Ranking of New Jersey Cities By Violent Crime Rate Per 100K in 2017
Updated on October 15, 2023.
According to the FBI UCR data, in 2017, among New Jersey cities with a population of at least 10K, Camden County Police Department had the highest Violent Crime Rate per 100K residents (1,967.73), followed by Asbury Park (1,360.5), Trenton (1,285.75), Atlantic City (1,101.01), and Bridgeton (1,090.75).
The chart below shows the top 10 cities with high Violent crime rate in 2017, 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.
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.
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Data Source: FBI UCR.
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Ranking of New Jersey Cities By Violent Crime Rate Per 100K in 2017
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| Rank | City | Crime Rate Per 100K |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Camden County Police Department | 1967.73 |
| 2 | Asbury Park | 1360.50 |
| 3 | Trenton | 1285.75 |
| 4 | Atlantic City | 1101.01 |
| 5 | Bridgeton | 1090.75 |
| 6 | Newark | 896.46 |
| 7 | Irvington | 813.11 |
| 8 | Elizabeth | 797.07 |
| 9 | Orange City | 796.70 |
| 10 | East Orange | 725.91 |
| 11 | Paterson | 696.05 |
| 12 | Plainfield | 629.62 |
| 13 | New Brunswick | 626.29 |
| 14 | Lindenwold | 622.29 |
| 15 | Millville | 571.76 |
| 16 | Pleasantville | 565.03 |
| 17 | Passaic | 548.89 |
| 18 | Neptune Township | 540.40 |
| 19 | Jersey City | 509.51 |
| 20 | Vineland | 492.75 |
| 21 | Pemberton Township | 425.36 |
| 22 | Harrison | 345.20 |
| 23 | Perth Amboy | 322.77 |
| 24 | Long Branch | 321.97 |
| 25 | Linden | 305.02 |
| 26 | Pine Hill | 301.43 |
| 27 | Willingboro Township | 289.98 |
| 28 | North Plainfield | 283.08 |
| 29 | Pennsauken Township | 274.69 |
| 30 | Eatontown | 261.05 |
| 31 | Englewood | 260.46 |
| 32 | Hoboken | 236.68 |
| 33 | Union City | 234.11 |
| 34 | Belleville | 222.47 |
| 35 | Clifton | 212.79 |
| 36 | Hillside Township | 212.43 |
| 37 | Freehold Borough | 210.70 |
| 38 | Ewing Township | 210.17 |
| 39 | Bayonne | 208.83 |
| 40 | Morristown | 208.34 |
| 41 | Hackensack | 207.85 |
| 42 | Voorhees Township | 206.56 |
| 43 | Somers Point | 199.92 |
| 44 | West New York | 199.42 |
| 45 | Galloway Township | 199.06 |
| 46 | Red Bank | 197.78 |
| 47 | West Orange | 195.32 |
| 48 | Deptford Township | 195.27 |
| 49 | Middle Township | 194.15 |
| 50 | Guttenberg | 187.46 |
| 51 | Lumberton Township | 187.21 |
| 52 | Gloucester City | 184.76 |
| 53 | Garfield | 183.04 |
| 54 | Carteret | 181.20 |
| 55 | South Orange Village | 176.75 |
| 56 | Lodi | 172.13 |
| 57 | Collingswood | 170.46 |
| 58 | Phillipsburg | 166.91 |
| 59 | Maple Shade Township | 164.92 |
| 60 | Bound Brook | 161.34 |
| 61 | Secaucus | 161.13 |
| 62 | Dover | 158.13 |
| 63 | Gloucester Township | 157.58 |
| 64 | Montclair | 153.73 |
| 65 | North Bergen Township | 151.21 |
| 66 | Burlington Township | 149.31 |
| 67 | Florence Township | 148.96 |
