Ranking of New Jersey Cities By Violent Crime Rate Per 100K in 2012
Updated on January 9, 2025.
According to the FBI UCR data, in 2012, among New Jersey cities with a population of at least 10K, Camden had the highest Violent Crime Rate per 100K residents (2,566.15), followed by Atlantic City (1,759.73), Asbury Park (1,523.66), Trenton (1,466.3), and Irvington (1,304.49).
The chart below shows the top 10 cities with high Violent crime rate in 2012, and the table below shows the ranking of New Jersey cities with a population of at least 10K, based on the Violent crime rate per 100K.
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Hover over or click on the bars in the chart below, to see the number of Violent crimes for each city. The data can also be found in a table below. You can use the table to sort, filter, and explore the data further.
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Data Source: FBI UCR.
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Ranking of New Jersey Cities By Violent Crime Rate Per 100K in 2012
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| Rank | City | Crime Rate Per 100K |
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| 1 | Camden | 2566.15 |
| 2 | Atlantic City | 1759.73 |
| 3 | Asbury Park | 1523.66 |
| 4 | Trenton | 1466.30 |
| 5 | Irvington | 1304.49 |
| 6 | Bridgeton | 1268.82 |
| 7 | Newark | 1154.51 |
| 8 | Paterson | 1054.72 |
| 9 | Millville | 865.59 |
| 10 | Orange | 863.86 |
| 11 | Elizabeth | 797.43 |
| 12 | Lindenwold | 752.05 |
| 13 | Jersey City | 734.24 |
| 14 | Passaic | 730.38 |
| 15 | Pleasantville | 713.09 |
| 16 | Plainfield | 711.28 |
| 17 | New Brunswick | 685.61 |
| 18 | East Orange | 562.75 |
| 19 | Neptune Township | 540.91 |
| 20 | Morristown | 456.97 |
| 21 | Perth Amboy | 453.79 |
| 22 | Harrison | 440.72 |
| 23 | Woodbury | 419.47 |
| 24 | Pine Hill | 408.84 |
| 25 | Long Branch | 401.27 |
| 26 | West New York | 388.07 |
| 27 | Union City | 370.27 |
| 28 | Vineland | 367.34 |
| 29 | Pemberton Township | 362.94 |
| 30 | Hillside Township | 360.61 |
| 31 | Willingboro Township | 348.57 |
| 32 | Roselle | 337.89 |
| 33 | Deptford Township | 337.66 |
| 34 | Totowa | 321.87 |
| 35 | Freehold | 321.73 |
| 36 | Gloucester Township | 320.50 |
| 37 | Linden | 320.09 |
| 38 | Guttenberg | 317.04 |
| 39 | Pennsauken Township | 308.05 |
| 40 | Winslow Township | 307.62 |
| 41 | Keansburg | 304.94 |
| 42 | Hoboken | 295.31 |
| 43 | Englewood | 294.98 |
| 44 | Red Bank | 293.21 |
| 45 | Rahway | 278.63 |
| 46 | Bloomfield | 264.60 |
| 47 | Somers Point | 258.30 |
| 48 | Dover | 256.17 |
| 49 | Gloucester City | 252.15 |
| 50 | Eatontown | 250.29 |
| 51 | Middle Township | 249.01 |
| 52 | South Orange | 245.38 |
| 53 | Kearny | 242.07 |
| 54 | Hamilton Township, Atlantic County | 229.21 |
| 55 | Egg Harbor Township | 227.58 |
| 56 | Phillipsburg | 227.08 |
| 57 | North Plainfield | 221.29 |
| 58 | Clifton | 217.28 |
| 59 | Carteret | 212.28 |
| 60 | Hamilton Township, Mercer County | 210.97 |
| 61 | Garfield | 210.78 |
