Ranking of New Jersey Cities By Number of Total Crimes in 2016
Updated on November 28, 2023.
According to the FBI UCR data, in 2016, the New Jersey city with the highest number of Total Crimes was Newark (8,986), followed by Jersey City (5,799), Elizabeth (5,193), Paterson (4,292), and Trenton (3,330).
The chart below shows the top 9 cities with high number of Total crimes in 2016, and the table below shows the ranking of New Jersey cities with high number of Total 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 Total 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 Total Crimes in 2016
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| Rank | City | Number of Crimes |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Newark | 8986 |
| 2 | Jersey City | 5799 |
| 3 | Elizabeth | 5193 |
| 4 | Paterson | 4292 |
| 5 | Trenton | 3330 |
| 6 | Vineland | 2713 |
| 7 | Cherry Hill Township | 2042 |
| 8 | Millville | 1940 |
| 9 | Toms River Township | 1908 |
| 10 | Woodbridge Township | 1826 |
| 11 | Irvington | 1784 |
| 12 | Hamilton Township, Mercer County | 1683 |
| 13 | New Brunswick | 1659 |
| 14 | Clifton | 1511 |
| 15 | Passaic | 1507 |
| 16 | Union City | 1347 |
| 17 | East Orange | 1345 |
| 18 | Plainfield | 1310 |
| 19 | Deptford Township | 1236 |
| 20 | Edison Township | 1193 |
| 21 | Orange | 1190 |
| 22 | Bridgeton | 1182 |
| 23 | Paramus | 1180 |
| 24 | Wayne Township | 1136 |
| 25 | Brick Township | 1131 |
| 26 | Lakewood Township | 1125 |
| 27 | Gloucester Township | 1123 |
| 28 | Linden | 1119 |
| 29 | Neptune Township | 1078 |
| 30 | Hoboken | 1065 |
| 31 | Pennsauken Township | 1040 |
| 32 | Perth Amboy | 1020 |
| 33 | Hamilton Township, Atlantic County | 978 |
| 34 | West Orange | 951 |
| 35 | Asbury Park | 950 |
| 36 | Union Township | 943 |
| 37 | Washington Township, Gloucester County | 918 |
| 38 | Bayonne | 893 |
| 39 | Bloomfield | 869 |
| 40 | Kearny | 861 |
| 41 | Long Branch | 859 |
| 42 | Franklin Township, Somerset County | 855 |
| 43 | Egg Harbor Township | 837 |
| 44 | Hackensack | 781 |
| 45 | East Brunswick Township | 753 |
| 46 | Pemberton Township | 749 |
| 47 | Willingboro Township | 739 |
| 48 | Ewing Township | 735 |
| 49 | North Bergen Township | 712 |
| 50 | Lawrence Township, Mercer County | 710 |
| 51 | Evesham Township | 696 |
| 52 | Old Bridge Township | 695 |
| 53 | Galloway Township | 684 |
| 54 | West New York | 680 |
| 55 | Garfield | 669 |
| 56 | North Brunswick Township | 667 |
| 57 | Belleville | 663 |
| 57 | Mount Laurel Township | 663 |
| 58 | Freehold Township | 655 |
| 59 | Ocean Township, Monmouth County | 653 |
| 60 | Montclair | 621 |
| 61 | Lindenwold | 604 |
| 62 | Monroe Township, Gloucester County | 585 |
| 63 | Hillside Township | 546 |
| 64 | Middle Township | 536 |
| 65 | Piscataway Township | 503 |
| 66 | Voorhees Township | 497 |
| 67 | Teaneck Township | 496 |
| 68 | Jackson Township | 495 |
| 69 | Berkeley Township | 491 |
| 70 | Pleasantville | 483 |
| 71 | Wildwood | 472 |
| 72 | West Windsor Township | 471 |
