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New Jersey Crime Statistics and Rates Report (NJ)

New Jersey crime statistics indicate a total downward trend in crime based on data from 26 years when violent crime was decreasing and property crime was decreasing.

Based on this report, the crime rate in New Jersey for 2026 is expected to be lower than in 2025 when the state violent crime rate was lower than the national violent crime rate average by 40.84% and the state property crime rate was lower than the national property crime rate average by 18.58%.

Property and Violent Crime

New Jersey Property Crime
New Jersey Violent Crime
Summary
2025 Crime (Actual Data)Incidents
Aggravated Assault13,212
Arson223
Burglary11,218
Larceny and Theft94,189
Motor Vehicle Theft13,910
Murder and Manslaughter178
Rape1,556
Robbery3,562
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)137,825
Property Crime119,317
Violent Crime18,508

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 (Small cities)

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