Ranking of New Jersey Cities By Number of Murder and Non-Negligent Manslaughter 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 Murder and Non-Negligent Manslaughter Crimes was Newark (77), followed by Camden County Police Department (23), Trenton (23), Jersey City (21), and Paterson (21).

The chart below shows the top 10 cities with high number of Murder and Non-Negligent Manslaughter crimes in 2017, and the table below shows the ranking of New Jersey cities with high number of Murder and Non-Negligent Manslaughter 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 Murder and Non-Negligent Manslaughter 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.

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Data Source: FBI UCR.
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Ranking of New Jersey Cities By Number of Murder and Non-Negligent Manslaughter Crimes in 2017
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Camden County Police Department
Trenton
Jersey City
Paterson
Atlantic City
East Orange
Irvington
Elizabeth
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Ranking of New Jersey Cities By Number of Murder and Non-Negligent Manslaughter Crimes in 2017
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Rank City Number of Crimes
1 Newark 77
2 Camden County Police Department 23
2 Trenton 23
3 Jersey City 21
3 Paterson 21
4 Atlantic City 13
5 East Orange 9
5 Irvington 9
6 Elizabeth 7
7 Bridgeton 5
7 Long Branch 5
8 Maplewood Township 4
8 New Brunswick 4
8 Plainfield 4
9 Maple Shade Township 3
9 Millville 3
9 Neptune Township 3
9 Orange City 3
9 Willingboro Township 3
10 Asbury Park 2
10 Buena 2
10 Burlington City 2
10 Collingswood 2
10 Hamilton Township, Atlantic County 2
10 Lacey Township 2
10 Lindenwold 2
10 Old Bridge Township 2
10 Pemberton Township 2
10 Perth Amboy 2
10 Pleasantville 2
10 Roselle 2
10 Union Township 2
10 Vineland 2
10 Winslow Township 2
11 Absecon 1
11 Bergenfield 1
11 Bound Brook 1
11 Bridgewater Township 1
11 Burlington Township 1
11 Caldwell 1
11 Clayton 1
11 Edgewater 1
11 Egg Harbor Township 1
11 Elk Township 1
11 Ewing Township 1
11 Franklin Township, Somerset County 1
11 Glassboro 1
11 Gloucester Township 1
11 Guttenberg 1
11 Hackensack 1
11 Hamilton Township, Mercer County 1
11 Hillside Township 1
11 Hoboken 1
11 Holmdel Township 1
11 Hopewell Township 1
11 Keansburg 1
11 Kearny 1
11 Lakewood Township 1
11 Lawrence Township, Mercer County 1
11 Linden 1
11 Middle Township 1
11 Monroe Township, Middlesex County 1
11 Moorestown Township 1
11 Morris Plains 1
11 Mount Holly Township 1
11 North Brunswick Township 1
11 Ocean City 1
11 Ocean Township, Monmouth County 1
11 Paramus 1
11 Passaic 1
11 Paulsboro 1
11 Pennsauken Township 1
11 Penns Grove 1
11 Pennsville Township 1
11 Pine Hill 1
11 Piscataway Township 1
11 Ringwood 1
11 Rockaway Township 1
11 Salem 1
11 Union City 1
11 Wayne Township 1
11 Woodbridge Township 1
11 Woodbury 1
11 Woodlynne 1
11 Woolwich Township 1
12 Aberdeen Township 0
12 Allendale 0
12 Allenhurst 0
12 Allentown 0
12 Alpha 0
12 Alpine 0
12 Andover Township 0
12 Atlantic Highlands 0
12 Audubon 0
12 Audubon Park 0
12 Avalon 0
12 Avon-by-the-Sea 0
12 Barnegat Light 0
12 Barnegat Township 0
12 Barrington 0
12 Bay Head 0
12 Bayonne 0
12 Beach Haven 0
12 Beachwood 0
12 Bedminster Township 0
12 Belleville 0
12 Bellmawr 0
12 Belmar 0
12 Belvidere 0
12 Berkeley Heights Township 0
12 Berkeley Township 0
12 Berlin 0
12 Berlin Township 0
12 Bernards Township 0
12 Bernardsville 0
12 Beverly 0
12 Blairstown Township 0
12 Bloomfield 0
12 Bloomingdale 0
12 Bogota 0
12 Boonton 0
12 Boonton Township 0
