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