey crime rates by city (Large cities)

Elizabeth, NJ Crime Newark, NJ Crime Paterson, NJ Crime
Jersey City, NJ Crime

New Jersey crime rates by city (Small cities)

Aberdeen Township, NJ Crime Hammonton, NJ Crime Park Ridge, NJ Crime
Absecon, NJ Crime Hanover Township, NJ Crime Passaic, NJ Crime
Allendale, NJ Crime Harding Township, NJ Crime Paulsboro, NJ Crime
Allenhurst, NJ Crime Hardyston Township, NJ Crime Peapack and Gladstone, NJ Crime
Allentown, NJ Crime Harrington Park, NJ Crime Pemberton, NJ Crime
Alpha, NJ Crime Harrison, NJ Crime Pemberton Township, NJ Crime
Alpine, NJ Crime Harrison Township, NJ Crime Pennington, NJ Crime
Andover Township, NJ Crime Harvey Cedars, NJ Crime Penns Grove, NJ Crime
Asbury Park, NJ Crime Hasbrouck Heights, NJ Crime Pennsauken Township, NJ Crime
Atlantic City, NJ Crime Haworth, NJ Crime Pennsville Township, NJ Crime
Atlantic Highlands, NJ Crime Hawthorne, NJ Crime Pequannock Township, NJ Crime
Audubon, NJ Crime Hazlet Township, NJ Crime Perth Amboy, NJ Crime
Audubon Park, NJ Crime Helmetta, NJ Crime Phillipsburg, NJ Crime
Avalon, NJ Crime High Bridge, NJ Crime Pine Beach, NJ Crime
Avon-by-the-Sea, NJ Crime Highland Park, NJ Crime Pine Hill, NJ Crime
Barnegat Light, NJ Crime Highlands, NJ Crime Pine Valley, NJ Crime
Barnegat Township, NJ Crime Hightstown, NJ Crime Piscataway Township, NJ Crime
Barrington, NJ Crime Hillsborough Township, NJ Crime Pitman, NJ Crime
Bay Head, NJ Crime Hillsdale, NJ Crime Plainfield, NJ Crime
Bayonne, NJ Crime Hillside Township, NJ Crime Plainsboro Township, NJ Crime
Beach Haven, NJ Crime Hi-Nella, NJ Crime Pleasantville, NJ Crime
Beachwood, NJ Crime Hoboken, NJ Crime Plumsted Township, NJ Crime
Bedminster Township, NJ Crime Ho-Ho-Kus, NJ Crime Pohatcong Township, NJ Crime
Belleville, NJ Crime Holland Township, NJ Crime Point Pleasant, NJ Crime
Bellmawr, NJ Crime Holmdel Township, NJ Crime Point Pleasant Beach, NJ Crime
Belmar, NJ Crime Hopatcong, NJ Crime Pompton Lakes, NJ Crime
Belvidere, NJ Crime Hopewell, NJ Crime Princeton, NJ Crime
Bergenfield, NJ Crime Hopewell Township, NJ Crime Princeton Township, NJ Crime
Berkeley Township, NJ Crime Howell Township, NJ Crime Prospect Park, NJ Crime
Berlin, NJ Crime Independence Township, NJ Crime Rahway, NJ Crime
Berlin Township, NJ Crime Interlaken, NJ Crime Ramsey, NJ Crime
Bernards Township, NJ Crime Irvington, NJ Crime Randolph Township, NJ Crime
Bernardsville, NJ Crime Island Heights, NJ Crime Raritan, NJ Crime
Beverly, NJ Crime Jackson Township, NJ Crime Raritan Township, NJ Crime
Blairstown Township, NJ Crime Jamesburg, NJ Crime Readington Township, NJ Crime
Bloomfield, NJ Crime Jefferson Township, NJ Crime Red Bank, NJ Crime
Bloomingdale, NJ Crime Keansburg, NJ Crime Ridgefield, NJ Crime
Bogota, NJ Crime Kearny, NJ Crime Ridgefield Park, NJ Crime
Boonton, NJ Crime Kenilworth, NJ Crime Ridgewood, NJ Crime
Boonton Township, NJ Crime Keyport, NJ Crime Ringwood, NJ Crime
Bordentown, NJ Crime Kinnelon, NJ Crime River Edge, NJ Crime
Bordentown Township, NJ Crime Lacey Township, NJ Crime River Vale Township, NJ Crime
Bound Brook, NJ Crime Lake Como, NJ Crime Riverdale, NJ Crime
Bradley Beach, NJ Crime Lakehurst, NJ Crime Riverside Township, NJ Crime
Branchburg Township, NJ Crime Lakewood Township, NJ Crime Riverton, NJ Crime
Brick Township, NJ Crime Lambertville, NJ Crime Robbinsville Township, NJ Crime
Bridgeton, NJ Crime Laurel Springs, NJ Crime Rochelle Park Township, NJ Crime
Bridgewater Township, NJ Crime Lavallette, NJ Crime Rockaway, NJ Crime
Brielle, NJ Crime Lawnside, NJ Crime Rockaway Township, NJ Crime
Brigantine, NJ Crime Lebanon Township, NJ Crime Rockleigh, NJ Crime
