Ranking of New Jersey Cities By Number of Larceny-Theft 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 Larceny-Theft Crimes was Newark (3,048), followed by Jersey City (2,979), Elizabeth (2,536), Vineland (1,779), and Cherry Hill Township (1,678).
The chart below shows the top 10 cities with high number of Larceny-Theft crimes in 2016, and the table below shows the ranking of New Jersey cities with high number of Larceny-Theft crimes.
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Hover over or click on the bars in the chart below, to see the number of Larceny-Theft 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 Number of Larceny-Theft Crimes in 2016
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| Rank | City | Number of Crimes |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Newark | 3048 |
| 2 | Jersey City | 2979 |
| 3 | Elizabeth | 2536 |
| 4 | Vineland | 1779 |
| 5 | Cherry Hill Township | 1678 |
| 6 | Toms River Township | 1546 |
| 7 | Paterson | 1526 |
| 8 | Woodbridge Township | 1389 |
| 9 | Millville | 1352 |
| 10 | Hamilton Township, Mercer County | 1108 |
| 11 | Paramus | 1097 |
| 12 | Clifton | 991 |
| 13 | Wayne Township | 990 |
| 14 | Deptford Township | 943 |
| 15 | Trenton | 930 |
| 16 | Union City | 914 |
| 17 | Brick Township | 861 |
| 18 | New Brunswick | 859 |
| 19 | Edison Township | 844 |
| 20 | Gloucester Township | 822 |
| 21 | Hoboken | 809 |
| 22 | Linden | 785 |
| 23 | Hamilton Township, Atlantic County | 780 |
| 24 | Neptune Township | 774 |
| 25 | Passaic | 754 |
| 26 | Lakewood Township | 718 |
| 27 | Union Township | 698 |
| 28 | Washington Township, Gloucester County | 655 |
| 29 | West Orange | 650 |
| 30 | Bridgeton | 649 |
| 31 | East Brunswick Township | 646 |
| 32 | Long Branch | 628 |
| 33 | Bloomfield | 625 |
| 34 | Kearny | 603 |
| 35 | Bayonne | 599 |
| 35 | Plainfield | 599 |
| 36 | Hackensack | 593 |
| 37 | Lawrence Township, Mercer County | 592 |
| 38 | Franklin Township, Somerset County | 570 |
| 39 | Old Bridge Township | 567 |
| 40 | Evesham Township | 559 |
| 40 | Irvington | 559 |
| 41 | Asbury Park | 557 |
| 42 | Egg Harbor Township | 555 |
| 43 | Freehold Township | 550 |
| 44 | Perth Amboy | 534 |
| 45 | Mount Laurel Township | 529 |
| 46 | Pennsauken Township | 517 |
| 47 | Ocean Township, Monmouth County | 514 |
| 48 | Ewing Township | 511 |
| 49 | North Brunswick Township | 469 |
| 50 | East Orange | 462 |
| 50 | Garfield | 462 |
| 51 | North Bergen Township | 444 |
| 52 | Belleville | 419 |
| 53 | Montclair | 417 |
| 53 | Orange | 417 |
| 54 | West Windsor Township | 411 |
| 55 | Galloway Township | 408 |
| 56 | West New York | 401 |
| 57 | Monroe Township, Gloucester County | 394 |
| 58 | Watchung | 392 |
| 59 | Middle Township | 390 |
| 60 | Pemberton Township | 381 |
| 61 | Willingboro Township | 374 |
| 62 | Jackson Township | 368 |
| 63 | Middletown Township | 364 |
| 64 | Eatontown | 363 |
| 65 | Piscataway Township | 358 |
| 65 | Voorhees Township | 358 |
| 66 | Fair Lawn | 353 |
| 67 | Rockaway Township | 352 |
