Ranking of New Jersey Cities By Number of Violent Crimes in 2015

Updated on November 24, 2023.

According to the FBI UCR data, in 2015, the New Jersey city with the highest number of Violent Crimes was Jersey City (1,383), followed by Elizabeth (1,174), Paterson (1,171), Trenton (1,018), and Irvington (632).

The chart below shows the top 9 cities with high number of Violent crimes in 2015, and the table below shows the ranking of New Jersey cities with high number of Violent crimes.

You can see similar rankings of cities for other crime types in New Jersey, and the ranking of all cities in the US.

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.

You can also see this information for other states.

You can also find the rate of violent and property crimes for New Jersey cities.

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Related Topics: New Jersey FBI UCR 2015 Topic List.

Data Source: FBI UCR.

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Ranking of New Jersey Cities By Number of Violent Crimes in 2015

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Rank	City	Number of Crimes
1	Jersey City	1383
2	Elizabeth	1174
3	Paterson	1171
4	Trenton	1018
5	Irvington	632
6	Atlantic City	616
7	East Orange	434
8	New Brunswick	413
9	Vineland	336
10	Orange	333
11	Plainfield	330
12	Passaic	327
13	Bridgeton	292
14	Asbury Park	231
14	Perth Amboy	231
15	Millville	201
16	Clifton	200
17	Lakewood Township	170
18	Union City	166
19	Bayonne	161
20	Hamilton Township, Mercer County	156
21	Neptune Township	154
22	Pleasantville	153
23	Hoboken	144
24	Linden	139
25	West New York	135
26	Lindenwold	120
27	North Bergen Township	116
28	Pemberton Township	114
29	Cherry Hill Township	113
30	Gloucester Township	110
30	Woodbridge Township	110
31	Pennsauken Township	108
32	Edison Township	104
33	West Orange	99
34	Long Branch	96
34	Willingboro Township	96
35	Belleville	95
36	Bloomfield	94
37	Galloway Township	92
38	Hackensack	90
39	Hillside Township	87
40	Union Township	82
41	Salem	78
42	Ewing Township	77
43	Brick Township	76
43	Egg Harbor Township	76
44	North Brunswick Township	72
45	Englewood	71
46	Kearny	70
47	Garfield	67
48	Franklin Township, Somerset County	64
48	Wildwood	64
49	Deptford Township	61
50	Morristown	58
51	Toms River Township	55
51	Winslow Township	55
52	Rahway	54
53	North Plainfield	53
54	Burlington	51
55	Lawrence Township, Mercer County	50
55	Middle Township	50
55	Teaneck Township	50
56	Berkeley Township	47
57	Howell Township	46
57	Voorhees Township	46
58	Hamilton Township, Atlantic County	44
58	Montclair	44
58	Washington Township, Gloucester County	44
59	Old Bridge Township	43
59	Piscataway Township	43
60	Eatontown	41
61	Harrison	40
61	Paramus	40
61	Pine Hill	40
61	Seaside Heights	40
62	Burlington Township	39
62	Roselle	39
63	Sayreville	38
64	East Brunswick Township	37
64	Mount Holly Township	37
65	Freehold	36
65	Monroe Township	36
66	Lodi	35
66	Lower Township	35
66	Woodbury	35
67	Carteret	34
67	Parsippany-Troy Hills Township	34
68	Jackson Township	33
68	Mount Laurel Township	33
68	Secaucus	33
69	South Orange	32
70	Cliffside Park	30
70	Dover	30
70	Maple Shade Township	30
70	Paulsboro	30
70	South Brunswick Township	30
71	Evesham Township	29
72	Fort Lee	28
73	Elmwood Park	27
73	Guttenberg	27
73	Manalapan Township	27
73	Red Bank	27
73	Somers Point	27
73	South Plainfield	27
74	Haledon	26
74	Maplewood Township	26
75	Middletown Township	25
75	Penns Grove	25
76	Haddon Township	24
76	Keansburg	24
77	Brooklawn	23
77	Glassboro	23
77	Nutley Township	23
77	Phillipsburg	23
77	South River	23
78	Little Egg Harbor Township	22
79	Freehold Township	21
