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New Brunswick Crime Rate Report (New Jersey)

New Brunswick crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 26 years with violent crime increasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in New Brunswick for 2026 is expected to be lower than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for New Brunswick in 2025 was higher than the national violent crime rate average by 20.03% and the city property crime rate in New Brunswick was higher than the national property crime rate average by 5.52%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in New Brunswick was higher than the violent crime rate in New Jersey by 102.87% and the city property crime rate in New Brunswick was higher than the property crime rate in New Jersey by 29.6%.

Property and Violent Crime
New Brunswick Property Crime vs. State and National Per Capita
New Brunswick Violent Crime vs. State and National Per Capita

New Brunswick Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault144
Arson4
Burglary105
Larceny and Theft745
Motor Vehicle Theft89
Murder and Manslaughter2
Rape26
Robbery56
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)1,266
Property Crime939
Violent Crime228
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault213
Arson3
Burglary97
Larceny and Theft1,070
Motor Vehicle Theft105
Murder and Manslaughter5
Rape30
Robbery122
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)1,599
Property Crime1,272
Violent Crime369

Property and Violent Crime Totals

New Brunswick Property Crime

New Brunswick Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

New Brunswick Crime 2025

New Brunswick Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

New Brunswick Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

New Brunswick Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this New Brunswick, New Jersey crime rate report is the FBI Report of Offenses Known to Law Enforcement for the corresponding year or years. Arson numbers are reported inconsistently. Zero values may indicate the data was not available. The projected crime rate data displayed above was generated from the trends found in the years of actual reported crime data on file. In this case, the New Brunswick crime report data for 2026 was projected from 26 years of actual data. The last year of actual available crime data, as reported above, was 2025.

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.



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