| 68 | South Plainfield | 349 |
| 69 | Bridgewater Township | 348 |
| 70 | Wildwood | 334 |
| 71 | Secaucus | 333 |
| 72 | Teaneck Township | 330 |
| 73 | Lindenwold | 328 |
| 74 | Berkeley Township | 323 |
| 75 | Lacey Township | 322 |
| 76 | Millburn Township | 311 |
| 77 | Ocean City | 306 |
| 78 | Woodbury | 301 |
| 79 | Howell Township | 299 |
| 79 | Livingston Township | 299 |
| 80 | Lower Township | 292 |
| 80 | Sayreville | 292 |
| 81 | Hillside Township | 291 |
| 82 | Audubon | 290 |
| 83 | Haddon Township | 286 |
| 84 | Elmwood Park | 278 |
| 85 | Burlington Township | 277 |
| 86 | Morristown | 275 |
| 87 | South Brunswick Township | 274 |
| 88 | Glassboro | 272 |
| 88 | North Plainfield | 272 |
| 89 | Englewood | 267 |
| 90 | Collingswood | 265 |
| 91 | Mount Holly Township | 262 |
| 92 | Parsippany-Troy Hills Township | 260 |
| 93 | Cinnaminson Township | 258 |
| 94 | Maplewood Township | 257 |
| 95 | Rahway | 253 |
| 96 | Harrison | 252 |
| 97 | Moorestown Township | 245 |
| 98 | Lodi | 241 |
| 98 | Totowa | 241 |
| 99 | South Orange | 237 |
| 99 | Tinton Falls | 237 |
| 100 | Weehawken Township | 229 |
| 101 | Berlin Township | 226 |
| 101 | Ventnor City | 226 |
| 102 | Bellmawr | 222 |
| 103 | Little Egg Harbor Township | 221 |
| 103 | Wall Township | 221 |
| 104 | Maple Shade Township | 218 |
| 104 | Phillipsburg | 218 |
| 104 | Saddle Brook Township | 218 |
| 105 | Mantua Township | 215 |
| 106 | Delran Township | 214 |
| 106 | Manville | 214 |
| 107 | Somerdale | 211 |
| 108 | Roselle | 207 |
| 109 | Hillsborough Township | 206 |
| 110 | Nutley Township | 205 |
| 111 | Gloucester City | 204 |
| 112 | Absecon | 203 |
| 113 | Lyndhurst Township | 202 |
| 113 | Marlboro Township | 202 |
| 114 | Fort Lee | 199 |
| 114 | Runnemede | 199 |
| 115 | Hawthorne | 196 |
| 116 | Manalapan Township | 195 |
| 117 | Princeton | 194 |
| 118 | Lumberton Township | 193 |
| 118 | West Deptford Township | 193 |
| 119 | Westfield | 192 |
| 120 | East Windsor Township | 190 |
| 121 | Pleasantville | 186 |
| 122 | Vernon Township | 184 |
| 123 | Sea Isle City | 181 |
| 124 | Red Bank | 180 |
| 125 | Roxbury Township | 177 |
| 126 | Carteret | 175 |
| 126 | Pennsville Township | 175 |
| 127 | Stafford Township | 174 |
| 128 | Palmyra | 173 |
| 128 | Somers Point | 173 |
| 129 | Ridgewood | 171 |
| 130 | Clark Township | 169 |
| 131 | Dover | 168 |
| 131 | North Wildwood | 168 |
| 131 | Rutherford | 168 |
| 132 | Brooklawn | 167 |
| 133 | Haddonfield | 161 |
| 134 | Avalon | 159 |
| 134 | Belmar | 159 |
| 135 | Hazlet Township | 157 |
| 136 | Cliffside Park | 155 |
| 137 | Keansburg | 154 |
| 137 | Medford Township | 154 |
| 138 | Burlington City | 153 |
| 138 | Summit | 153 |
| 139 | Hanover Township | 151 |
| 140 | Cranford Township | 149 |
| 140 | Woodland Park | 149 |
| 141 | Highland Park | 147 |
| 141 | Mount Ephraim | 147 |
| 142 | Fairfield Township, Essex County | 146 |
| 143 | Somerville | 143 |
| 144 | Seaside Heights | 139 |
| 145 | West Milford Township | 138 |
| 146 | Mahwah Township | 135 |