| 62 | Ewing Township | 208.86 |
| 63 | Glassboro | 208.36 |
| 64 | Bayonne | 206.13 |
| 65 | Belleville | 196.36 |
| 66 | Pennsville Township | 193.50 |
| 67 | Maplewood Township | 187.33 |
| 68 | Maple Shade Township | 181.71 |
| 69 | Bellmawr | 180.58 |
| 70 | Collingswood | 178.79 |
| 71 | Lodi | 176.12 |
| 72 | Voorhees Township | 174.35 |
| 73 | Fairview | 171.50 |
| 74 | Waterford Township | 168.33 |
| 75 | Little Egg Harbor Township | 167.81 |
| 76 | Franklin Township, Gloucester County | 159.27 |
| 77 | Cherry Hill Township | 157.00 |
| 78 | Weehawken Township | 156.76 |
| 79 | Burlington Township | 149.48 |
| 80 | Somerville | 147.42 |
| 81 | Cinnaminson Township | 146.72 |
| 82 | West Orange | 146.22 |
| 83 | North Bergen Township | 144.14 |
| 84 | Haddon Township | 142.22 |
| 85 | Ocean Township, Monmouth County | 142.06 |
| 86 | Teaneck Township | 139.20 |
| 87 | Union Township | 138.03 |
| 88 | Washington Township, Gloucester County | 136.90 |
| 89 | South River | 136.00 |
| 90 | Aberdeen Township | 131.01 |
| 91 | Montclair | 129.25 |
| 92 | Ocean City | 128.47 |
| 93 | North Brunswick Township | 123.90 |
| 94 | Barnegat Township | 122.98 |
| 95 | Lower Township | 122.71 |
| 96 | Cliffside Park | 121.51 |
| 97 | Woodbridge Township | 121.26 |
| 98 | Edison Township | 120.78 |
| 99 | Lakewood Township | 117.34 |
| 100 | Little Falls Township | 117.08 |
| 101 | Pompton Lakes | 116.39 |
| 102 | East Hanover Township | 115.31 |
| 103 | Florence Township | 114.83 |
| 104 | Franklin Township, Somerset County | 114.50 |
| 105 | Bound Brook | 114.29 |
| 106 | Piscataway Township | 113.09 |
| 107 | Ventnor City | 112.22 |
| 108 | Elmwood Park | 112.09 |
| 109 | Lumberton Township | 110.72 |
| 110 | Lawrence Township, Mercer County | 110.50 |
| 111 | South Plainfield | 110.03 |
| 112 | East Windsor Township | 109.53 |
| 113 | Woodland Park | 109.29 |
| 114 | Paramus | 108.87 |
| 115 | Brick Township | 106.85 |
| 116 | Little Ferry | 102.34 |
| 117 | Hammonton | 101.00 |
| 118 | Freehold Township | 98.91 |
| 119 | Secaucus | 96.87 |
| 120 | Dumont | 96.14 |
| 121 | Bordentown Township | 96.12 |
| 122 | Ramsey | 95.64 |
| 123 | Monroe Township, Gloucester County | 93.38 |
| 124 | Ridgefield Park | 93.20 |
| 125 | Delran Township | 88.17 |
| 126 | Sayreville | 88.06 |
| 127 | Toms River Township | 87.92 |
| 128 | Hackensack | 87.36 |
| 129 | Old Bridge Township | 84.78 |
| 130 | Fort Lee | 83.91 |
| 131 | Wall Township | 83.59 |
| 132 | Beachwood | 80.69 |
| 133 | Metuchen | 80.20 |
| 134 | Harrison Township | 79.91 |
| 135 | Howell Township | 79.80 |
| 136 | Mount Laurel Township | 78.29 |
| 137 | Mantua Township | 78.26 |
| 138 | South Brunswick Township | 77.49 |
| 139 | Edgewater | 77.27 |
| 140 | Nutley Township | 77.05 |
| 141 | Medford Township | 73.30 |
| 142 | Fair Lawn | 73.10 |
| 143 | Wayne Township | 72.63 |
| 144 | Parsippany-Troy Hills Township | 72.50 |
| 145 | Tinton Falls | 72.23 |
| 146 | Bergenfield | 70.18 |
| 147 | Point Pleasant | 70.00 |
| 148 | Wallington | 69.78 |
