Ranking of New Jersey Cities By Number of Motor Vehicle Theft 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 Motor Vehicle Theft Crimes was Newark (2,392), followed by Elizabeth (895), Paterson (631), Camden County Police Department (550), and Jersey City (491).
The chart below shows the top 10 cities with high number of Motor Vehicle Theft crimes in 2017, and the table below shows the ranking of New Jersey cities with high number of Motor Vehicle Theft 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 Motor Vehicle 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 Motor Vehicle Theft Crimes in 2017
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| Rank | City | Number of Crimes |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Newark | 2392 |
| 2 | Elizabeth | 895 |
| 3 | Paterson | 631 |
| 4 | Camden County Police Department | 550 |
| 5 | Jersey City | 491 |
| 6 | Irvington | 421 |
| 7 | Trenton | 366 |
| 8 | Orange City | 267 |
| 9 | East Orange | 236 |
| 10 | Hamilton Township, Mercer County | 158 |
| 11 | Passaic | 128 |
| 12 | Edison Township | 119 |
| 13 | Atlantic City | 115 |
| 14 | Clifton | 109 |
| 15 | Union Township | 108 |
| 16 | Woodbridge Township | 105 |
| 17 | Plainfield | 97 |
| 18 | Perth Amboy | 94 |
| 19 | Union City | 93 |
| 20 | Belleville | 91 |
| 21 | Hillside Township | 90 |
| 22 | New Brunswick | 87 |
| 23 | West Orange | 85 |
| 24 | Bloomfield | 82 |
| 25 | Kearny | 74 |
| 26 | Bayonne | 71 |
| 27 | North Bergen Township | 66 |
| 28 | Pennsauken Township | 64 |
| 29 | Vineland | 59 |
| 30 | Ewing Township | 49 |
| 31 | North Brunswick Township | 46 |
| 32 | Linden | 45 |
| 33 | Franklin Township, Somerset County | 44 |
| 33 | Hackensack | 44 |
| 33 | Harrison | 44 |
| 33 | Old Bridge Township | 44 |
| 34 | Wayne Township | 43 |
| 35 | Cherry Hill Township | 42 |
| 36 | Toms River Township | 41 |
| 37 | Sayreville | 40 |
| 38 | Bridgeton | 39 |
| 38 | Millville | 39 |
| 38 | Piscataway Township | 39 |
| 39 | Gloucester Township | 37 |
| 39 | Maplewood Township | 37 |
| 40 | Rahway | 35 |
| 40 | Roselle | 35 |
| 41 | Secaucus | 33 |
| 42 | Deptford Township | 32 |
| 42 | Hoboken | 32 |
| 43 | Willingboro Township | 31 |
| 44 | Garfield | 30 |
| 44 | Hamilton Township, Atlantic County | 30 |
| 44 | Lindenwold | 30 |
| 44 | Montclair | 30 |
| 44 | Paramus | 30 |
| 45 | Parsippany-Troy Hills Township | 29 |
| 45 | West New York | 29 |
| 45 | Woodbury | 29 |
| 46 | East Rutherford | 28 |
| 46 | Maple Shade Township | 28 |
| 46 | Westfield | 28 |
| 47 | Long Branch | 27 |
| 47 | North Plainfield | 27 |
| 48 | Carteret | 26 |
| 48 | Lakewood Township | 26 |
| 49 | Egg Harbor Township | 25 |
| 49 | Elmwood Park | 25 |
| 49 | Galloway Township | 25 |
| 49 | Pemberton Township | 25 |
| 50 | Lodi | 24 |
| 50 | Morristown | 24 |
| 50 | Scotch Plains Township | 24 |
| 50 | Washington Township, Gloucester County | 24 |