79	Palisades Park	21
80	Barnegat Township	20
80	Clementon	20
80	Collingswood	20
80	Gloucester City	20
80	Manchester Township	20
80	Totowa	20
80	West Windsor Township	20
81	Belmar	19
81	Little Ferry	19
81	Marlboro Township	19
81	Medford Township	19
81	Ocean Township, Monmouth County	19
81	West Milford Township	19
82	Egg Harbor City	18
82	Riverside Township	18
83	Aberdeen Township	17
83	Palmyra	17
83	Rockaway Township	17
84	Moorestown Township	16
84	North Arlington	16
84	Wall Township	16
84	Wayne Township	16
84	West Deptford Township	16
85	Bound Brook	15
85	Hammonton	15
85	Keyport	15
85	Lyndhurst Township	15
85	Ventnor City	15
85	Weehawken Township	15
85	Westampton Township	15
86	Cinnaminson Township	14
86	Fairview	14
86	Hightstown	14
86	Somerville	14
86	South Amboy	14
87	Beverly	13
87	Edgewater	13
87	Edgewater Park Township	13
87	Fair Lawn	13
87	Glen Ridge	13
87	Jefferson Township	13
87	Lacey Township	13
87	Lawnside	13
87	Merchantville	13
87	Princeton	13
87	Stratford	13
87	Woodland Park	13
88	Buena	12
88	East Windsor Township	12
88	Hackettstown	12
88	Little Falls Township	12
88	Lumberton Township	12
88	Middlesex	12
88	Newton	12
88	Raritan Township	12
88	Ridgefield Park	12
89	Bridgewater Township	11
89	Carney's Point Township	11
89	Florence Township	11
89	Haddonfield	11
89	Holmdel Township	11
89	Livingston Township	11
89	Neptune City	11
89	Ridgewood	11
89	Robbinsville Township	11
89	Runnemede	11
89	Somerdale	11
90	Absecon	10
90	Bloomingdale	10
90	North Wildwood	10
90	Ocean City	10
90	Point Pleasant	10
90	Roselle Park	10
91	Boonton	9
91	Bordentown Township	9
91	Delran Township	9
91	Hanover Township	9
91	Millburn Township	9
91	Mount Olive Township	9
91	Pompton Lakes	9
91	Rutherford	9
91	South Toms River	9
91	Stafford Township	9
91	Vernon Township	9
92	Bellmawr	8
92	Bogota	8
92	Chesilhurst	8
92	Delanco Township	8
92	Hillsborough Township	8
92	Long Beach Township	8
92	Montville Township	8
92	Ramsey	8
92	Roxbury Township	8
92	Summit	8
92	Wallington	8
92	Wanaque	8
92	Westfield	8
92	Woodlynne	8
93	Audubon	7
93	Bergenfield	7
93	Dunellen	7
93	Franklin Township, Gloucester County	7
93	Hawthorne	7
93	Hopatcong	7
93	Logan Township	7
93	Manasquan	7
93	Manville	7
93	Metuchen	7
93	Mullica Township	7
93	North Hanover Township	7
93	Pitman	7
93	Plumsted Township	7
93	Springfield	7
93	Watchung	7
93	Westville	7
93	Wharton	7
94	Berlin Township	6
94	Boonton Township	6
94	Brigantine	6
94	Butler	6
94	Clayton	6
94	East Hanover Township	6
94	Flemington	6
94	Highland Park	6
94	Hi-Nella	6
94	Magnolia	6
94	Mansfield Township, Burlington County	6
94	Mantua Township	6
94	Margate City	6
94	Montgomery Township	6
94	Morris Township	6
94	Oceanport	6
94	Pennsville Township	6
94	Plainsboro Township	6
94	Saddle Brook Township	6
94	Spotswood	6
94	Tinton Falls	6
94	Washington	6
94	Woodbury Heights	6
94	Woodstown	6
95	Barrington	5
95	Cranbury Township	5
95	Denville Township	5
95	East Greenwich Township	5
95	Fairfield Township, Essex County	5
95	Garwood	5
95	Hardyston Township	5
95	Harrison Township	5
95	Hazlet Township	5
95	Highlands	5
95	Jamesburg	5
95	Mahwah Township	5
95	Mount Ephraim	5
95	Oaklyn	5
95	Prospect Park	5
95	Randolph Township	5
95	Raritan	5
95	Ringwood	5
95	Scotch Plains Township	5
95	South Hackensack Township	5
95	Sparta Township	5
95	Stone Harbor	5
95	Waterford Township	5
95	West Caldwell Township	5
95	West Long Branch	5
95	Westwood	5
95	Woolwich Township	5
96	Andover Township	4
96	Beachwood	4
96	Berlin	4
96	Caldwell	4
96	Cape May	4
96	Chesterfield Township	4
96	Clinton Township	4
96	Cranford Township	4
96	Eastampton Township	4
96	Elk Township	4
96	Hasbrouck Heights	4