| 73 | Fair Lawn | 465 |
| 74 | Middletown Township | 454 |
| 75 | South Plainfield | 441 |
| 76 | Eatontown | 440 |
| 76 | North Plainfield | 440 |
| 77 | Woodbury | 437 |
| 78 | Howell Township | 430 |
| 78 | Secaucus | 430 |
| 79 | Bridgewater Township | 427 |
| 80 | Collingswood | 419 |
| 80 | Glassboro | 419 |
| 81 | Watchung | 412 |
| 82 | Haddon Township | 409 |
| 83 | Lower Township | 407 |
| 84 | Sayreville | 403 |
| 85 | South Brunswick Township | 402 |
| 86 | Parsippany-Troy Hills Township | 397 |
| 87 | Harrison | 396 |
| 88 | Lacey Township | 395 |
| 89 | Rockaway Township | 393 |
| 90 | Rahway | 387 |
| 91 | Englewood | 386 |
| 92 | Ocean City | 379 |
| 93 | Morristown | 376 |
| 93 | South Orange | 376 |
| 94 | Elmwood Park | 373 |
| 95 | Burlington Township | 369 |
| 96 | Runnemede | 368 |
| 97 | Roselle | 364 |
| 98 | Maple Shade Township | 356 |
| 98 | Maplewood Township | 356 |
| 99 | Livingston Township | 354 |
| 99 | Millburn Township | 354 |
| 100 | Audubon | 353 |
| 101 | Lodi | 349 |
| 102 | Mount Holly Township | 348 |
| 103 | Cinnaminson Township | 330 |
| 103 | Phillipsburg | 330 |
| 104 | Ventnor City | 323 |
| 105 | Little Egg Harbor Township | 312 |
| 106 | Moorestown Township | 307 |
| 107 | Weehawken Township | 300 |
| 108 | Fort Lee | 297 |
| 109 | Gloucester City | 295 |
| 109 | Somers Point | 295 |
| 110 | Totowa | 291 |
| 111 | Bellmawr | 290 |
| 112 | Nutley Township | 289 |
| 113 | West Deptford Township | 288 |
| 114 | Hillsborough Township | 285 |
| 115 | Carteret | 281 |
| 116 | Mantua Township | 279 |
| 117 | Delran Township | 278 |
| 117 | Tinton Falls | 278 |
| 118 | Manville | 277 |
| 119 | Burlington City | 273 |
| 119 | Wall Township | 273 |
| 120 | Manalapan Township | 268 |
| 121 | Montville Township | 264 |
| 122 | Berlin Township | 260 |
| 122 | Dover | 260 |
| 122 | Westfield | 260 |
| 123 | Lyndhurst Township | 256 |
| 124 | Marlboro Township | 253 |
| 125 | Saddle Brook Township | 252 |
| 126 | Absecon | 250 |
| 127 | Somerdale | 249 |
| 128 | Princeton | 248 |
| 129 | Sea Isle City | 247 |
| 130 | East Windsor Township | 245 |
| 131 | Manchester Township | 243 |
| 132 | Hawthorne | 239 |
| 132 | West Milford Township | 239 |
| 133 | Lumberton Township | 235 |
| 134 | Salem | 233 |
| 135 | Red Bank | 230 |
| 136 | Brooklawn | 229 |
| 137 | Penns Grove | 222 |
| 138 | Roxbury Township | 221 |
| 139 | Rutherford | 218 |
| 139 | Stafford Township | 218 |
| 140 | Hazlet Township | 217 |
| 141 | Keansburg | 215 |
| 141 | Pine Hill | 215 |
| 142 | Vernon Township | 214 |
| 143 | Pennsville Township | 212 |
| 143 | Ridgewood | 212 |
| 144 | Cliffside Park | 211 |
| 144 | Palmyra | 211 |
| 145 | Medford Township | 205 |
| 146 | Carney's Point Township | 204 |
| 147 | Franklin Township, Gloucester County | 203 |
| 147 | Somerville | 203 |
| 148 | Haledon | 200 |
| 149 | Seaside Heights | 199 |
| 150 | North Wildwood | 195 |
| 151 | Avalon | 194 |
| 152 | Belmar | 193 |
| 152 | Haddonfield | 193 |
| 153 | Paulsboro | 191 |
| 153 | Summit | 191 |
| 153 | Woodland Park | 191 |
