Ranking of New Jersey Cities By Number of Aggravated Assault Crimes in 2016

Updated on January 9, 2025.

According to the FBI UCR data, in 2016, the New Jersey city with the highest number of Aggravated Assault Crimes was Newark (1,104), followed by Trenton (620), Jersey City (619), Paterson (500), and Elizabeth (488).

The chart below shows the top 10 cities with high number of Aggravated Assault crimes in 2016, and the table below shows the ranking of New Jersey cities with high number of Aggravated Assault 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 Aggravated Assault 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 2016 Topic List.

Data Source: FBI UCR.

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Ranking of New Jersey Cities By Number of Aggravated Assault Crimes in 2016

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Rank	City	Number of Crimes
1	Newark	1104
2	Trenton	620
3	Jersey City	619
4	Paterson	500
5	Elizabeth	488
6	East Orange	230
7	Passaic	215
8	Irvington	196
9	Plainfield	170
10	Vineland	153
11	New Brunswick	142
12	Union City	138
13	Perth Amboy	135
14	Millville	115
15	Asbury Park	113
16	Clifton	112
17	Orange	110
18	Hoboken	97
19	Bridgeton	95
20	Lakewood Township	94
21	Neptune Township	86
22	Bayonne	79
23	Linden	78
24	Galloway Township	71
24	West New York	71
25	Pleasantville	68
26	Hamilton Township, Mercer County	66
27	Edison Township	60
28	Hackensack	59
29	Pennsauken Township	58
30	Willingboro Township	57
31	Long Branch	56
32	Gloucester Township	55
33	North Bergen Township	54
34	West Orange	52
35	Egg Harbor Township	51
35	Lindenwold	51
36	Pemberton Township	50
37	Woodbridge Township	48
38	Berkeley Township	42
38	Brick Township	42
38	Hillside Township	42
39	Cherry Hill Township	40
39	Garfield	40
40	Teaneck Township	39
41	North Brunswick Township	38
42	Middle Township	36
42	Washington Township, Gloucester County	36
43	Freehold Township	35
43	Wildwood	35
44	Englewood	34
44	Kearny	34
45	Bloomfield	33
45	Howell Township	33
45	Toms River Township	33
45	Voorhees Township	33
46	Salem	31
47	Belleville	27
47	Hamilton Township, Atlantic County	27
48	Burlington City	26
48	Secaucus	26
49	Fort Lee	25
49	Mount Holly Township	25
49	Somers Point	25
50	Cliffside Park	24
50	Deptford Township	24
50	Morristown	24
51	Elmwood Park	22
51	Winslow Township	22
52	Ewing Township	21
52	Lawrence Township, Mercer County	21
52	Little Egg Harbor Township	21
52	Montclair	21
52	Old Bridge Township	21
52	Penns Grove	21
52	Piscataway Township	21
52	Seaside Heights	21
52	Union Township	21
53	North Plainfield	20
54	Eatontown	19
54	Manalapan Township	19
54	Rahway	19
55	Harrison	18
55	Nutley Township	18
55	Sayreville	18
55	South Plainfield	18
56	Lodi	17
56	Stafford Township	17
57	Carteret	16
57	Evesham Township	16
57	Haledon	16
57	Keansburg	16
57	Keyport	16
57	Manchester Township	16
57	Mount Laurel Township	16
57	Ocean Township, Monmouth County	16
57	Parsippany-Troy Hills Township	16
58	Barnegat Township	15
58	Cinnaminson Township	15
58	Dover	15
58	Lacey Township	15
59	Franklin Township, Somerset County	14
59	Freehold Borough	14
59	Hammonton	14
59	Maple Shade Township	14
59	Washington Township, Morris County	14
59	West Milford Township	14
60	Guttenberg	13
60	Jefferson Township	13
60	Lower Township	13
60	Monroe Township, Gloucester County	13
60	Princeton	13
61	Belmar	12
61	Butler	12
61	Collingswood	12
61	Glassboro	12
61	Medford Township	12
61	South River	12
61	Wildwood Crest	12
62	Aberdeen Township	11
62	East Brunswick Township	11
62	Edgewater Park Township	11