96	Kenilworth	4
96	Lincoln Park	4
96	Lower Alloways Creek Township	4
96	Madison	4
96	Mansfield Township, Warren County	4
96	Midland Park	4
96	Mine Hill Township	4
96	National Park	4
96	New Hanover Township	4
96	Oradell	4
96	Pequannock Township	4
96	Readington Township	4
96	Sea Girt	4
96	Teterboro	4
96	Union Beach	4
97	Avalon	3
97	Beach Haven	3
97	Bernards Township	3
97	Bordentown	3
97	Bradley Beach	3
97	Closter	3
97	Deal	3
97	Delaware Township	3
97	Dumont	3
97	Florham Park	3
97	Green Brook Township	3
97	Greenwich Township, Gloucester County	3
97	Haddon Heights	3
97	Hopewell Township	3
97	Lambertville	3
97	Leonia	3
97	Matawan	3
97	Maywood	3
97	Mendham	3
97	Monroe Township, Middlesex County	3
97	Moonachie	3
97	Morris Plains	3
97	Netcong	3
97	New Milford	3
97	Northvale	3
97	Oakland	3
97	Point Pleasant Beach	3
97	Ridgefield	3
97	River Edge	3
97	Roseland	3
97	Rumson	3
97	Sea Isle City	3
97	Warren Township	3
97	Washington Township, Warren County	3
97	West Amwell Township	3
97	Wood-Ridge	3
97	Wyckoff Township	3
98	Barnegat Light	2
98	Branchburg Township	2
98	Brielle	2
98	Carlstadt	2
98	Cedar Grove Township	2
98	Colts Neck Township	2
98	Elmer	2
98	Far Hills	2
98	Glen Rock	2
98	Harrington Park	2
98	Independence Township	2
98	Medford Lakes	2
98	Milltown	2
98	Monmouth Beach	2
98	Northfield	2
98	North Haledon	2
98	Ocean Township, Ocean County	2
98	Ogdensburg	2
98	Pemberton	2
98	Pohatcong Township	2
98	Riverdale	2
98	Riverton	2
98	Rochelle Park Township	2
98	Saddle River	2
98	Sea Bright	2
98	Seaside Park	2
98	Springfield Township	2
98	Swedesboro	2
98	Tenafly	2
98	Tuckerton	2
98	Upper Saddle River	2
98	Verona	2
98	Washington Township, Morris County	2
98	Wildwood Crest	2
99	Allendale	1
99	Alpha	1
99	Alpine	1
99	Atlantic Highlands	1
99	Bedminster Township	1
99	Byram Township	1
99	Chatham Township	1
99	Clark Township	1
99	Cresskill	1
99	Demarest	1
99	Emerson	1
99	Englewood Cliffs	1
99	Englishtown	1
99	Essex Fells	1
99	Fanwood	1
99	Franklin Lakes	1
99	Frenchtown	1
99	Gibbsboro	1
99	Hamburg	1
99	Helmetta	1
99	High Bridge	1
99	Hillsdale	1
99	Ho-Ho-Kus	1
99	Holland Township	1
99	Island Heights	1
99	Kinnelon	1
99	Lake Como	1
99	Lakehurst	1
99	Laurel Springs	1
99	Lavallette	1
99	Linwood	1
99	Little Silver	1
99	Long Hill Township	1
99	Lopatcong Township	1
99	Mendham Township	1
99	Montvale	1
99	Mountainside	1
99	Old Tappan	1
99	Park Ridge	1
99	Peapack and Gladstone	1
99	Pennington	1
99	Pine Beach	1
99	Ship Bottom	1
99	Shrewsbury	1
99	Stanhope	1
99	Surf City	1
99	Washington Township, Bergen County	1
99	West Cape May	1
99	Woodcliff Lake	1
100	Allenhurst	0
100	Allentown	0
100	Audubon Park	0
100	Avon-by-the-Sea	0
100	Bay Head	0
100	Belvidere	0
100	Berkeley Heights Township	0
100	Bernardsville	0
100	Blairstown Township	0
100	Califon	0
100	Cape May Point	0
100	Chatham	0
100	Chester	0
100	Chester Township	0
100	Clinton	0
100	East Newark	0
100	Elsinboro Township	0
100	Fair Haven	0
100	Fieldsboro	0
100	Franklin	0
100	Franklin Township, Hunterdon County	0
100	Greenwich Township, Warren County	0
100	Harding Township	0
100	Harvey Cedars	0
100	Haworth	0
100	Hopewell	0
100	Interlaken	0
100	Lebanon Township	0
100	Loch Arbour	0
100	Longport	0
100	Mantoloking	0
100	Mountain Lakes	0
100	Mount Arlington	0
100	Newfield	0
100	New Providence	0
100	North Caldwell	0
100	Norwood	0
100	Ocean Gate	0
100	Oxford Township	0
100	Pine Valley	0
100	River Vale Township	0
100	Rockaway	0
100	Rockleigh	0
100	South Bound Brook	0
100	South Harrison Township	0
100	Spring Lake	0
100	Spring Lake Heights	0
100	Tavistock	0
100	Tewksbury Township	0
100	Waldwick	0
100	Wenonah	0
100	West Wildwood	0
100	Winfield Township	0