| 51 | Collingswood | 23 |
| 51 | Monroe Township, Gloucester County | 23 |
| 51 | Saddle Brook Township | 23 |
| 51 | South Brunswick Township | 23 |
| 51 | South Orange Village | 23 |
| 52 | Bellmawr | 22 |
| 52 | East Brunswick Township | 22 |
| 52 | Lyndhurst Township | 22 |
| 52 | Middle Township | 22 |
| 53 | Carlstadt | 21 |
| 53 | Englewood | 21 |
| 53 | Freehold Township | 21 |
| 54 | Dover | 20 |
| 54 | Fairfield Township, Essex County | 20 |
| 54 | Lawrence Township, Mercer County | 20 |
| 54 | Marlboro Township | 20 |
| 54 | Voorhees Township | 20 |
| 55 | Asbury Park | 19 |
| 55 | Mount Laurel Township | 19 |
| 55 | South Plainfield | 19 |
| 56 | Burlington City | 18 |
| 56 | Burlington Township | 18 |
| 56 | Edgewater Park Township | 18 |
| 56 | Monroe Township, Middlesex County | 18 |
| 56 | Ocean Township, Monmouth County | 18 |
| 57 | Kenilworth | 17 |
| 57 | Livingston Township | 17 |
| 57 | Pleasantville | 17 |
| 57 | Rutherford | 17 |
| 57 | Somers Point | 17 |
| 57 | Weehawken Township | 17 |
| 58 | Evesham Township | 16 |
| 58 | Fort Lee | 16 |
| 58 | Gloucester City | 16 |
| 58 | Jackson Township | 16 |
| 58 | Lower Township | 16 |
| 58 | Millburn Township | 16 |
| 58 | Paulsboro | 16 |
| 58 | Somerville | 16 |
| 58 | Totowa | 16 |
| 59 | Manville | 15 |
| 59 | Middletown Township | 15 |
| 59 | North Arlington | 15 |
| 59 | Winslow Township | 15 |
| 60 | Bordentown Township | 14 |
| 60 | Clark Township | 14 |
| 60 | Dunellen | 14 |
| 60 | Logan Township | 14 |
| 60 | Moorestown Township | 14 |
| 60 | Mount Holly Township | 14 |
| 60 | Nutley Township | 14 |
| 60 | Prospect Park | 14 |
| 60 | South Amboy | 14 |
| 60 | South River | 14 |
| 60 | Teaneck Township | 14 |
| 61 | Aberdeen Township | 13 |
| 61 | Bernards Township | 13 |
| 61 | Bridgewater Township | 13 |
| 61 | Franklin Township, Gloucester County | 13 |
| 61 | Haledon | 13 |
| 61 | Hanover Township | 13 |
| 61 | Holmdel Township | 13 |
| 61 | Manalapan Township | 13 |
| 61 | Montville Township | 13 |
| 61 | Summit | 13 |
| 62 | Haddon Township | 12 |
| 62 | Metuchen | 12 |
| 62 | Randolph Township | 12 |
| 62 | Salem | 12 |
| 63 | Brick Township | 11 |
| 63 | Cinnaminson Township | 11 |
| 63 | Clementon | 11 |
| 63 | Colts Neck Township | 11 |
| 63 | Delanco Township | 11 |
| 63 | Green Brook Township | 11 |
| 63 | Highland Park | 11 |
| 63 | Little Ferry | 11 |
| 63 | Mansfield Township, Burlington County | 11 |
| 63 | Pine Hill | 11 |
| 63 | Runnemede | 11 |
| 63 | West Milford Township | 11 |
| 64 | Berkeley Township | 10 |
| 64 | Berlin | 10 |
| 64 | Little Falls Township | 10 |
| 64 | Mahwah Township | 10 |
| 64 | Montgomery Township | 10 |
| 64 | Moonachie | 10 |
| 64 | Mountain Lakes | 10 |
| 64 | Ridgefield Park | 10 |
| 64 | Roselle Park | 10 |
| 64 | Springfield Township, Union County | 10 |
| 64 | Woolwich Township | 10 |
