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North Plainfield Crime Rate Report (New Jersey)

North Plainfield crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 27 years with violent crime decreasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in North Plainfield for 2026 is expected to be lower than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for North Plainfield in 2025 was lower than the national violent crime rate average by 60.53% and the city property crime rate in North Plainfield was lower than the national property crime rate average by 21.09%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in North Plainfield was lower than the violent crime rate in New Jersey by 33.29% and the city property crime rate in North Plainfield was lower than the property crime rate in New Jersey by 3.08%.

Property and Violent Crime
North Plainfield Property Crime vs. State and National Per Capita
North Plainfield Violent Crime vs. State and National Per Capita

North Plainfield Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault11
Arson0
Burglary28
Larceny and Theft235
Motor Vehicle Theft18
Murder and Manslaughter0
Rape6
Robbery13
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)327
Property Crime281
Violent Crime30
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault12
Arson0
Burglary7
Larceny and Theft246
Motor Vehicle Theft29
Murder and Manslaughter0
Rape8
Robbery12
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)328
Property Crime282
Violent Crime32

Property and Violent Crime Totals

North Plainfield Property Crime

North Plainfield Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

North Plainfield Crime 2025

North Plainfield Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

North Plainfield Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

North Plainfield Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this North Plainfield, 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 North Plainfield crime report data for 2026 was projected from 27 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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