| 146 | Raritan | 135 |
| 147 | Holmdel Township | 133 |
| 148 | Metuchen | 131 |
| 148 | Springfield | 131 |
| 149 | Kenilworth | 130 |
| 149 | North Arlington | 130 |
| 150 | Edgewater | 128 |
| 150 | Manchester Township | 128 |
| 151 | Brigantine | 126 |
| 151 | Haledon | 126 |
| 152 | Little Falls Township | 125 |
| 152 | Pine Hill | 125 |
| 153 | Penns Grove | 124 |
| 153 | Pohatcong Township | 124 |
| 154 | Carney's Point Township | 123 |
| 154 | Monroe Township, Middlesex County | 123 |
| 154 | Riverdale | 123 |
| 155 | Clayton | 121 |
| 155 | Point Pleasant | 121 |
| 156 | Scotch Plains Township | 119 |
| 157 | Wallington | 118 |
| 157 | West Long Branch | 118 |
| 158 | Neptune City | 117 |
| 159 | East Hanover Township | 116 |
| 159 | Ramsey | 116 |
| 160 | Mount Olive Township | 115 |
| 161 | Edgewater Park Township | 114 |
| 162 | Westampton Township | 113 |
| 163 | Mansfield Township, Warren County | 111 |
| 164 | Glen Ridge | 110 |
| 165 | Paulsboro | 109 |
| 166 | Beachwood | 107 |
| 166 | Newton | 107 |
| 166 | South River | 107 |
| 167 | Aberdeen Township | 106 |
| 167 | Franklin Township, Gloucester County | 106 |
| 167 | Morris Township | 106 |
| 168 | Plainsboro Township | 105 |
| 168 | Ridgefield Park | 105 |
| 169 | Clementon | 104 |
| 169 | Hammonton | 104 |
| 169 | Stratford | 104 |
| 170 | Barnegat Township | 103 |
| 170 | Manasquan | 103 |
| 170 | Teterboro | 103 |
| 171 | Montville Township | 102 |
| 171 | Roselle Park | 102 |
| 172 | Berlin | 100 |
| 172 | Randolph Township | 100 |
| 173 | Carlstadt | 99 |
| 173 | Oaklyn | 99 |
| 174 | Salem | 95 |
| 175 | Cape May | 94 |
| 175 | Margate City | 94 |
| 176 | Lawnside | 93 |
| 177 | Point Pleasant Beach | 92 |
| 178 | Freehold Borough | 90 |
| 178 | Pequannock Township | 90 |
| 179 | Bound Brook | 88 |
| 180 | East Rutherford | 87 |
| 181 | Egg Harbor City | 86 |
| 182 | Prospect Park | 85 |
| 182 | Wyckoff Township | 85 |
| 183 | Fairview | 83 |
| 184 | Beach Haven | 82 |
| 185 | Madison | 81 |
| 185 | Raritan Township | 81 |
| 185 | Stone Harbor | 81 |
| 186 | Dumont | 80 |
| 186 | Florham Park | 80 |
| 186 | Rochelle Park Township | 80 |
| 187 | Bergenfield | 79 |
| 187 | Bernards Township | 79 |
| 187 | Hopatcong | 79 |
| 187 | Winslow Township | 79 |
| 188 | Hopewell Township | 78 |
| 188 | Pompton Lakes | 78 |
| 189 | Bordentown Township | 77 |
| 189 | Hackettstown | 77 |
| 189 | Milltown | 77 |
| 190 | Barrington | 76 |
| 190 | Greenwich Township, Gloucester County | 76 |
| 190 | Montgomery Township | 76 |
| 190 | Westville | 76 |
| 191 | Cedar Grove Township | 75 |
| 192 | Palisades Park | 74 |
| 192 | Wildwood Crest | 74 |
| 193 | Berkeley Heights Township | 73 |
| 193 | Keyport | 73 |
| 193 | Wanaque | 73 |
| 194 | Bradley Beach | 72 |
| 195 | Logan Township | 71 |
| 195 | Rockaway | 71 |
| 196 | Glen Rock | 70 |
| 197 | Middlesex Borough | 69 |
| 197 | Wharton | 69 |
| 198 | Delanco Township | 68 |
| 198 | Washington | 68 |
| 199 | Hasbrouck Heights | 67 |
| 200 | Boonton | 66 |