| 65 | Boonton | 9 |
| 65 | Bound Brook | 9 |
| 65 | Cedar Grove Township | 9 |
| 65 | Dumont | 9 |
| 65 | Egg Harbor City | 9 |
| 65 | Franklin Lakes | 9 |
| 65 | Palmyra | 9 |
| 65 | Penns Grove | 9 |
| 65 | Phillipsburg | 9 |
| 65 | Stafford Township | 9 |
| 65 | Ventnor City | 9 |
| 65 | Vernon Township | 9 |
| 65 | Wall Township | 9 |
| 65 | Woodlynne | 9 |
| 66 | Absecon | 8 |
| 66 | Barnegat Township | 8 |
| 66 | Delran Township | 8 |
| 66 | East Greenwich Township | 8 |
| 66 | Fairview | 8 |
| 66 | Florence Township | 8 |
| 66 | Glassboro | 8 |
| 66 | Glen Ridge | 8 |
| 66 | Guttenberg | 8 |
| 66 | Hardyston Township | 8 |
| 66 | Hawthorne | 8 |
| 66 | Hazlet Township | 8 |
| 66 | Keyport | 8 |
| 66 | Lumberton Township | 8 |
| 66 | Middlesex Borough | 8 |
| 66 | Neptune Township | 8 |
| 66 | Palisades Park | 8 |
| 66 | Pompton Lakes | 8 |
| 66 | Ridgefield | 8 |
| 66 | Tenafly | 8 |
| 66 | Westampton Township | 8 |
| 67 | Alpine | 7 |
| 67 | Carney's Point Township | 7 |
| 67 | Cranford Township | 7 |
| 67 | East Windsor Township | 7 |
| 67 | Fair Lawn | 7 |
| 67 | Magnolia | 7 |
| 67 | Manchester Township | 7 |
| 67 | Ridgewood | 7 |
| 67 | Rockaway Township | 7 |
| 67 | Somerdale | 7 |
| 67 | Wallington | 7 |
| 68 | Barrington | 6 |
| 68 | Cliffside Park | 6 |
| 68 | East Hanover Township | 6 |
| 68 | Florham Park | 6 |
| 68 | Hammonton | 6 |
| 68 | Hopewell Township | 6 |
| 68 | Howell Township | 6 |
| 68 | Jefferson Township | 6 |
| 68 | Keansburg | 6 |
| 68 | Lawnside | 6 |
| 68 | Little Egg Harbor Township | 6 |
| 68 | Lopatcong Township | 6 |
| 68 | Mantua Township | 6 |
| 68 | Morris Township | 6 |
| 68 | Mountainside | 6 |
| 68 | Mount Ephraim | 6 |
| 68 | Princeton | 6 |
| 68 | Roseland | 6 |
| 68 | Tinton Falls | 6 |
| 68 | Watchung | 6 |
| 68 | West Deptford Township | 6 |
| 68 | Westville | 6 |
| 68 | Woodland Park | 6 |
| 69 | Belmar | 5 |
| 69 | Bernardsville | 5 |
| 69 | Brooklawn | 5 |
| 69 | Glen Rock | 5 |
| 69 | Hillsborough Township | 5 |
| 69 | Independence Township | 5 |
| 69 | Jamesburg | 5 |
| 69 | Madison | 5 |
| 69 | Margate City | 5 |
| 69 | Mount Olive Township | 5 |
| 69 | Neptune City | 5 |
| 69 | Netcong | 5 |
| 69 | Plainsboro Township | 5 |
| 69 | Ramsey | 5 |
| 69 | Roxbury Township | 5 |
| 69 | Sparta Township | 5 |
| 69 | Spring Lake | 5 |
| 69 | Waterford Township | 5 |
| 69 | West Long Branch | 5 |
| 69 | West Windsor Township | 5 |
| 69 | Wyckoff Township | 5 |
| 70 | Audubon | 4 |
| 70 | Caldwell | 4 |
| 70 | Chatham | 4 |
| 70 | Chatham Township | 4 |
| 70 | Chester Township | 4 |
| 70 | Closter | 4 |
| 70 | Demarest | 4 |
| 70 | Denville Township | 4 |
| 70 | East Newark | 4 |
| 70 | Edgewater | 4 |
| 70 | Englewood Cliffs | 4 |
| 70 | Essex Fells | 4 |
| 70 | Haddon Heights | 4 |
| 70 | Harrison Township | 4 |
| 70 | Lincoln Park | 4 |
| 70 | Merchantville | 4 |
| 70 | North Wildwood | 4 |