62	Gloucester City	11
62	Paramus	11
62	Phillipsburg	11
62	Pine Hill	11
62	Prospect Park	11
62	Rutherford	11
62	Somerville	11
62	South Orange	11
62	Wall Township	11
62	Weehawken Township	11
62	Woodbury	11
63	Berlin	10
63	Burlington Township	10
63	East Windsor Township	10
63	Fair Lawn	10
63	Haddon Township	10
63	Lawnside	10
63	Little Ferry	10
63	Middletown Township	10
63	Newton	10
63	Palisades Park	10
63	Palmyra	10
63	Red Bank	10
63	Ridgefield Park	10
63	Roselle	10
63	Westampton Township	10
64	Beverly	9
64	Egg Harbor City	9
64	Florence Township	9
64	Little Falls Township	9
64	Lyndhurst Township	9
64	Montville Township	9
64	Plainsboro Township	9
64	Pompton Lakes	9
64	West Windsor Township	9
65	Brooklawn	8
65	Buena	8
65	Carney's Point Township	8
65	Jackson Township	8
65	Lumberton Township	8
65	Ocean City	8
65	South Toms River	8
65	Wayne Township	8
66	Chesilhurst	7
66	East Rutherford	7
66	Hopatcong	7
66	Magnolia	7
66	Manville	7
66	Marlboro Township	7
66	Morris Township	7
66	Oakland	7
66	Riverside Township	7
66	Roxbury Township	7
66	South Brunswick Township	7
66	Spotswood	7
66	Totowa	7
66	Wanaque	7
66	West Deptford Township	7
66	Woodlynne	7
67	Absecon	6
67	Andover Township	6
67	Branchburg Township	6
67	Carlstadt	6
67	Delran Township	6
67	Flemington	6
67	Franklin	6
67	Hackettstown	6
67	Highlands	6
67	Mullica Township	6
67	Neptune City	6
67	North Arlington	6
67	Ramsey	6
67	Scotch Plains Township	6
67	Somerdale	6
67	South Hackensack Township	6
67	Stratford	6
68	Bergenfield	5
68	Bridgewater Township	5
68	Fairfield Township, Essex County	5
68	Franklin Township, Gloucester County	5
68	Hasbrouck Heights	5
68	Monmouth Beach	5
68	Monroe Township, Middlesex County	5
68	Paulsboro	5
68	Readington Township	5
68	Runnemede	5
68	Washington	5
69	Boonton	4
69	Boonton Township	4
69	Bound Brook	4
69	Caldwell	4
69	Clementon	4
69	Colts Neck Township	4
69	Cranford Township	4
69	Fairview	4
69	Haddon Heights	4
69	Hardyston Township	4
69	Harrison Township	4
69	Hazlet Township	4
69	Hi-Nella	4
69	Kenilworth	4
69	Kinnelon	4
69	Lake Como	4
69	Livingston Township	4
69	Montgomery Township	4
69	Point Pleasant	4
69	Raritan	4
69	Ridgewood	4
69	Rockaway Township	4
69	Sea Girt	4
69	Tinton Falls	4
69	Ventnor City	4
69	Vernon Township	4
69	Wallington	4
69	West Caldwell Township	4
69	Wood-Ridge	4
70	Avalon	3
70	Beachwood	3
70	Bellmawr	3
70	Bordentown Township	3
70	Bradley Beach	3
70	Clark Township	3
70	Clinton	3
70	Dumont	3
70	East Greenwich Township	3
70	Florham Park	3
70	Hawthorne	3
70	Hillsborough Township	3
70	Holmdel Township	3
70	Logan Township	3
70	Margate City	3
70	Maywood	3
70	Moorestown Township	3
70	Morris Plains	3
70	National Park	3
70	Netcong	3
70	Northfield	3
70	North Wildwood	3
70	Oceanport	3
70	Park Ridge	3
70	Plumsted Township	3
70	Randolph Township	3
70	Riverdale	3
70	River Edge	3
70	Summit	3
70	Tuckerton	3
70	Verona	3
70	Waterford Township	3
70	Woodcliff Lake	3
70	Woodland Park	3
71	Atlantic Highlands	2
71	Audubon	2
71	Bay Head	2
71	Bernardsville	2
71	Bloomingdale	2
71	Chatham	2
71	Chatham Township	2
71	Chesterfield Township	2
71	Clayton	2
71	Cranbury Township	2
71	Edgewater	2
71	Emerson	2
71	Englishtown	2
71	Franklin Lakes	2
71	Green Brook Township	2
71	Greenwich Township, Gloucester County	2
71	Haddonfield	2
71	Hamburg	2
71	Hanover Township	2
71	Haworth	2
71	High Bridge	2
71	Hillsdale	2
71	Hopewell Township	2
71	Independence Township	2
71	Leonia	2
71	Long Beach Township	2
71	Longport	2
71	Mahwah Township	2
71	Mantua Township	2
71	Medford Lakes	2
71	Mendham	2
71	Middlesex Borough	2
