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South Amboy Crime Rate Report (New Jersey)

South Amboy crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 21 years with violent crime decreasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in South Amboy for 2026 is expected to be lower than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for South Amboy in 2025 was lower than the national violent crime rate average by 60.66% and the city property crime rate in South Amboy was lower than the national property crime rate average by 37.02%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in South Amboy was lower than the violent crime rate in New Jersey by 33.51% and the city property crime rate in South Amboy was lower than the property crime rate in New Jersey by 22.64%.

Property and Violent Crime
South Amboy Property Crime vs. State and National Per Capita
South Amboy Violent Crime vs. State and National Per Capita

South Amboy Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault10
Arson0
Burglary15
Larceny and Theft78
Motor Vehicle Theft12
Murder and Manslaughter0
Rape3
Robbery1
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)122
Property Crime105
Violent Crime14
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault15
Arson0
Burglary19
Larceny and Theft79
Motor Vehicle Theft23
Murder and Manslaughter0
Rape2
Robbery1
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)139
Property Crime122
Violent Crime18

Property and Violent Crime Totals

South Amboy Property Crime

South Amboy Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

South Amboy Crime 2025

South Amboy Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

South Amboy Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

South Amboy Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this South Amboy, 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 South Amboy crime report data for 2026 was projected from 21 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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