| 70 | Norwood | 4 |
| 70 | Pitman | 4 |
| 70 | Raritan | 4 |
| 70 | Red Bank | 4 |
| 70 | Ringwood | 4 |
| 70 | Riverdale | 4 |
| 70 | Rockaway | 4 |
| 70 | South Hackensack Township | 4 |
| 70 | Warren Township | 4 |
| 70 | Washington Township, Warren County | 4 |
| 70 | West Caldwell Township | 4 |
| 70 | Wildwood | 4 |
| 71 | Andover Township | 3 |
| 71 | Bergenfield | 3 |
| 71 | Bogota | 3 |
| 71 | Butler | 3 |
| 71 | Cape May | 3 |
| 71 | Clayton | 3 |
| 71 | Cresskill | 3 |
| 71 | Eastampton Township | 3 |
| 71 | Hi-Nella | 3 |
| 71 | Ho-Ho-Kus | 3 |
| 71 | Holland Township | 3 |
| 71 | Kinnelon | 3 |
| 71 | Lambertville | 3 |
| 71 | Lebanon Township | 3 |
| 71 | Leonia | 3 |
| 71 | Maywood | 3 |
| 71 | Mendham | 3 |
| 71 | Milltown | 3 |
| 71 | North Caldwell | 3 |
| 71 | North Hanover Township | 3 |
| 71 | Oakland | 3 |
| 71 | Pohatcong Township | 3 |
| 71 | Rochelle Park Township | 3 |
| 71 | Saddle River | 3 |
| 71 | South Toms River | 3 |
| 71 | Verona | 3 |
| 71 | Waldwick | 3 |
| 71 | Wharton | 3 |
| 72 | Bedminster Township | 2 |
| 72 | Berkeley Heights Township | 2 |
| 72 | Berlin Township | 2 |
| 72 | Bloomingdale | 2 |
| 72 | Bordentown City | 2 |
| 72 | Brigantine | 2 |
| 72 | Buena | 2 |
| 72 | Byram Township | 2 |
| 72 | Chesilhurst | 2 |
| 72 | Far Hills | 2 |
| 72 | Freehold Borough | 2 |
| 72 | Greenwich Township, Warren County | 2 |
| 72 | Helmetta | 2 |
| 72 | Hillsdale | 2 |
| 72 | Lavallette | 2 |
| 72 | Long Hill Township | 2 |
| 72 | Mansfield Township, Warren County | 2 |
| 72 | Matawan | 2 |
| 72 | Mount Arlington | 2 |
| 72 | Oaklyn | 2 |
| 72 | Oceanport | 2 |
| 72 | Old Tappan | 2 |
| 72 | Pemberton Borough | 2 |
| 72 | Pennsville Township | 2 |
| 72 | Plumsted Township | 2 |
| 72 | Point Pleasant | 2 |
| 72 | Readington Township | 2 |
| 72 | Riverton | 2 |
| 72 | Robbinsville Township | 2 |
| 72 | Rumson | 2 |
| 72 | Sea Isle City | 2 |
| 72 | South Bound Brook | 2 |
| 72 | Springfield Township, Burlington County | 2 |
| 72 | Stone Harbor | 2 |
| 72 | Teterboro | 2 |
| 72 | Wanaque | 2 |
| 72 | Washington | 2 |
| 72 | West Amwell Township | 2 |
| 72 | Westwood | 2 |
| 72 | Woodcliff Lake | 2 |
| 72 | Wood-Ridge | 2 |
| 73 | Allendale | 1 |
| 73 | Avalon | 1 |
| 73 | Beach Haven | 1 |
| 73 | Belvidere | 1 |
| 73 | Beverly | 1 |
| 73 | Bradley Beach | 1 |
| 73 | Cape May Point | 1 |
| 73 | Cranbury Township | 1 |
| 73 | Deal | 1 |
| 73 | Eatontown | 1 |
| 73 | Elk Township | 1 |
| 73 | Emerson | 1 |
| 73 | Fanwood | 1 |
| 73 | Franklin | 1 |
| 73 | Garwood | 1 |
| 73 | Greenwich Township, Gloucester County | 1 |
| 73 | Hackettstown | 1 |
| 73 | Haddonfield | 1 |
| 73 | Harding Township | 1 |
| 73 | Harrington Park | 1 |
| 73 | High Bridge | 1 |
| 73 | Hopatcong | 1 |
| 73 | Lake Como | 1 |
| 73 | Lakehurst | 1 |
| 73 | Little Silver | 1 |
| 73 | Long Beach Township | 1 |
| 73 | Manasquan | 1 |