12 Bordentown City 0
12 Bordentown Township 0
12 Bradley Beach 0
12 Branchburg Township 0
12 Brick Township 0
12 Brielle 0
12 Brigantine 0
12 Brooklawn 0
12 Butler 0
12 Byram Township 0
12 Califon 0
12 Cape May 0
12 Cape May Point 0
12 Carlstadt 0
12 Carney's Point Township 0
12 Carteret 0
12 Cedar Grove Township 0
12 Chatham 0
12 Chatham Township 0
12 Cherry Hill Township 0
12 Chesilhurst 0
12 Chester 0
12 Chesterfield Township 0
12 Chester Township 0
12 Cinnaminson Township 0
12 Clark Township 0
12 Clementon 0
12 Cliffside Park 0
12 Clifton 0
12 Clinton 0
12 Clinton Township 0
12 Closter 0
12 Colts Neck Township 0
12 Cranbury Township 0
12 Cranford Township 0
12 Cresskill 0
12 Deal 0
12 Delanco Township 0
12 Delaware Township 0
12 Delran Township 0
12 Demarest 0
12 Denville Township 0
12 Deptford Township 0
12 Dover 0
12 Dumont 0
12 Dunellen 0
12 Eastampton Township 0
12 East Brunswick Township 0
12 East Greenwich Township 0
12 East Hanover Township 0
12 East Newark 0
12 East Rutherford 0
12 East Windsor Township 0
12 Eatontown 0
12 Edgewater Park Township 0
12 Edison Township 0
12 Egg Harbor City 0
12 Elmer 0
12 Elmwood Park 0
12 Elsinboro Township 0
12 Emerson 0
12 Englewood 0
12 Englewood Cliffs 0
12 Englishtown 0
12 Essex Fells 0
12 Evesham Township 0
12 Fairfield Township, Essex County 0
12 Fair Haven 0
12 Fair Lawn 0
12 Fairview 0
12 Fanwood 0
12 Far Hills 0
12 Fieldsboro 0
12 Flemington 0
12 Florence Township 0
12 Florham Park 0
12 Fort Lee 0
12 Franklin 0
12 Franklin Lakes 0
12 Franklin Township, Gloucester County 0
12 Franklin Township, Hunterdon County 0
12 Freehold Borough 0
12 Freehold Township 0
12 Frenchtown 0
12 Galloway Township 0
12 Garfield 0
12 Garwood 0
12 Gibbsboro 0
12 Glen Ridge 0
12 Glen Rock 0
12 Gloucester City 0
12 Green Brook Township 0
12 Greenwich Township, Gloucester County 0
12 Greenwich Township, Warren County 0
12 Hackettstown 0
12 Haddonfield 0
12 Haddon Heights 0
12 Haddon Township 0
12 Haledon 0
12 Hamburg 0
12 Hammonton 0
12 Hanover Township 0
12 Harding Township 0
12 Hardyston Township 0
12 Harrington Park 0
12 Harrison 0
12 Harrison Township 0
12 Harvey Cedars 0
12 Hasbrouck Heights 0
12 Haworth 0
12 Hawthorne 0
12 Hazlet Township 0
12 Helmetta 0
12 High Bridge 0
12 Highland Park 0
12 Highlands 0
12 Hightstown 0
12 Hillsborough Township 0
12 Hillsdale 0
12 Hi-Nella 0
12 Ho-Ho-Kus 0
12 Holland Township 0
12 Hopatcong 0
12 Hopewell Burough 0
12 Howell Township 0
12 Independence Township 0
12 Interlaken 0
12 Island Heights 0
12 Jackson Township 0
12 Jamesburg 0
12 Jefferson Township 0
12 Kenilworth 0
12 Keyport 0
12 Kinnelon 0
12 Lake Como 0
12 Lakehurst 0
12 Lambertville 0
12 Laurel Springs 0
12 Lavallette 0
12 Lawnside 0
12 Lebanon Township 0
12 Leonia 0
12 Lincoln Park 0
12 Linwood 0
12 Little Egg Harbor Township 0
12 Little Falls Township 0
12 Little Ferry 0
12 Little Silver 0
12 Livingston Township 0
12 Loch Arbour 0
12 Lodi 0
12 Logan Township 0
12 Long Beach Township 0
12 Long Hill Township 0
12 Longport 0
12 Lopatcong Township 0
12 Lower Alloways Creek Township 0
12 Lower Township 0
12 Lumberton Township 0
12 Lyndhurst Township 0
12 Madison 0
12 Magnolia 0
12 Mahwah Township 0
12 Manalapan Township 0
12 Manasquan 0
12 Manchester Township 0
12 Mansfield Township, Burlington County 0
12 Mansfield Township, Warren County 0
12 Mantoloking 0
12 Mantua Township 0
12 Manville 0
12 Margate City 0
12 Marlboro Township 0
12 Matawan 0
12 Maywood 0
12 Medford Lakes 0
12 Medford Township 0
12 Mendham 0
12 Mendham Township 0
12 Merchantville 0
12 Metuchen 0
12 Middlesex Borough 0
12 Middletown Township 0
12 Midland Park 0
