Ranking of New Jersey Cities By Violent Crime Rate Per 100K in 2016
According to the FBI UCR data, in 2016, among New Jersey cities with a population of at least 10K, Asbury Park had the highest Violent Crime Rate per 100K residents (1,415.24), followed by Trenton (1,347.38), Orange (1,122.42), Newark (936.93), and Irvington (935.15).
The chart below shows the top 9 cities with high Violent crime rate in 2016, 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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Rank | City | Crime Rate Per 100K |
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1 | Asbury Park | 1415.24 |
2 | Trenton | 1347.38 |
3 | Orange | 1122.42 |
4 | Newark | 936.93 |
5 | Irvington | 935.15 |
6 | Bridgeton | 900.65 |
7 | Elizabeth | 816.45 |
8 | Millville | 791.43 |
9 | Paterson | 764.61 |
10 | New Brunswick | 685.82 |
11 | Plainfield | 675.50 |
12 | East Orange | 674.52 |
13 | Lindenwold | 640.14 |
14 | Neptune Township | 574.44 |
15 | Passaic | 560.79 |
16 | Pleasantville | 546.63 |
17 | Vineland | 488.30 |
18 | Jersey City | 479.38 |
19 | Perth Amboy | 397.98 |
20 | Hillside Township | 359.40 |
21 | Pemberton Township | 349.69 |
22 | Long Branch | 345.62 |
23 | Morristown | 334.34 |
24 | Somers Point | 328.12 |
25 | Willingboro Township | 323.77 |
26 | Linden | 323.04 |
27 | Eatontown | 318.00 |
28 | Union City | 304.28 |
29 | Pennsauken Township | 290.94 |
30 | Garfield | 279.04 |
31 | Middle Township | 264.08 |
32 | South Orange | 263.29 |
33 | Harrison | 259.69 |
34 | North Plainfield | 248.48 |
35 | West New York | 243.44 |
36 | Galloway Township | 241.42 |
37 | Clifton | 234.00 |
38 | Maple Shade Township | 227.19 |
39 | West Orange | 223.75 |
40 | Hoboken | 223.68 |
41 | Elmwood Park | 221.15 |
42 | Bayonne | 220.63 |
43 | Englewood | 212.71 |
44 | Red Bank | 205.14 |
45 | Kearny | 201.38 |
46 | Phillipsburg | 200.90 |
47 | Deptford Township | 200.66 |
48 | Pine Hill | 199.73 |
49 | Secaucus | 199.71 |
50 | Ewing Township | 197.61 |
51 | Hackensack | 195.70 |
52 | Egg Harbor Township | 195.58 |
53 | Somerville | 188.56 |
54 | Collingswood | 186.47 |
55 | Dover | 185.89 |
56 | Freehold Borough | 184.24 |
57 | Hamilton Township, Mercer County | 182.71 |
58 | Voorhees Township | 181.29 |
59 | Glassboro | 176.67 |
60 | Teaneck Township | 175.66 |
61 | Ventnor City | 172.17 |
62 | Belleville | 171.00 |
63 | North Bergen Township | 169.54 |
64 | Lakewood Township | 168.55 |
65 | Roselle | 166.14 |
66 | Little Egg Harbor Township | 159.53 |
67 | Carteret | 156.28 |
68 | North Brunswick Township | 149.61 |
69 | Florence Township | 148.38 |
70 | Cinnaminson Township | 148.18 |
71 | Gloucester City | 142.26 |
72 | Hamilton Township, Atlantic County | 141.66 |
73 | Berkeley Township | 139.14 |
74 | Lumberton Township | 137.10 |
75 | Gloucester Township | 137.04 |
76 | South Plainfield | 135.53 |
77 | Bloomfield | 132.74 |
78 | Lawrence Township, Mercer County | 130.21 |
79 | Ridgefield Park | 129.70 |
80 | Cherry Hill Township | 129.43 |
81 | Ocean Township, Monmouth County | 129.29 |
82 | Lodi | 128.82 |
83 | Montclair | 128.58 |
84 | Freehold Township | 125.92 |
85 | Haddon Township | 124.66 |
86 | Rahway | 124.17 |
87 | Ocean City | 124.04 |
88 | Bellmawr | 123.02 |
89 | Paramus | 122.41 |
90 | Guttenberg | 119.65 |
91 | Nutley Township | 118.58 |
92 | Bound Brook | 114.35 |
93 | Washington Township, Gloucester County | 111.63 |
94 | Hammonton | 109.70 |
95 | Totowa | 109.61 |
96 | Burlington Township | 109.33 |
97 | Cliffside Park | 108.10 |
98 | Union Township | 106.70 |
99 | Manville | 105.53 |
100 | Weehawken Township | 105.01 |
101 | Fairview | 103.47 |
102 | Winslow Township | 103.30 |
103 | Woodbridge Township | 101.84 |
104 | Edison Township | 101.29 |
105 | Maplewood Township | 101.04 |
106 | Fort Lee | 100.71 |
107 | Bordentown Township | 99.59 |
108 | Aberdeen Township | 96.97 |
109 | Delran Township | 95.59 |
110 | Brick Township | 94.90 |
111 | Franklin Township, Somerset County | 92.83 |
112 | Monroe Township, Gloucester County | 92.38 |
113 | Little Ferry | 91.16 |