| 201 | Greenwich Township, Warren County | 65 |
| 201 | Sparta Township | 65 |
| 201 | Verona | 65 |
| 201 | West Caldwell Township | 65 |
| 202 | Maywood | 64 |
| 203 | Franklin | 63 |
| 203 | Linwood | 63 |
| 203 | Readington Township | 63 |
| 204 | Denville Township | 62 |
| 204 | Guttenberg | 62 |
| 205 | Waterford Township | 60 |
| 206 | Jefferson Township | 59 |
| 206 | Little Ferry | 59 |
| 206 | Long Beach Township | 59 |
| 207 | Branchburg Township | 58 |
| 208 | Mansfield Township, Burlington County | 57 |
| 208 | Morris Plains | 57 |
| 209 | Franklin Lakes | 56 |
| 209 | Harrison Township | 56 |
| 209 | Ocean Township, Ocean County | 56 |
| 210 | Flemington | 55 |
| 210 | Lambertville | 55 |
| 211 | Buena | 54 |
| 211 | Garwood | 54 |
| 211 | Lincoln Park | 54 |
| 211 | Oakland | 54 |
| 211 | Shrewsbury | 54 |
| 212 | Northfield | 53 |
| 212 | South Amboy | 53 |
| 212 | Woodbury Heights | 53 |
| 213 | Magnolia | 52 |
| 213 | Mullica Township | 52 |
| 213 | Spotswood | 52 |
| 214 | Green Brook Township | 51 |
| 215 | Haddon Heights | 50 |
| 216 | Eastampton Township | 49 |
| 216 | Waldwick | 49 |
| 217 | Bernardsville | 48 |
| 217 | Robbinsville Township | 48 |
| 217 | Washington Township, Warren County | 48 |
| 218 | Florence Township | 47 |
| 218 | Riverton | 47 |
| 219 | New Providence | 46 |
| 219 | Ringwood | 46 |
| 219 | Wood-Ridge | 46 |
| 220 | Butler | 45 |
| 220 | Colts Neck Township | 45 |
| 220 | South Toms River | 45 |
| 220 | Spring Lake | 45 |
| 221 | Dunellen | 44 |
| 221 | South Hackensack Township | 44 |
| 222 | Emerson | 43 |
| 223 | Hardyston Township | 42 |
| 223 | Little Silver | 42 |
| 223 | Pitman | 42 |
| 223 | Tenafly | 42 |
| 224 | Fanwood | 41 |
| 224 | Monmouth Beach | 41 |
| 224 | Westwood | 41 |
| 225 | Elk Township | 40 |
| 226 | Ridgefield | 39 |
| 227 | Fair Haven | 38 |
| 227 | Oceanport | 38 |
| 227 | Pemberton Borough | 38 |
| 228 | Bogota | 37 |
| 228 | Hightstown | 37 |
| 228 | Kinnelon | 37 |
| 228 | Roseland | 37 |
| 228 | Warren Township | 37 |
| 228 | Woodlynne | 37 |
| 228 | Woolwich Township | 37 |
| 229 | Long Hill Township | 36 |
| 229 | River Edge | 36 |
| 230 | Chatham Township | 35 |
| 230 | Englishtown | 35 |
| 230 | Laurel Springs | 35 |
| 231 | New Milford | 34 |
| 232 | Chatham | 33 |
| 232 | Midland Park | 33 |
| 232 | Mountain Lakes | 33 |
| 233 | Clinton Township | 32 |
| 233 | Jamesburg | 32 |
| 233 | Tuckerton | 32 |
| 233 | Washington Township, Morris County | 32 |
| 234 | Beverly | 31 |
| 234 | East Greenwich Township | 31 |
| 234 | East Newark | 31 |
| 234 | South Bound Brook | 31 |
| 235 | Atlantic Highlands | 30 |
| 235 | Belvidere | 30 |
| 235 | Cranbury Township | 30 |
| 235 | Hillsdale | 30 |
| 235 | Lake Como | 30 |
| 235 | Medford Lakes | 30 |
| 235 | Union Beach | 30 |
| 235 | West Amwell Township | 30 |
| 236 | Andover Township | 29 |
| 236 | Montvale | 29 |
| 237 | Bloomingdale | 28 |
| 237 | Moonachie | 28 |
| 237 | North Haledon | 28 |
| 237 | Rumson | 28 |
| 238 | Closter | 27 |
| 238 | Leonia | 27 |
| 238 | Lopatcong Township | 27 |