12 Millburn Township 0
12 Milltown 0
12 Mine Hill Township 0
12 Monmouth Beach 0
12 Monroe Township, Gloucester County 0
12 Montclair 0
12 Montgomery Township 0
12 Montvale 0
12 Montville Township 0
12 Moonachie 0
12 Morristown 0
12 Morris Township 0
12 Mountain Lakes 0
12 Mountainside 0
12 Mount Arlington 0
12 Mount Ephraim 0
12 Mount Laurel Township 0
12 Mount Olive Township 0
12 Mullica Township 0
12 National Park 0
12 Neptune City 0
12 Netcong 0
12 Newfield 0
12 New Hanover Township 0
12 New Milford 0
12 New Providence 0
12 Newton 0
12 North Arlington 0
12 North Bergen Township 0
12 North Caldwell 0
12 Northfield 0
12 North Haledon 0
12 North Hanover Township 0
12 North Plainfield 0
12 Northvale 0
12 North Wildwood 0
12 Norwood 0
12 Nutley Township 0
12 Oakland 0
12 Oaklyn 0
12 Ocean Gate 0
12 Oceanport 0
12 Ocean Township, Ocean County 0
12 Ogdensburg 0
12 Old Tappan 0
12 Oradell 0
12 Oxford Township 0
12 Palisades Park 0
12 Palmyra 0
12 Park Ridge 0
12 Parsippany-Troy Hills Township 0
12 Peapack-Gladstone 0
12 Pemberton Borough 0
12 Pennington 0
12 Pequannock Township 0
12 Phillipsburg 0
12 Pine Beach 0
12 Pine Valley 0
12 Pitman 0
12 Plainsboro Township 0
12 Plumsted Township 0
12 Pohatcong Township 0
12 Point Pleasant 0
12 Point Pleasant Beach 0
12 Pompton Lakes 0
12 Princeton 0
12 Prospect Park 0
12 Rahway 0
12 Ramsey 0
12 Randolph Township 0
12 Raritan 0
12 Raritan Township 0
12 Readington Township 0
12 Red Bank 0
12 Ridgefield 0
12 Ridgefield Park 0
12 Ridgewood 0
12 Riverdale 0
12 River Edge 0
12 Riverside Township 0
12 Riverton 0
12 River Vale Township 0
12 Robbinsville Township 0
12 Rochelle Park Township 0
12 Rockaway 0
12 Rockleigh 0
12 Roseland 0
12 Roselle Park 0
12 Roxbury Township 0
12 Rumson 0
12 Runnemede 0
12 Rutherford 0
12 Saddle Brook Township 0
12 Saddle River 0
12 Sayreville 0
12 Scotch Plains Township 0
12 Sea Bright 0
12 Sea Girt 0
12 Sea Isle City 0
12 Seaside Heights 0
12 Seaside Park 0
12 Secaucus 0
12 Ship Bottom 0
12 Shrewsbury 0
12 Somerdale 0
12 Somers Point 0
12 Somerville 0
12 South Amboy 0
12 South Bound Brook 0
12 South Brunswick Township 0
12 South Hackensack Township 0
12 South Harrison Township 0
12 South Orange Village 0
12 South Plainfield 0
12 South River 0
12 South Toms River 0
12 Sparta Township 0
12 Spotswood 0
12 Springfield Township, Burlington County 0
12 Springfield Township, Union County 0
12 Spring Lake 0
12 Spring Lake Heights 0
12 Stafford Township 0
12 Stanhope 0
12 Stone Harbor 0
12 Stratford 0
12 Summit 0
12 Surf City 0
12 Swedesboro 0
12 Tavistock 0
12 Teaneck Township 0
12 Tenafly 0
12 Teterboro 0
12 Tewksbury Township 0
12 Tinton Falls 0
12 Toms River Township 0
12 Totowa 0
12 Tuckerton 0
12 Union Beach 0
12 Upper Saddle River 0
12 Ventnor City 0
12 Vernon Township 0
12 Verona 0
12 Voorhees Township 0
12 Waldwick 0
12 Wallington 0
12 Wall Township 0
12 Wanaque 0
12 Warren Township 0
12 Washington 0
12 Washington Township, Bergen County 0
12 Washington Township, Gloucester County 0
12 Washington Township, Morris County 0
12 Washington Township, Warren County 0
12 Watchung 0
12 Waterford Township 0
12 Weehawken Township 0
12 Wenonah 0
12 Westampton Township 0
12 West Amwell Township 0
12 West Caldwell Township 0
12 West Cape May 0
12 West Deptford Township 0
12 Westfield 0
12 West Long Branch 0
12 West Milford Township 0
12 West New York 0
12 West Orange 0
12 Westville 0
12 West Wildwood 0
12 West Windsor Township 0
12 Westwood 0
12 Wharton 0
12 Wildwood 0
12 Wildwood Crest 0
12 Winfield Township 0
12 Woodbury Heights 0
12 Woodcliff Lake 0
12 Woodland Park 0
12 Wood-Ridge 0
12 Woodstown 0
12 Wyckoff Township 0