114 | Lower Township | 90.98 |
115 | Pompton Lakes | 89.57 |
116 | Medford Township | 89.43 |
117 | Palisades Park | 86.29 |
118 | Howell Township | 86.03 |
118 | West Milford Township | 86.03 |
119 | Washington Township, Morris County | 85.58 |
120 | South River | 85.41 |
121 | Barnegat Township | 85.31 |
122 | Springfield | 84.44 |
123 | Lyndhurst Township | 84.33 |
124 | Hanover Township | 82.94 |
125 | Ramsey | 79.23 |
126 | Mount Laurel Township | 78.90 |
127 | Stafford Township | 77.86 |
128 | West Deptford Township | 75.27 |
129 | Fair Lawn | 74.30 |
130 | Toms River Township | 74.03 |
131 | Beachwood | 71.31 |
132 | Evesham Township | 70.21 |
133 | Jefferson Township | 70.04 |
134 | Rutherford | 69.46 |
135 | Little Falls Township | 69.07 |
136 | Wallington | 68.19 |
137 | Manalapan Township | 66.82 |
138 | Lacey Township | 66.57 |
139 | Sayreville | 66.46 |
140 | Parsippany-Troy Hills Township | 63.61 |
141 | Piscataway Township | 61.88 |
142 | East Windsor Township | 61.74 |
143 | Wall Township | 61.46 |
144 | Oakland | 60.72 |
145 | Franklin Township, Gloucester County | 60.42 |
146 | Florham Park | 59.35 |
147 | Wanaque | 58.64 |
148 | Manchester Township | 57.44 |
149 | Hasbrouck Heights | 57.19 |
150 | North Arlington | 56.53 |
151 | Woodland Park | 55.58 |
152 | Hazlet Township | 54.86 |
153 | Branchburg Township | 54.51 |
154 | Harrison Township | 53.75 |
155 | West Windsor Township | 52.67 |
156 | Hawthorne | 52.55 |
157 | Tinton Falls | 50.71 |
158 | Princeton | 50.57 |
159 | Readington Township | 50.34 |
160 | Colts Neck Township | 49.91 |
161 | Robbinsville Township | 49.27 |
162 | Rockaway Township | 48.67 |
163 | Hopatcong | 48.65 |
164 | Livingston Township | 47.00 |
165 | East Brunswick Township | 46.92 |
166 | Montville Township | 45.87 |
167 | Franklin Lakes | 45.86 |
168 | Summit | 45.29 |
169 | River Edge | 42.84 |
170 | Old Bridge Township | 41.64 |
171 | Pennsville Township | 39.31 |
172 | South Brunswick Township | 39.25 |
173 | Moorestown Township | 38.97 |
174 | Lincoln Park | 38.73 |
175 | Kinnelon | 38.58 |
176 | East Greenwich Township | 38.19 |
177 | Plainsboro Township | 38.10 |
178 | Hillsborough Township | 37.47 |
179 | Scotch Plains Township | 37.28 |
180 | Roselle Park | 36.58 |
181 | West Caldwell Township | 36.18 |
182 | Middlesex Borough | 35.91 |
183 | Morris Township | 35.47 |
184 | Millburn Township | 34.47 |
185 | Mount Olive Township | 34.37 |
186 | Roxbury Township | 34.15 |
187 | Bridgewater Township | 33.15 |
188 | Edgewater | 33.12 |
189 | Wayne Township | 30.90 |
190 | Wyckoff Township | 29.00 |
191 | Bergenfield | 28.94 |
192 | Metuchen | 28.82 |
193 | Cranford Township | 28.78 |
194 | Chatham Township | 28.42 |
195 | Hillsdale | 28.39 |
196 | Waterford Township | 27.99 |
197 | Ridgewood | 27.33 |
198 | Tenafly | 26.89 |
199 | Vernon Township | 26.84 |
200 | Mantua Township | 26.78 |
201 | Ridgefield | 26.36 |
202 | Middletown Township | 25.79 |
203 | Clark Township | 25.63 |
204 | Marlboro Township | 24.53 |
205 | Ringwood | 24.14 |
206 | Holmdel Township | 24.02 |
207 | Cedar Grove Township | 23.80 |
208 | Woolwich Township | 23.67 |
209 | Jackson Township | 22.98 |
210 | Verona | 22.18 |
211 | Point Pleasant | 21.62 |
212 | Waldwick | 19.74 |
213 | Pequannock Township | 19.45 |
214 | Randolph Township | 19.32 |
215 | Madison | 18.64 |
216 | Denville Township | 17.90 |
217 | East Hanover Township | 17.81 |
218 | Westwood | 17.77 |
219 | Haddonfield | 17.66 |
220 | Montgomery Township | 17.27 |
221 | Dumont | 16.66 |
222 | Westfield | 16.43 |
223 | Hopewell Township | 16.16 |
224 | Mahwah Township | 15.04 |
225 | Saddle Brook Township | 14.18 |
226 | New Milford | 11.90 |
227 | Monroe Township, Middlesex County | 11.13 |
228 | Sparta Township | 10.50 |
229 | Raritan Township | 9.09 |
230 | Glen Rock | 8.32 |
231 | New Providence | 8.03 |
232 | Clinton Township | 7.73 |
233 | Berkeley Heights Township | 7.38 |
234 | Highland Park | 6.97 |
235 | Warren Township | 6.23 |
236 | Bernards Township | 0.00 |
236 | River Vale Township | 0.00 |