Ranking of New Jersey Cities By Number of Aggravated Assault Crimes in 2017

Updated on October 15, 2023.

According to the FBI UCR data, in 2017, the New Jersey city with the highest number of Aggravated Assault Crimes was Newark (1,280), followed by Camden County Police Department (954), Jersey City (687), Trenton (654), and Paterson (474).

The chart below shows the top 10 cities with high number of Aggravated Assault crimes in 2017, 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.

Data Source: FBI UCR.
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Ranking of New Jersey Cities By Number of Aggravated Assault Crimes in 2017
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Ranking of New Jersey Cities By Number of Aggravated Assault Crimes in 2017
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Rank City Number of Crimes
1 Newark 1280
2 Camden County Police Department 954
3 Jersey City 687
4 Trenton 654
5 Paterson 474
6 Elizabeth 465
7 East Orange 245
8 Passaic 214
9 Vineland 179
10 Atlantic City 161
11 New Brunswick 143
12 Irvington 140
13 Plainfield 129
14 Asbury Park 114
15 Perth Amboy 108
16 Neptune Township 106
17 Union City 104
18 Clifton 103
18 Millville 103
19 Bridgeton 98
20 Hoboken 88
21 Orange City 81
22 Bayonne 80
23 Linden 78
24 Pemberton Township 73
25 Pleasantville 61
25 West New York 61
26 Lakewood Township 60
27 Gloucester Township 59
27 Willingboro Township 59
28 Brick Township 58
28 Edison Township 58
28 Galloway Township 58
29 Hamilton Township, Mercer County 57
30 Lindenwold 56
31 Hackensack 53
32 North Bergen Township 52
32 West Orange 52
33 Cherry Hill Township 51
33 Pennsauken Township 51
34 Wildwood 46
35 Woodbridge Township 45
36 Ewing Township 44
36 Long Branch 44
37 Egg Harbor Township 40
38 Salem 39
38 Voorhees Township 39
39 Belleville 38
39 Englewood 38
39 Garfield 38
40 Union Township 34
41 Middletown Township 33
41 Washington Township, Gloucester County 33
42 Freehold Township 32
42 Toms River Township 32
43 Bloomfield 31
43 Old Bridge Township 31
44 Deptford Township 30
45 Harrison 29
45 Kearny 29
45 Montclair 29
45 Teaneck Township 29
46 Piscataway Township 27
47 North Brunswick Township 25
48 Lower Township 24
48 Middle Township 24
48 Seaside Heights 24
49 Burlington City 23
49 Lodi 23
50 Carteret 22
50 Hamilton Township, Atlantic County 22
50 Pine Hill 22
50 South Plainfield 22
51 Howell Township 21
51 Monroe Township, Gloucester County 21
51 Stafford Township 21
51 West Milford Township 21
52 Burlington Township 20
52 Keansburg 20
52 Penns Grove 20
52 Rahway 20
53 Evesham Township 19
53 Morristown 19
53 Wayne Township 19
53 Winslow Township 19
54 Franklin Township, Somerset County 18
54 Hillside Township 18
54 Maple Shade Township 18
54 Mount Holly Township 18
54 Roselle 18
54 Sayreville 18
55 Fort Lee 17
55 Little Falls Township 17
55 Secaucus 17
56 Mount Laurel Township 16
56 North Plainfield 16
57 Dover 15
57 Parsippany-Troy Hills Township 15
57 West Windsor Township 15
57 Woodbury 15
58 Bridgewater Township 14
58 Eatontown 14
58 Fair Lawn 14
58 Hammonton 14
58 Jackson Township 14
58 Lacey Township 14
58 Lumberton Township 14
58 Maplewood Township 14
58 Paulsboro 14
58 Wall Township 14
59 East Brunswick Township 13
59 Gloucester City 13
59 Haledon 13
59 Ocean Township, Monmouth County 13
59 Somers Point 13
60 Beverly 12
60 Cliffside Park 12
60 East Windsor Township 12
60 Nutley Township 12
60 Point Pleasant 12
60 Woodland Park 12
61 Fairview 11
61 Franklin Township, Gloucester County 11
61 Phillipsburg 11