| 154 | Hanover Township | 188 |
| 155 | Hammonton | 187 |
| 156 | Edgewater Park Township | 186 |
| 156 | Springfield | 186 |
| 156 | Winslow Township | 186 |
| 157 | Clementon | 184 |
| 158 | Cranford Township | 183 |
| 159 | Clark Township | 181 |
| 159 | Highland Park | 181 |
| 159 | Metuchen | 181 |
| 160 | Fairfield Township, Essex County | 178 |
| 161 | Mount Ephraim | 176 |
| 162 | Holmdel Township | 170 |
| 163 | North Arlington | 169 |
| 164 | Kenilworth | 168 |
| 165 | Clayton | 167 |
| 165 | Monroe Township, Middlesex County | 167 |
| 166 | Mount Olive Township | 166 |
| 167 | Aberdeen Township | 165 |
| 168 | Brigantine | 163 |
| 168 | Raritan | 163 |
| 168 | Westampton Township | 163 |
| 169 | Glen Ridge | 162 |
| 169 | Little Falls Township | 162 |
| 169 | Point Pleasant | 162 |
| 169 | Scotch Plains Township | 162 |
| 170 | South River | 157 |
| 170 | Stratford | 157 |
| 171 | Wallington | 156 |
| 172 | Mahwah Township | 155 |
| 173 | Neptune City | 154 |
| 174 | Newton | 153 |
| 175 | Roselle Park | 152 |
| 176 | Barnegat Township | 150 |
| 176 | Berlin | 150 |
| 177 | Plainsboro Township | 149 |
| 178 | Ridgefield Park | 147 |
| 179 | Oaklyn | 146 |
| 180 | Edgewater | 145 |
| 181 | Egg Harbor City | 144 |
| 182 | West Long Branch | 142 |
| 183 | Freehold Borough | 140 |
| 184 | Bound Brook | 139 |
| 184 | Carlstadt | 139 |
| 184 | Morris Township | 139 |
| 184 | Ramsey | 139 |
| 185 | Riverdale | 136 |
| 186 | Beachwood | 135 |
| 187 | East Hanover Township | 134 |
| 187 | Lawnside | 134 |
| 188 | Fairview | 133 |
| 188 | Margate City | 133 |
| 189 | Randolph Township | 132 |
| 190 | Palisades Park | 131 |
| 191 | Pohatcong Township | 130 |
| 192 | Mansfield Township, Warren County | 127 |
| 193 | Wildwood Crest | 123 |
| 194 | Bordentown Township | 119 |
| 194 | Manasquan | 119 |
| 195 | Keyport | 117 |
| 196 | Prospect Park | 115 |
| 197 | East Rutherford | 114 |
| 197 | Raritan Township | 114 |
| 198 | Cape May | 113 |
| 199 | Hopatcong | 112 |
| 200 | Pequannock Township | 110 |
| 200 | Point Pleasant Beach | 110 |
| 200 | Teterboro | 110 |
| 200 | Wyckoff Township | 110 |
| 201 | Westville | 108 |
| 202 | Barrington | 107 |
| 202 | Bergenfield | 107 |
| 202 | Florham Park | 107 |
| 203 | Pompton Lakes | 104 |
| 204 | Cedar Grove Township | 103 |
| 204 | Hopewell Township | 103 |
| 205 | Delanco Township | 102 |
| 205 | Florence Township | 102 |
| 205 | Guttenberg | 102 |
| 205 | Hackettstown | 102 |
| 205 | Rochelle Park Township | 102 |
| 206 | Harrison Township | 101 |
| 206 | Readington Township | 101 |
| 206 | Stone Harbor | 101 |
| 207 | Madison | 100 |
| 207 | Washington | 100 |
| 208 | Dumont | 98 |
| 208 | Montgomery Township | 98 |
| 208 | South Amboy | 98 |
| 209 | Buena | 97 |
| 210 | Logan Township | 96 |
| 210 | Middlesex Borough | 96 |
| 211 | Jefferson Township | 95 |
| 212 | Bernards Township | 94 |
| 213 | Milltown | 93 |
| 214 | Wharton | 92 |
| 215 | Berkeley Heights Township | 90 |
| 215 | Rockaway | 90 |
| 215 | Wanaque | 90 |