Brooklawn, NJ Crime Leonia, NJ Crime Roseland, NJ Crime
Buena, NJ Crime Lincoln Park, NJ Crime Roselle, NJ Crime
Burlington, NJ Crime Linden, NJ Crime Roselle Park, NJ Crime
Burlington Township, NJ Crime Lindenwold, NJ Crime Roxbury Township, NJ Crime
Butler, NJ Crime Linwood, NJ Crime Rumson, NJ Crime
Byram Township, NJ Crime Little Falls Township, NJ Crime Runnemede, NJ Crime
Caldwell, NJ Crime Little Ferry, NJ Crime Rutherford, NJ Crime
Califon, NJ Crime Little Silver, NJ Crime Saddle Brook Township, NJ Crime
Camden, NJ Crime Livingston Township, NJ Crime Saddle River, NJ Crime
Cape May, NJ Crime Loch Arbour, NJ Crime Salem, NJ Crime
Cape May Point, NJ Crime Lodi, NJ Crime Sayreville, NJ Crime
Carlstadt, NJ Crime Logan Township, NJ Crime Scotch Plains Township, NJ Crime
Carney's Point Township, NJ Crime Long Beach Township, NJ Crime Sea Bright, NJ Crime
Carteret, NJ Crime Long Branch, NJ Crime Sea Girt, NJ Crime
Cedar Grove Township, NJ Crime Long Hill Township, NJ Crime Sea Isle City, NJ Crime
Chatham, NJ Crime Longport, NJ Crime Seaside Heights, NJ Crime
Chatham Township, NJ Crime Lopatcong Township, NJ Crime Seaside Park, NJ Crime
Cherry Hill Township, NJ Crime Lower Township, NJ Crime Secaucus, NJ Crime
Chesilhurst, NJ Crime Lumberton Township, NJ Crime Ship Bottom, NJ Crime
Chester, NJ Crime Lyndhurst Township, NJ Crime Shrewsbury, NJ Crime
Chester Township, NJ Crime Madison, NJ Crime Somerdale, NJ Crime
Chesterfield Township, NJ Crime Magnolia, NJ Crime Somers Point, NJ Crime
Cinnaminson Township, NJ Crime Mahwah Township, NJ Crime Somerville, NJ Crime
Clark Township, NJ Crime Manalapan Township, NJ Crime South Amboy, NJ Crime
Clayton, NJ Crime Manasquan, NJ Crime South Bound Brook, NJ Crime
Clementon, NJ Crime Manchester Township, NJ Crime South Brunswick Township, NJ Crime
Cliffside Park, NJ Crime Mantoloking, NJ Crime South Harrison Township, NJ Crime
Clifton, NJ Crime Mantua Township, NJ Crime South Orange, NJ Crime
Clinton, NJ Crime Manville, NJ Crime South Plainfield, NJ Crime
Clinton Township, NJ Crime Maple Shade Township, NJ Crime South River, NJ Crime
Closter, NJ Crime Maplewood Township, NJ Crime South Toms River, NJ Crime
Collingswood, NJ Crime Margate City, NJ Crime Sparta Township, NJ Crime
Colts Neck Township, NJ Crime Marlboro Township, NJ Crime Spotswood, NJ Crime
Cranbury Township, NJ Crime Matawan, NJ Crime Spring Lake, NJ Crime
Cranford Township, NJ Crime Maywood, NJ Crime Spring Lake Heights, NJ Crime
Cresskill, NJ Crime Medford Lakes, NJ Crime Springfield, NJ Crime
Deal, NJ Crime Medford Township, NJ Crime Springfield Township, NJ Crime
Delanco Township, NJ Crime Mendham, NJ Crime Stafford Township, NJ Crime
Delaware Township, NJ Crime Mendham Township, NJ Crime Stanhope, NJ Crime
Delran Township, NJ Crime Merchantville, NJ Crime Stillwater Township, NJ Crime
Demarest, NJ Crime Metuchen, NJ Crime Stone Harbor, NJ Crime
Denville Township, NJ Crime Middle Township, NJ Crime Stratford, NJ Crime
Deptford Township, NJ Crime Middlesex, NJ Crime Summit, NJ Crime
Dover, NJ Crime Middletown Township, NJ Crime Surf City, NJ Crime
Dumont, NJ Crime Midland Park, NJ Crime Tavistock, NJ Crime
Dunellen, NJ Crime Millburn Township, NJ Crime Teaneck Township, NJ Crime
East Brunswick Township, NJ Crime Milltown, NJ Crime Tenafly, NJ Crime
East Greenwich Township, NJ Crime Millville, NJ Crime Teterboro, NJ Crime
East Hanover Township, NJ Crime Mine Hill Township, NJ Crime Tewksbury Township, NJ Crime
East Newark, NJ Crime Monmouth Beach, NJ Crime Tinton Falls, NJ Crime
East Orange, NJ Crime Montclair, NJ Crime Toms River Township, NJ Crime
East Rutherford, NJ Crime Montgomery Township, NJ Crime Totowa, NJ Crime