62 Aberdeen Township 10
62 Collingswood 10
62 East Rutherford 10
62 Mantua Township 10
62 North Arlington 10
62 Pompton Lakes 10
62 Red Bank 10
62 Weehawken Township 10
62 Westampton Township 10
63 Berkeley Township 9
63 Berlin 9
63 Brooklawn 9
63 Carlstadt 9
63 Florence Township 9
63 Keyport 9
63 Manchester Township 9
63 Palisades Park 9
63 Pennsville Township 9
63 Riverside Township 9
63 South Orange Village 9
64 Carney's Point Township 8
64 Clementon 8
64 Englishtown 8
64 Hopatcong 8
64 Lawrence Township, Mercer County 8
64 Little Ferry 8
64 Manalapan Township 8
64 Merchantville 8
64 Neptune City 8
64 Plainsboro Township 8
64 South Brunswick Township 8
64 South River 8
64 Vernon Township 8
65 Bound Brook 7
65 Buena 7
65 Egg Harbor City 7
65 Haddon Township 7
65 Hazlet Township 7
65 Lawnside 7
65 Marlboro Township 7
65 North Wildwood 7
65 Oakland 7
65 Palmyra 7
65 Ridgefield Park 7
65 Somerville 7
65 Wildwood Crest 7
66 East Greenwich Township 6
66 Edgewater 6
66 Elmwood Park 6
66 Flemington 6
66 Freehold Borough 6
66 Guttenberg 6
66 Medford Township 6
66 Metuchen 6
66 Montgomery Township 6
66 Moorestown Township 6
66 Mount Olive Township 6
66 Ocean City 6
66 Paramus 6
66 Saddle Brook Township 6
66 Scotch Plains Township 6
66 South Hackensack Township 6
66 West Caldwell Township 6
66 Westville 6
66 Westwood 6
67 Barnegat Township 5
67 Belmar 5
67 Berlin Township 5
67 Bordentown Township 5
67 Byram Township 5
67 Clayton 5
67 Colts Neck Township 5
67 Edgewater Park Township 5
67 Elk Township 5
67 Holmdel Township 5
67 Jamesburg 5
67 Kinnelon 5
67 Monmouth Beach 5
67 Mount Ephraim 5
67 Newton 5
67 Princeton 5
67 Raritan Township 5
67 Rockaway Township 5
67 Sparta Township 5
67 Springfield Township, Union County 5
67 Stratford 5
67 Totowa 5
67 Washington Township, Warren County 5
67 West Deptford Township 5
67 Woodlynne 5
68 Dunellen 4
68 Glassboro 4
68 Glen Ridge 4
68 Hanover Township 4
68 Jefferson Township 4
68 Kenilworth 4
68 Lake Como 4
68 Lyndhurst Township 4
68 Magnolia 4
68 Manasquan 4
68 Manville 4
68 National Park 4
68 Randolph Township 4
68 Ridgewood 4
68 Runnemede 4
68 Rutherford 4
68 Wanaque 4
68 Wyckoff Township 4
69 Absecon 3
69 Audubon 3
69 Bellmawr 3
69 Belvidere 3
69 Bradley Beach 3
69 Cedar Grove Township 3
69 Delran Township 3
69 Dumont 3
69 East Hanover Township 3
69 Fairfield Township, Essex County 3
69 Greenwich Township, Gloucester County 3
69 Harrison Township 3
69 Highland Park 3
69 Hightstown 3
69 Hi-Nella 3
69 Independence Township 3
69 Lambertville 3
69 Lincoln Park 3
69 Livingston Township 3
69 Madison 3
69 Mahwah Township 3
69 Mansfield Township, Burlington County 3
69 Margate City 3
69 Middlesex Borough 3
69 Midland Park 3
69 Milltown 3
69 Mine Hill Township 3
69 Monroe Township, Middlesex County 3
69 Mullica Township 3
69 North Hanover Township 3
69 Peapack-Gladstone 3
69 Ramsey 3
69 Raritan 3
69 Roxbury Township 3
69 Somerdale 3
69 Tuckerton 3
69 Verona 3
69 Wallington 3
69 Washington 3
69 Washington Township, Bergen County 3
69 West Long Branch 3
69 Wood-Ridge 3
70 Barrington 2
70 Brielle 2
70 Brigantine 2
70 Butler 2
70 Caldwell 2
70 Chesilhurst 2
70 Cinnaminson Township 2
70 Cranford Township 2
70 Cresskill 2
70 Deal 2
70 Emerson 2
70 Florham Park 2
70 Franklin 2
70 Hackettstown 2
70 Haddonfield 2
70 Haddon Heights 2
70 Hamburg 2
70 Hawthorne 2
70 Highlands 2
70 Hillsborough Township 2
70 Ho-Ho-Kus 2
70 Hopewell Township 2
70 Little Egg Harbor Township 2
70 Long Beach Township 2
70 Longport 2
70 Mansfield Township, Warren County 2
70 Morris Township 2