| 68 | Roselle | 146.82 |
| 69 | Lower Township | 146.32 |
| 70 | Fairview | 144.10 |
| 71 | Hamilton Township, Mercer County | 142.01 |
| 72 | Brick Township | 141.60 |
| 73 | Maplewood Township | 140.77 |
| 74 | Hamilton Township, Atlantic County | 139.72 |
| 75 | Cherry Hill Township | 133.80 |
| 76 | Teaneck Township | 132.92 |
| 77 | Woodland Park | 132.44 |
| 78 | Little Falls Township | 131.23 |
| 79 | East Rutherford | 129.17 |
| 80 | Rahway | 126.96 |
| 81 | Freehold Township | 126.65 |
| 82 | Egg Harbor Township | 126.39 |
| 83 | Washington Township, Gloucester County | 120.61 |
| 84 | Union Township | 120.24 |
| 85 | Kearny | 119.92 |
| 86 | Monroe Township, Gloucester County | 118.36 |
| 87 | Hammonton | 118.30 |
| 88 | Bloomfield | 116.50 |
| 89 | Pompton Lakes | 116.32 |
| 90 | North Brunswick Township | 114.54 |
| 91 | South Plainfield | 114.48 |
| 92 | Manville | 114.08 |
| 93 | Ocean Township, Monmouth County | 112.63 |
| 94 | Pennsville Township | 111.43 |
| 95 | South River | 109.76 |
| 96 | Edison Township | 109.06 |
| 97 | Ocean City | 106.37 |
| 98 | Haddon Township | 101.83 |
| 98 | Woodbridge Township | 101.83 |
| 99 | North Arlington | 99.94 |
| 100 | Little Ferry | 99.85 |
| 101 | Bordentown Township | 98.23 |
| 102 | Elmwood Park | 97.49 |
| 103 | Weehawken Township | 95.65 |
| 104 | West Milford Township | 93.39 |
| 105 | Lacey Township | 93.38 |
| 106 | Piscataway Township | 92.93 |
| 107 | Lakewood Township | 92.45 |
| 108 | Cliffside Park | 91.39 |
| 109 | Totowa | 91.21 |
| 110 | Stafford Township | 91.13 |
| 111 | Mount Laurel Township | 91.10 |
| 112 | Bellmawr | 86.92 |
| 113 | Mantua Township | 85.96 |
| 114 | Metuchen | 85.83 |
| 115 | Point Pleasant | 85.58 |
| 116 | Glassboro | 84.43 |
| 117 | Franklin Township, Gloucester County | 84.34 |
| 118 | Edgewater | 82.08 |
| 119 | Somerville | 81.55 |
| 120 | Aberdeen Township | 81.51 |
| 121 | Winslow Township | 81.21 |
| 122 | East Windsor Township | 79.79 |
| 123 | Westwood | 79.45 |
| 124 | Hopatcong | 77.12 |
| 125 | Nutley Township | 76.30 |
| 126 | West Windsor Township | 73.70 |
| 127 | Middletown Township | 73.50 |
| 128 | Wall Township | 73.20 |
| 129 | West Caldwell Township | 72.64 |
| 130 | Holmdel Township | 72.39 |
| 131 | Palisades Park | 71.33 |
| 132 | Franklin Township, Somerset County | 71.15 |
| 133 | Fort Lee | 68.25 |
| 134 | Fair Lawn | 68.13 |
| 135 | Medford Township | 68.08 |
| 135 | Toms River Township | 68.08 |
| 136 | Parsippany-Troy Hills Township | 67.32 |
| 137 | Howell Township | 66.75 |
| 138 | Delran Township | 66.23 |
| 139 | East Greenwich Township | 66.21 |
| 140 | Old Bridge Township | 65.51 |
| 141 | Hazlet Township | 65.20 |
| 142 | Sayreville | 63.79 |
| 143 | Saddle Brook Township | 63.43 |
| 144 | Evesham Township | 61.79 |
| 145 | Springfield Township, Union County | 61.78 |
| 146 | Ridgefield Park | 60.76 |
| 147 | Oakland | 60.41 |
| 148 | Rutherford | 58.50 |
| 149 | Ventnor City | 58.46 |
| 150 | Lawrence Township, Mercer County | 57.70 |
