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Summit Crime Rate Report (New Jersey)

Summit 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 Summit for 2026 is expected to be lower than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for Summit in 2025 was lower than the national violent crime rate average by 67.1% and the city property crime rate in Summit was lower than the national property crime rate average by 71.06%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in Summit was lower than the violent crime rate in New Jersey by 44.39% and the city property crime rate in Summit was lower than the property crime rate in New Jersey by 64.46%.

Property and Violent Crime
Summit Property Crime vs. State and National Per Capita
Summit Violent Crime vs. State and National Per Capita

Summit Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault12
Arson0
Burglary11
Larceny and Theft82
Motor Vehicle Theft10
Murder and Manslaughter0
Rape11
Robbery2
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)111
Property Crime103
Violent Crime25
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault8
Arson0
Burglary21
Larceny and Theft114
Motor Vehicle Theft17
Murder and Manslaughter0
Rape8
Robbery0
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)160
Property Crime152
Violent Crime16

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Summit Property Crime

Summit Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Summit Crime 2025

Summit Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Summit Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

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