| 216 | Mansfield Township, Burlington County | 89 |
| 217 | Belvidere | 88 |
| 217 | Mullica Township | 88 |
| 218 | Beach Haven | 87 |
| 219 | Linwood | 86 |
| 220 | Boonton | 85 |
| 220 | Bradley Beach | 85 |
| 220 | Greenwich Township, Gloucester County | 85 |
| 220 | Little Ferry | 85 |
| 220 | Verona | 85 |
| 221 | Denville Township | 84 |
| 222 | Magnolia | 83 |
| 223 | Maywood | 82 |
| 223 | West Caldwell Township | 82 |
| 224 | Butler | 81 |
| 224 | Sparta Township | 81 |
| 225 | Franklin Lakes | 80 |
| 226 | Haddon Heights | 79 |
| 226 | Hasbrouck Heights | 79 |
| 226 | Lincoln Park | 79 |
| 226 | Morris Plains | 79 |
| 226 | Oakland | 79 |
| 226 | Waterford Township | 79 |
| 227 | Green Brook Township | 77 |
| 228 | South Toms River | 76 |
| 229 | Glen Rock | 75 |
| 230 | Beverly | 74 |
| 230 | Greenwich Township, Warren County | 74 |
| 230 | Northfield | 74 |
| 231 | Branchburg Township | 73 |
| 231 | Flemington | 73 |
| 231 | Franklin | 73 |
| 232 | Long Beach Township | 72 |
| 232 | Tenafly | 72 |
| 233 | Eastampton Township | 71 |
| 234 | South Hackensack Township | 70 |
| 235 | Robbinsville Township | 69 |
| 236 | Hardyston Township | 68 |
| 237 | Colts Neck Township | 67 |
| 237 | Elk Township | 67 |
| 237 | Spotswood | 67 |
| 237 | Woodbury Heights | 67 |
| 238 | Garwood | 66 |
| 238 | Lambertville | 66 |
| 239 | River Edge | 65 |
| 240 | Bernardsville | 63 |
| 240 | Ocean Township, Ocean County | 63 |
| 240 | Ringwood | 63 |
| 241 | Wood-Ridge | 62 |
| 242 | Ridgefield | 61 |
| 242 | Waldwick | 61 |
| 243 | Woodlynne | 60 |
| 244 | Shrewsbury | 59 |
| 244 | Washington Township, Warren County | 59 |
| 245 | Fanwood | 57 |
| 245 | Jamesburg | 57 |
| 245 | New Providence | 57 |
| 245 | Pitman | 57 |
| 246 | Warren Township | 56 |
| 247 | Dunellen | 55 |
| 248 | Monmouth Beach | 54 |
| 248 | Riverton | 54 |
| 248 | Spring Lake | 54 |
| 249 | Washington Township, Morris County | 53 |
| 250 | Pemberton Borough | 52 |
| 250 | Woolwich Township | 52 |
| 251 | East Greenwich Township | 51 |
| 251 | Lopatcong Township | 51 |
| 251 | Oceanport | 51 |
| 251 | Westwood | 51 |
| 251 | Woodstown | 51 |
| 252 | Chesilhurst | 50 |
| 253 | Kinnelon | 49 |
| 253 | Leonia | 49 |
| 253 | National Park | 49 |
| 254 | Bogota | 48 |
| 255 | Hightstown | 47 |
| 255 | Little Silver | 47 |
| 255 | Mountain Lakes | 47 |
| 255 | Tuckerton | 47 |
| 256 | Chatham | 46 |
| 256 | Emerson | 46 |
| 256 | North Haledon | 46 |
| 257 | Chatham Township | 45 |
| 257 | Englewood Cliffs | 45 |
| 257 | Englishtown | 45 |
| 258 | Laurel Springs | 44 |
| 258 | Moonachie | 44 |
| 258 | South Bound Brook | 44 |
| 259 | Clinton Township | 43 |
| 259 | New Milford | 43 |
| 260 | Bloomingdale | 42 |
| 260 | Fair Haven | 42 |
| 260 | Merchantville | 42 |
| 260 | Roseland | 42 |
| 260 | Union Beach | 42 |
| 261 | Andover Township | 41 |
| 261 | Netcong | 41 |
| 262 | Rumson | 40 |
| 263 | Caldwell | 39 |
| 263 | Lake Como | 39 |
| 263 | Long Hill Township | 39 |
| 264 | Allendale | 38 |
| 264 | Hillsdale | 38 |
| 264 | Medford Lakes | 38 |
