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Jersey City Crime Rate Report (New Jersey)

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

The city violent crime rate for Jersey City in 2025 was higher than the national violent crime rate average by 48.39% and the city property crime rate in Jersey City was higher than the national property crime rate average by 19%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in Jersey City was higher than the violent crime rate in New Jersey by 150.81% and the city property crime rate in Jersey City was higher than the property crime rate in New Jersey by 46.15%.

Property and Violent Crime
Jersey City Property Crime vs. State and National Per Capita
Jersey City Violent Crime vs. State and National Per Capita

Jersey City Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault992
Arson10
Burglary466
Larceny and Theft4,223
Motor Vehicle Theft886
Murder and Manslaughter12
Rape85
Robbery395
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)8,855
Property Crime5,575
Violent Crime1,484
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault889
Arson0
Burglary172
Larceny and Theft4,172
Motor Vehicle Theft817
Murder and Manslaughter6
Rape52
Robbery238
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)8,441
Property Crime5,161
Violent Crime1,185

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Jersey City Property Crime

Jersey City Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Jersey City Crime 2025

Jersey City Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Jersey City Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

Jersey City Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Jersey City, 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 Jersey City 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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