| 151 | Middlesex Borough | 57.57 |
| 152 | Berkeley Township | 57.09 |
| 153 | Little Egg Harbor Township | 56.94 |
| 154 | West Deptford Township | 56.11 |
| 155 | South Brunswick Township | 54.02 |
| 156 | Beachwood | 53.12 |
| 157 | Wayne Township | 52.82 |
| 158 | Paramus | 51.71 |
| 159 | Wallington | 50.87 |
| 160 | Florham Park | 50.77 |
| 161 | Wanaque | 50.31 |
| 162 | East Brunswick Township | 48.96 |
| 163 | Moorestown Township | 48.70 |
| 164 | Kinnelon | 48.66 |
| 165 | Cinnaminson Township | 47.92 |
| 166 | Sparta Township | 47.86 |
| 167 | Hanover Township | 46.97 |
| 168 | Wyckoff Township | 46.05 |
| 169 | Harrison Township | 45.70 |
| 170 | Rockaway Township | 44.50 |
| 171 | Haddonfield | 43.69 |
| 172 | Bridgewater Township | 41.84 |
| 173 | Jackson Township | 41.81 |
| 174 | Scotch Plains Township | 41.03 |
| 175 | Lyndhurst Township | 39.79 |
| 176 | Lincoln Park | 38.22 |
| 177 | Hopewell Township | 37.57 |
| 178 | Vernon Township | 36.05 |
| 179 | Summit | 36.04 |
| 180 | East Hanover Township | 35.45 |
| 181 | Barnegat Township | 35.32 |
| 182 | Highland Park | 35.00 |
| 183 | Millburn Township | 34.28 |
| 184 | Plainsboro Township | 33.94 |
| 185 | Mahwah Township | 33.64 |
| 186 | Ramsey | 32.74 |
| 187 | Manalapan Township | 32.36 |
| 188 | Cedar Grove Township | 31.56 |
| 189 | Woolwich Township | 31.26 |
| 190 | Clark Township | 31.09 |
| 191 | Mount Olive Township | 30.60 |
| 192 | Livingston Township | 30.01 |
| 193 | Waldwick | 29.60 |
| 194 | Verona | 29.45 |
| 195 | Jefferson Township | 27.90 |
| 196 | Waterford Township | 27.73 |
| 197 | Montgomery Township | 25.31 |
| 198 | Manchester Township | 25.05 |
| 199 | Madison | 24.73 |
| 200 | Ringwood | 24.06 |
| 201 | Ridgewood | 23.32 |
| 202 | Raritan Township | 22.81 |
| 203 | Hillsborough Township | 22.29 |
| 204 | Dumont | 22.20 |
| 205 | Princeton | 21.98 |
| 206 | Berkeley Heights Township | 21.97 |
| 207 | Roselle Park | 21.82 |
| 208 | Roxbury Township | 21.30 |
| 209 | Branchburg Township | 20.24 |
| 210 | Warren Township | 18.45 |
| 211 | Ridgefield | 17.46 |
| 212 | Marlboro Township | 17.34 |
| 213 | River Edge | 17.03 |
| 214 | Tinton Falls | 16.89 |
| 215 | Glen Rock | 16.60 |
| 216 | Hasbrouck Heights | 16.28 |
| 217 | Washington Township, Morris County | 15.96 |
| 218 | Randolph Township | 15.41 |
| 219 | Montville Township | 13.75 |
| 220 | Morris Township | 13.22 |
| 221 | Readington Township | 12.63 |
| 222 | Cranford Township | 12.27 |
| 223 | New Milford | 11.84 |
| 224 | Hawthorne | 10.50 |
| 225 | Westfield | 9.90 |
| 226 | River Vale Township | 9.74 |
| 227 | Franklin Lakes | 9.14 |
| 228 | Monroe Township, Middlesex County | 8.75 |
| 229 | Clinton Township | 7.84 |
| 230 | Bergenfield | 7.17 |
| 231 | Robbinsville Township | 6.92 |
| 232 | Tenafly | 6.68 |
| 233 | Pequannock Township | 6.46 |
| 234 | Denville Township | 5.95 |
| 235 | Bernards Township | 3.67 |
| 236 | Chatham Township | 0.00 |
| 236 | Hillsdale | 0.00 |
| 236 | New Providence | 0.00 |