| 264 | Midland Park | 38 |
| 265 | Atlantic Highlands | 37 |
| 265 | Matawan | 37 |
| 265 | Stanhope | 37 |
| 265 | Upper Saddle River | 37 |
| 266 | Closter | 36 |
| 266 | Cranbury Township | 36 |
| 266 | Plumsted Township | 36 |
| 267 | Chester Township | 35 |
| 267 | Montvale | 35 |
| 267 | Mountainside | 35 |
| 267 | West Amwell Township | 35 |
| 268 | East Newark | 34 |
| 269 | Bedminster Township | 33 |
| 269 | Deal | 33 |
| 269 | Gibbsboro | 33 |
| 269 | Lakehurst | 33 |
| 269 | Mount Arlington | 33 |
| 270 | High Bridge | 32 |
| 270 | North Hanover Township | 32 |
| 270 | Sea Girt | 32 |
| 271 | Clinton | 31 |
| 271 | Cresskill | 31 |
| 271 | Lavallette | 31 |
| 271 | Mine Hill Township | 31 |
| 271 | Oradell | 31 |
| 271 | Seaside Park | 31 |
| 272 | Avon-by-the-Sea | 30 |
| 272 | Highlands | 30 |
| 272 | Independence Township | 30 |
| 272 | Lebanon Township | 30 |
| 273 | North Caldwell | 29 |
| 273 | Ocean Gate | 29 |
| 273 | Springfield Township | 29 |
| 274 | Harding Township | 28 |
| 274 | Peapack and Gladstone | 28 |
| 275 | Blairstown Township | 27 |
| 275 | Byram Township | 27 |
| 275 | Old Tappan | 27 |
| 275 | Swedesboro | 27 |
| 275 | Tewksbury Township | 27 |
| 276 | River Vale Township | 26 |
| 277 | Chesterfield Township | 25 |
| 278 | Woodcliff Lake | 24 |
| 279 | Park Ridge | 23 |
| 280 | Brielle | 22 |
| 280 | Demarest | 22 |
| 280 | Riverside Township | 22 |
| 281 | Hamburg | 21 |
| 281 | Holland Township | 21 |
| 281 | Saddle River | 21 |
| 282 | Mendham Township | 20 |
| 282 | West Wildwood | 20 |
| 283 | Boonton Township | 19 |
| 283 | Hi-Nella | 19 |
| 283 | Mendham | 19 |
| 284 | Surf City | 18 |
| 285 | Alpha | 17 |
| 285 | Franklin Township, Hunterdon County | 17 |
| 285 | Haworth | 17 |
| 285 | Washington Township, Bergen County | 17 |
| 285 | Wenonah | 17 |
| 285 | Winfield Township | 17 |
| 286 | Allenhurst | 16 |
| 286 | Chester | 16 |
| 286 | Newfield | 16 |
| 286 | Oxford Township | 16 |
| 286 | Ship Bottom | 16 |
| 286 | Spring Lake Heights | 16 |
| 287 | Audubon Park | 15 |
| 287 | Bay Head | 15 |
| 287 | Bordentown City | 15 |
| 287 | Elsinboro Township | 15 |
| 288 | Delaware Township | 14 |
| 288 | Harvey Cedars | 14 |
| 288 | Ho-Ho-Kus | 14 |
| 288 | Norwood | 14 |
| 288 | West Cape May | 14 |
| 289 | Essex Fells | 12 |
| 290 | Frenchtown | 11 |
| 290 | Helmetta | 11 |
| 290 | Interlaken | 11 |
| 290 | Ogdensburg | 11 |
| 290 | South Harrison Township | 11 |
| 291 | Allentown | 10 |
| 291 | Harrington Park | 10 |
| 291 | Longport | 10 |
| 292 | Alpine | 9 |
| 292 | Far Hills | 9 |
| 292 | Loch Arbour | 9 |
| 292 | Lower Alloways Creek Township | 9 |
| 293 | Elmer | 8 |
| 293 | Fieldsboro | 8 |
| 293 | Island Heights | 8 |
| 293 | Pennington | 8 |
| 293 | Pine Beach | 8 |
| 294 | Mantoloking | 7 |
| 295 | Hopewell Borough | 6 |
| 295 | New Hanover Township | 6 |
| 296 | Northvale | 5 |
| 297 | Barnegat Light | 4 |
| 297 | Sea Bright | 4 |
| 297 | Tavistock | 4 |
| 298 | Califon | 2 |
| 299 | Rockleigh | 1 |
| 300 | Cape May Point | 0 |
| 300 | Pine Valley | 0 |