East Windsor Township, NJ Crime Montvale, NJ Crime Trenton, NJ Crime
Eastampton Township, NJ Crime Montville Township, NJ Crime Tuckerton, NJ Crime
Eatontown, NJ Crime Moonachie, NJ Crime Union Beach, NJ Crime
Edgewater, NJ Crime Moorestown Township, NJ Crime Union City, NJ Crime
Edgewater Park Township, NJ Crime Morris Plains, NJ Crime Union Township, NJ Crime
Edison Township, NJ Crime Morris Township, NJ Crime Upper Saddle River, NJ Crime
Egg Harbor City, NJ Crime Morristown, NJ Crime Ventnor City, NJ Crime
Egg Harbor Township, NJ Crime Mount Arlington, NJ Crime Vernon Township, NJ Crime
Elk Township, NJ Crime Mount Ephraim, NJ Crime Verona, NJ Crime
Elmer, NJ Crime Mount Holly Township, NJ Crime Vineland, NJ Crime
Elmwood Park, NJ Crime Mount Laurel Township, NJ Crime Voorhees Township, NJ Crime
Elsinboro Township, NJ Crime Mount Olive Township, NJ Crime Waldwick, NJ Crime
Emerson, NJ Crime Mountain Lakes, NJ Crime Wall Township, NJ Crime
Englewood, NJ Crime Mountainside, NJ Crime Wallington, NJ Crime
Englewood Cliffs, NJ Crime Mullica Township, NJ Crime Wanaque, NJ Crime
Englishtown, NJ Crime National Park, NJ Crime Warren Township, NJ Crime
Essex Fells, NJ Crime Neptune City, NJ Crime Watchung, NJ Crime
Evesham Township, NJ Crime Neptune Township, NJ Crime Waterford Township, NJ Crime
Ewing Township, NJ Crime Netcong, NJ Crime Wayne Township, NJ Crime
Fair Haven, NJ Crime New Brunswick, NJ Crime Weehawken Township, NJ Crime
Fair Lawn, NJ Crime New Hanover Township, NJ Crime Wenonah, NJ Crime
Fairview, NJ Crime New Milford, NJ Crime West Amwell Township, NJ Crime
Fanwood, NJ Crime New Providence, NJ Crime West Caldwell Township, NJ Crime
Far Hills, NJ Crime Newfield, NJ Crime West Cape May, NJ Crime
Flemington, NJ Crime Newton, NJ Crime West Deptford Township, NJ Crime
Florence Township, NJ Crime North Arlington, NJ Crime West Long Branch, NJ Crime
Florham Park, NJ Crime North Bergen Township, NJ Crime West Milford Township, NJ Crime
Fort Lee, NJ Crime North Brunswick Township, NJ Crime West New York, NJ Crime
Franklin, NJ Crime North Caldwell, NJ Crime West Orange, NJ Crime
Franklin Lakes, NJ Crime North Haledon, NJ Crime West Wildwood, NJ Crime
Freehold, NJ Crime North Hanover Township, NJ Crime West Windsor Township, NJ Crime
Freehold Township, NJ Crime North Plainfield, NJ Crime Westampton Township, NJ Crime
Frenchtown, NJ Crime North Wildwood, NJ Crime Westfield, NJ Crime
Galloway Township, NJ Crime Northfield, NJ Crime Westville, NJ Crime
Garfield, NJ Crime Northvale, NJ Crime Westwood, NJ Crime
Garwood, NJ Crime Norwood, NJ Crime Wharton, NJ Crime
Gibbsboro, NJ Crime Nutley Township, NJ Crime Wildwood, NJ Crime
Glassboro, NJ Crime Oakland, NJ Crime Wildwood Crest, NJ Crime
Glen Ridge, NJ Crime Oaklyn, NJ Crime Willingboro Township, NJ Crime
Glen Rock, NJ Crime Ocean City, NJ Crime Winfield Township, NJ Crime
Gloucester City, NJ Crime Ocean Gate, NJ Crime Winslow Township, NJ Crime
Gloucester Township, NJ Crime Oceanport, NJ Crime Woodbridge Township, NJ Crime
Green Brook Township, NJ Crime Ogdensburg, NJ Crime Woodbury, NJ Crime
Guttenberg, NJ Crime Old Bridge Township, NJ Crime Woodbury Heights, NJ Crime
Hackensack, NJ Crime Old Tappan, NJ Crime Woodcliff Lake, NJ Crime
Hackettstown, NJ Crime Oradell, NJ Crime Woodland Park, NJ Crime
Haddon Heights, NJ Crime Orange, NJ Crime Woodlynne, NJ Crime
Haddon Township, NJ Crime Oxford Township, NJ Crime Wood-Ridge, NJ Crime
Haddonfield, NJ Crime Palisades Park, NJ Crime Woodstown, NJ Crime
Haledon, NJ Crime Palmyra, NJ Crime Woolwich Township, NJ Crime
Hamburg, NJ Crime Paramus, NJ Crime Wyckoff Township, NJ Crime
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