| 149 | West Milford Township | 69.18 |
| 150 | West Deptford Township | 68.66 |
| 151 | Colts Neck Township | 68.62 |
| 152 | Kinnelon | 67.60 |
| 153 | Middletown Township | 67.25 |
| 154 | Evesham Township | 65.43 |
| 155 | Hanover Township | 64.95 |
| 156 | Lacey Township | 64.47 |
| 157 | Ridgefield | 62.73 |
| 158 | Lyndhurst Township | 62.53 |
| 159 | Oakland | 62.02 |
| 160 | Stafford Township | 59.71 |
| 161 | Roselle Park | 59.53 |
| 162 | Manalapan Township | 58.82 |
| 163 | Galloway Township | 58.66 |
| 164 | Vernon Township | 58.48 |
| 165 | North Arlington | 57.80 |
| 166 | Cranford Township | 56.86 |
| 167 | Lincoln Park | 56.46 |
| 168 | Monroe Township, Middlesex County | 55.64 |
| 169 | Summit | 55.34 |
| 170 | East Brunswick Township | 52.07 |
| 171 | Haddonfield | 51.55 |
| 172 | Glen Rock | 51.13 |
| 173 | Robbinsville Township | 50.94 |
| 174 | Livingston Township | 50.75 |
| 175 | Scotch Plains Township | 50.51 |
| 176 | Highland Park | 49.54 |
| 177 | Rockaway Township | 49.16 |
| 178 | Hazlet Township | 48.89 |
| 179 | Morris Township | 48.82 |
| 180 | Branchburg Township | 47.96 |
| 181 | Manville | 47.88 |
| 182 | Holmdel Township | 47.41 |
| 183 | Hopatcong | 46.22 |
| 184 | Manchester Township | 45.99 |
| 185 | Hopewell Township | 45.90 |
| 186 | Westwood | 45.32 |
| 187 | Rutherford | 43.79 |
| 188 | Madison | 43.75 |
| 189 | Ridgewood | 43.58 |
| 190 | Roxbury Township | 42.43 |
| 191 | Florham Park | 42.34 |
| 192 | Hawthorne | 42.30 |
| 193 | Marlboro Township | 42.05 |
| 194 | Millburn Township | 39.45 |
| 195 | Mount Olive Township | 38.72 |
| 196 | Pequannock Township | 38.21 |
| 197 | Franklin Lakes | 37.34 |
| 198 | Verona | 37.26 |
| 199 | Readington Township | 37.12 |
| 200 | Clinton Township | 37.00 |
| 201 | West Caldwell Township | 36.94 |
| 202 | Princeton Township | 36.62 |
| 203 | Wyckoff Township | 35.53 |
| 204 | Clark Township | 33.53 |
| 205 | Hasbrouck Heights | 33.40 |
| 206 | Ringwood | 32.50 |
| 207 | Middlesex | 29.03 |
| 208 | Bridgewater Township | 28.96 |
| 209 | Jackson Township | 27.08 |
| 210 | River Edge | 26.16 |
| 211 | Springfield | 25.02 |
| 212 | Jefferson Township | 23.21 |
| 213 | Montville Township | 22.98 |
| 214 | Plainsboro Township | 21.52 |
| 215 | Washington Township, Morris County | 21.36 |
| 216 | Tenafly | 20.47 |
| 217 | Westfield | 19.58 |
| 218 | Hillsdale | 19.35 |
| 219 | Bernards Township | 18.59 |
| 220 | West Windsor Township | 18.27 |
| 221 | New Milford | 18.15 |
| 222 | Hillsborough Township | 18.10 |
| 223 | Wanaque | 17.88 |
| 224 | New Providence | 16.26 |
| 225 | Cedar Grove Township | 16.01 |
| 226 | Randolph Township | 15.38 |
| 227 | Berkeley Heights Township | 15.02 |
| 228 | Raritan Township | 13.49 |
| 229 | Montgomery Township | 13.36 |
| 230 | Denville Township | 11.90 |
| 231 | Mahwah Township | 11.46 |
| 232 | Sparta Township | 10.14 |
| 233 | Woolwich Township | 9.73 |
| 234 | Chatham Township | 9.47 |
| 235 | Saddle Brook Township | 7.24 |
| 236 | Warren Township | 6.47 |