71	Mount Ephraim	2
71	Mount Olive Township	2
71	Pennsville Township	2
71	Pequannock Township	2
71	Pitman	2
71	Raritan Township	2
71	Ringwood	2
71	Sea Bright	2
71	South Amboy	2
71	South Bound Brook	2
71	Springfield Township	2
71	Stone Harbor	2
71	Union Beach	2
71	Upper Saddle River	2
71	Washington Township, Warren County	2
71	West Amwell Township	2
71	Westfield	2
71	West Wildwood	2
71	Westwood	2
72	Allendale	1
72	Allentown	1
72	Alpha	1
72	Barrington	1
72	Beach Haven	1
72	Blairstown Township	1
72	Bogota	1
72	Bordentown City	1
72	Byram Township	1
72	Chester Township	1
72	Clinton Township	1
72	Cresskill	1
72	Deal	1
72	Delanco Township	1
72	Delaware Township	1
72	Demarest	1
72	Denville Township	1
72	Eastampton Township	1
72	Elk Township	1
72	Elsinboro Township	1
72	Englewood Cliffs	1
72	Franklin Township, Hunterdon County	1
72	Garwood	1
72	Glen Ridge	1
72	Glen Rock	1
72	Greenwich Township, Warren County	1
72	Harrington Park	1
72	Hightstown	1
72	Jamesburg	1
72	Lakehurst	1
72	Laurel Springs	1
72	Lavallette	1
72	Lincoln Park	1
72	Little Silver	1
72	Lower Alloways Creek Township	1
72	Madison	1
72	Mansfield Township, Burlington County	1
72	Mansfield Township, Warren County	1
72	Maplewood Township	1
72	Matawan	1
72	Metuchen	1
72	Midland Park	1
72	Millburn Township	1
72	Milltown	1
72	Montvale	1
72	Mount Arlington	1
72	New Hanover Township	1
72	Ocean Gate	1
72	Pemberton Borough	1
72	Point Pleasant Beach	1
72	Ridgefield	1
72	Riverton	1
72	Robbinsville Township	1
72	Rochelle Park Township	1
72	Roseland	1
72	Roselle Park	1
72	Saddle River	1
72	Sea Isle City	1
72	Sparta Township	1
72	Springfield	1
72	Spring Lake	1
72	Spring Lake Heights	1
72	Stanhope	1
72	Tenafly	1
72	Teterboro	1
72	Waldwick	1
72	West Long Branch	1
72	Westville	1
72	Wharton	1
72	Woodstown	1
72	Woolwich Township	1
72	Wyckoff Township	1
73	Allenhurst	0
73	Alpine	0
73	Audubon Park	0
73	Avon-by-the-Sea	0
73	Barnegat Light	0
73	Bedminster Township	0
73	Belvidere	0
73	Berkeley Heights Township	0
73	Berlin Township	0
73	Bernards Township	0
73	Brielle	0
73	Brigantine	0
73	Califon	0
73	Cape May	0
73	Cape May Point	0
73	Cedar Grove Township	0
73	Chester	0
73	Closter	0
73	Dunellen	0
73	East Hanover Township	0
73	East Newark	0
73	Elmer	0
73	Essex Fells	0
73	Fair Haven	0
73	Fanwood	0
73	Far Hills	0
73	Fieldsboro	0
73	Frenchtown	0
73	Gibbsboro	0
73	Harding Township	0
73	Harvey Cedars	0
73	Helmetta	0
73	Highland Park	0
73	Ho-Ho-Kus	0
73	Holland Township	0
73	Hopewell Borough	0
73	Interlaken	0
73	Island Heights	0
73	Lambertville	0
73	Lebanon Township	0
73	Linwood	0
73	Loch Arbour	0
73	Long Hill Township	0
73	Lopatcong Township	0
73	Manasquan	0
73	Mantoloking	0
73	Mendham Township	0
73	Merchantville	0
73	Mine Hill Township	0
73	Moonachie	0
73	Mountain Lakes	0
73	Mountainside	0
73	Newfield	0
73	New Milford	0
73	New Providence	0
73	North Caldwell	0
73	North Haledon	0
73	North Hanover Township	0
73	Northvale	0
73	Norwood	0
73	Oaklyn	0
73	Ocean Township, Ocean County	0
73	Ogdensburg	0
73	Old Tappan	0
73	Oradell	0
73	Oxford Township	0
73	Peapack and Gladstone	0
73	Pennington	0
73	Pine Beach	0
73	Pine Valley	0
73	Pohatcong Township	0
73	River Vale Township	0
73	Rockaway	0
73	Rockleigh	0
73	Rumson	0
73	Saddle Brook Township	0
73	Seaside Park	0
73	Ship Bottom	0
73	Shrewsbury	0
73	South Harrison Township	0
73	Surf City	0
73	Swedesboro	0
73	Tavistock	0
73	Tewksbury Township	0
73	Warren Township	0
73	Washington Township, Bergen County	0
73	Watchung	0
73	Wenonah	0
73	West Cape May	0
73	Winfield Township	0
73	Woodbury Heights	0