| 73 | Medford Lakes | 1 |
| 73 | Medford Township | 1 |
| 73 | Mullica Township | 1 |
| 73 | National Park | 1 |
| 73 | New Providence | 1 |
| 73 | Ocean City | 1 |
| 73 | Ocean Gate | 1 |
| 73 | Ocean Township, Ocean County | 1 |
| 73 | Oxford Township | 1 |
| 73 | Pequannock Township | 1 |
| 73 | Raritan Township | 1 |
| 73 | River Edge | 1 |
| 73 | Riverside Township | 1 |
| 73 | River Vale Township | 1 |
| 73 | Rockleigh | 1 |
| 73 | Seaside Heights | 1 |
| 73 | Seaside Park | 1 |
| 73 | Shrewsbury | 1 |
| 73 | Spotswood | 1 |
| 73 | Stanhope | 1 |
| 73 | Stratford | 1 |
| 73 | Tewksbury Township | 1 |
| 73 | Washington Township, Bergen County | 1 |
| 73 | Wildwood Crest | 1 |
| 73 | Winfield Township | 1 |
| 74 | Allenhurst | 0 |
| 74 | Allentown | 0 |
| 74 | Alpha | 0 |
| 74 | Atlantic Highlands | 0 |
| 74 | Audubon Park | 0 |
| 74 | Avon-by-the-Sea | 0 |
| 74 | Barnegat Light | 0 |
| 74 | Bay Head | 0 |
| 74 | Beachwood | 0 |
| 74 | Blairstown Township | 0 |
| 74 | Boonton Township | 0 |
| 74 | Branchburg Township | 0 |
| 74 | Brielle | 0 |
| 74 | Califon | 0 |
| 74 | Chester | 0 |
| 74 | Chesterfield Township | 0 |
| 74 | Clinton | 0 |
| 74 | Clinton Township | 0 |
| 74 | Delaware Township | 0 |
| 74 | Elmer | 0 |
| 74 | Elsinboro Township | 0 |
| 74 | Englishtown | 0 |
| 74 | Fair Haven | 0 |
| 74 | Fieldsboro | 0 |
| 74 | Flemington | 0 |
| 74 | Franklin Township, Hunterdon County | 0 |
| 74 | Frenchtown | 0 |
| 74 | Gibbsboro | 0 |
| 74 | Hamburg | 0 |
| 74 | Harvey Cedars | 0 |
| 74 | Hasbrouck Heights | 0 |
| 74 | Haworth | 0 |
| 74 | Highlands | 0 |
| 74 | Hightstown | 0 |
| 74 | Hopewell Burough | 0 |
| 74 | Interlaken | 0 |
| 74 | Island Heights | 0 |
| 74 | Lacey Township | 0 |
| 74 | Laurel Springs | 0 |
| 74 | Linwood | 0 |
| 74 | Loch Arbour | 0 |
| 74 | Longport | 0 |
| 74 | Lower Alloways Creek Township | 0 |
| 74 | Mantoloking | 0 |
| 74 | Mendham Township | 0 |
| 74 | Midland Park | 0 |
| 74 | Mine Hill Township | 0 |
| 74 | Monmouth Beach | 0 |
| 74 | Montvale | 0 |
| 74 | Morris Plains | 0 |
| 74 | Newfield | 0 |
| 74 | New Hanover Township | 0 |
| 74 | New Milford | 0 |
| 74 | Newton | 0 |
| 74 | Northfield | 0 |
| 74 | North Haledon | 0 |
| 74 | Northvale | 0 |
| 74 | Ogdensburg | 0 |
| 74 | Oradell | 0 |
| 74 | Park Ridge | 0 |
| 74 | Peapack-Gladstone | 0 |
| 74 | Pennington | 0 |
| 74 | Pine Beach | 0 |
| 74 | Pine Valley | 0 |
| 74 | Point Pleasant Beach | 0 |
| 74 | Sea Bright | 0 |
| 74 | Sea Girt | 0 |
| 74 | Ship Bottom | 0 |
| 74 | South Harrison Township | 0 |
| 74 | Spring Lake Heights | 0 |
| 74 | Surf City | 0 |
| 74 | Swedesboro | 0 |
| 74 | Tavistock | 0 |
| 74 | Tuckerton | 0 |
| 74 | Union Beach | 0 |
| 74 | Upper Saddle River | 0 |
| 74 | Washington Township, Morris County | 0 |
| 74 | Wenonah | 0 |
| 74 | West Cape May | 0 |
| 74 | West Wildwood | 0 |
| 74 | Woodbury Heights | 0 |
| 74 | Woodstown | 0 |