70 North Caldwell 2
70 Ocean Township, Ocean County 2
70 Prospect Park 2
70 Ringwood 2
70 Rockleigh 2
70 South Bound Brook 2
70 South Toms River 2
70 Tinton Falls 2
70 Union Beach 2
70 Ventnor City 2
70 Waterford Township 2
70 Westfield 2
70 West Wildwood 2
70 Wharton 2
70 Woolwich Township 2
71 Alpha 1
71 Andover Township 1
71 Atlantic Highlands 1
71 Avalon 1
71 Barnegat Light 1
71 Beach Haven 1
71 Beachwood 1
71 Bedminster Township 1
71 Berkeley Heights Township 1
71 Bernards Township 1
71 Bernardsville 1
71 Bloomingdale 1
71 Boonton 1
71 Boonton Township 1
71 Branchburg Township 1
71 Chatham 1
71 Clark Township 1
71 Clinton 1
71 Clinton Township 1
71 Delanco Township 1
71 Delaware Township 1
71 Demarest 1
71 Denville Township 1
71 Elsinboro Township 1
71 Franklin Lakes 1
71 Frenchtown 1
71 Gibbsboro 1
71 Green Brook Township 1
71 Greenwich Township, Warren County 1
71 Hardyston Township 1
71 Harvey Cedars 1
71 Hasbrouck Heights 1
71 Helmetta 1
71 Holland Township 1
71 Hopewell Burough 1
71 Lebanon Township 1
71 Linwood 1
71 Logan Township 1
71 Lopatcong Township 1
71 Lower Alloways Creek Township 1
71 Maywood 1
71 Mendham 1
71 Montville Township 1
71 Moonachie 1
71 Morris Plains 1
71 Mountainside 1
71 Mount Arlington 1
71 Netcong 1
71 Oceanport 1
71 Oradell 1
71 Park Ridge 1
71 Pemberton Borough 1
71 Pequannock Township 1
71 Readington Township 1
71 Ridgefield 1
71 Robbinsville Township 1
71 Rochelle Park Township 1
71 Roseland 1
71 Sea Girt 1
71 Sea Isle City 1
71 Seaside Park 1
71 Ship Bottom 1
71 Shrewsbury 1
71 Spotswood 1
71 Stanhope 1
71 Surf City 1
71 Tavistock 1
71 Teterboro 1
71 Upper Saddle River 1
71 Waldwick 1
71 Warren Township 1
71 Woodstown 1
72 Allendale 0
72 Allenhurst 0
72 Allentown 0
72 Alpine 0
72 Audubon Park 0
72 Avon-by-the-Sea 0
72 Bay Head 0
72 Bergenfield 0
72 Blairstown Township 0
72 Bogota 0
72 Bordentown City 0
72 Califon 0
72 Cape May 0
72 Cape May Point 0
72 Chatham Township 0
72 Chester 0
72 Chesterfield Township 0
72 Chester Township 0
72 Closter 0
72 Cranbury Township 0
72 Eastampton Township 0
72 East Newark 0
72 Elmer 0
72 Englewood Cliffs 0
72 Essex Fells 0
72 Fair Haven 0
72 Fanwood 0
72 Far Hills 0
72 Fieldsboro 0
72 Franklin Township, Hunterdon County 0
72 Garwood 0
72 Glen Rock 0
72 Harding Township 0
72 Harrington Park 0
72 Haworth 0
72 High Bridge 0
72 Hillsdale 0
72 Interlaken 0
72 Island Heights 0
72 Lakehurst 0
72 Laurel Springs 0
72 Lavallette 0
72 Leonia 0
72 Little Silver 0
72 Loch Arbour 0
72 Long Hill Township 0
72 Mantoloking 0
72 Matawan 0
72 Medford Lakes 0
72 Mendham Township 0
72 Millburn Township 0
72 Montvale 0
72 Mountain Lakes 0
72 Newfield 0
72 New Hanover Township 0
72 New Milford 0
72 New Providence 0
72 Northfield 0
72 North Haledon 0
72 Northvale 0
72 Norwood 0
72 Oaklyn 0
72 Ocean Gate 0
72 Ogdensburg 0
72 Old Tappan 0
72 Oxford Township 0
72 Pennington 0
72 Pine Beach 0
72 Pine Valley 0
72 Pitman 0
72 Plumsted Township 0
72 Pohatcong Township 0
72 Point Pleasant Beach 0
72 Riverdale 0
72 River Edge 0
72 Riverton 0
72 River Vale Township 0
72 Rockaway 0
72 Roselle Park 0
72 Rumson 0
72 Saddle River 0
72 Sea Bright 0
72 South Amboy 0
72 South Harrison Township 0
72 Springfield Township, Burlington County 0
72 Spring Lake 0
72 Spring Lake Heights 0
72 Stone Harbor 0
72 Summit 0
72 Swedesboro 0
72 Tenafly 0
72 Tewksbury Township 0
72 Washington Township, Morris County 0
72 Watchung 0
72 Wenonah 0
72 West Amwell Township 0
72 West Cape May 0
72 Winfield Township 0
72 Woodbury Heights 0
72 Woodcliff Lake 0