| 238 | Merchantville | 27 |
| 238 | Oradell | 27 |
| 238 | Woodstown | 27 |
| 239 | Allendale | 26 |
| 239 | Lakehurst | 26 |
| 239 | Netcong | 26 |
| 239 | Seaside Park | 26 |
| 240 | Matawan | 25 |
| 240 | Mount Arlington | 25 |
| 240 | National Park | 25 |
| 241 | River Vale Township | 24 |
| 241 | Sea Girt | 24 |
| 241 | Stanhope | 24 |
| 242 | Bedminster Township | 23 |
| 242 | Caldwell | 23 |
| 242 | Deal | 23 |
| 242 | Gibbsboro | 23 |
| 243 | Avon-by-the-Sea | 22 |
| 243 | Cresskill | 22 |
| 243 | Lavallette | 22 |
| 243 | North Hanover Township | 22 |
| 243 | Old Tappan | 22 |
| 244 | Byram Township | 21 |
| 244 | Chester Township | 21 |
| 244 | Clinton | 21 |
| 244 | Mine Hill Township | 21 |
| 244 | Upper Saddle River | 21 |
| 245 | Chesterfield Township | 20 |
| 245 | Lebanon Township | 20 |
| 245 | North Caldwell | 20 |
| 245 | Ocean Gate | 20 |
| 246 | Brielle | 19 |
| 246 | Chesilhurst | 19 |
| 246 | Plumsted Township | 19 |
| 246 | Tewksbury Township | 19 |
| 247 | Surf City | 18 |
| 247 | Woodcliff Lake | 18 |
| 248 | Highlands | 17 |
| 249 | Englewood Cliffs | 16 |
| 249 | Franklin Township, Hunterdon County | 16 |
| 249 | Independence Township | 16 |
| 250 | Allenhurst | 15 |
| 250 | Demarest | 15 |
| 250 | High Bridge | 15 |
| 250 | Mendham | 15 |
| 250 | Swedesboro | 15 |
| 251 | Hamburg | 14 |
| 251 | Harvey Cedars | 14 |
| 251 | Holland Township | 14 |
| 251 | Mountainside | 14 |
| 252 | Blairstown Township | 13 |
| 252 | Haworth | 13 |
| 252 | Norwood | 13 |
| 252 | Saddle River | 13 |
| 252 | Springfield Township | 13 |
| 252 | Spring Lake Heights | 13 |
| 253 | Chester | 12 |
| 253 | Harding Township | 12 |
| 253 | Newfield | 12 |
| 253 | Oxford Township | 12 |
| 253 | Peapack and Gladstone | 12 |
| 254 | Alpha | 11 |
| 254 | Frenchtown | 11 |
| 254 | Ho-Ho-Kus | 11 |
| 254 | Mendham Township | 11 |
| 254 | West Cape May | 11 |
| 255 | Audubon Park | 10 |
| 255 | Bordentown City | 10 |
| 255 | Ship Bottom | 10 |
| 255 | Washington Township, Bergen County | 10 |
| 256 | Elsinboro Township | 9 |
| 256 | Essex Fells | 9 |
| 256 | Hi-Nella | 9 |
| 256 | Wenonah | 9 |
| 256 | West Wildwood | 9 |
| 256 | Winfield Township | 9 |
| 257 | Harrington Park | 8 |
| 257 | Longport | 8 |
| 257 | Ogdensburg | 8 |
| 257 | Park Ridge | 8 |
| 257 | Pine Beach | 8 |
| 258 | Helmetta | 7 |
| 258 | Interlaken | 7 |
| 258 | Pennington | 7 |
| 259 | Allentown | 6 |
| 259 | Alpine | 6 |
| 259 | Bay Head | 6 |
| 259 | Boonton Township | 6 |
| 259 | Island Heights | 6 |
| 259 | Loch Arbour | 6 |
| 259 | Mantoloking | 6 |
| 259 | Riverside Township | 6 |
| 259 | South Harrison Township | 6 |
| 260 | Delaware Township | 5 |
| 260 | Elmer | 5 |
| 260 | Fieldsboro | 5 |
| 260 | Hopewell Borough | 5 |
| 260 | Northvale | 5 |
| 261 | Barnegat Light | 4 |
| 261 | Lower Alloways Creek Township | 4 |
| 261 | Tavistock | 4 |
| 262 | Far Hills | 3 |
| 263 | Califon | 2 |
| 263 | Sea Bright | 2 |
| 264 | New Hanover Township | 1 |
| 264 | Rockleigh | 1 |
| 265 | Cape May Point | 0 |
| 265 | Pine Valley | 0 |