Ranking of New Jersey Cities By Number of Total 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 Total Crimes was Newark (9,409), followed by Jersey City (6,244), Elizabeth (5,638), Paterson (4,437), and Camden County Police Department (4,043).
The chart below shows the top 10 cities with high number of Total crimes in 2017, and the table below shows the ranking of New Jersey cities with high number of Total crimes.
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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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Ranking of New Jersey Cities By Number of Total Crimes in 2017
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| Rank | City | Number of Crimes |
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| 1 | Newark | 9409 |
| 2 | Jersey City | 6244 |
| 3 | Elizabeth | 5638 |
| 4 | Paterson | 4437 |
| 5 | Camden County Police Department | 4043 |
| 6 | Trenton | 3292 |
| 7 | Vineland | 2724 |
| 8 | Cherry Hill Township | 2173 |
| 9 | Atlantic City | 2159 |
| 10 | Hamilton Township, Mercer County | 2051 |
| 11 | Irvington | 1860 |
| 12 | Millville | 1717 |
| 13 | Woodbridge Township | 1715 |
| 14 | New Brunswick | 1710 |
| 15 | Toms River Township | 1617 |
| 16 | Clifton | 1574 |
| 17 | Passaic | 1554 |
| 18 | East Orange | 1545 |
| 19 | Union City | 1400 |
| 20 | Plainfield | 1380 |
| 21 | Edison Township | 1326 |
| 22 | Deptford Township | 1293 |
| 23 | Bridgeton | 1274 |
| 24 | Gloucester Township | 1234 |
| 25 | Orange City | 1223 |
| 26 | Hoboken | 1195 |
| 27 | Linden | 1182 |
| 28 | Paramus | 1168 |
| 29 | Brick Township | 1163 |
| 30 | Neptune Township | 1064 |
| 31 | Union Township | 1055 |
| 32 | Lakewood Township | 1031 |
| 32 | Pennsauken Township | 1031 |
| 33 | Perth Amboy | 1016 |
| 34 | Wayne Township | 1008 |
| 35 | Asbury Park | 964 |
| 36 | Bayonne | 954 |
| 37 | Long Branch | 938 |
| 38 | West Orange | 936 |
| 39 | Hamilton Township, Atlantic County | 920 |
| 40 | Egg Harbor Township | 873 |
| 41 | Bloomfield | 841 |
| 42 | Franklin Township, Somerset County | 834 |
| 43 | Washington Township, Gloucester County | 825 |
| 44 | Ewing Township | 821 |
| 45 | Hackensack | 770 |
| 46 | Galloway Township | 739 |
| 47 | North Brunswick Township | 737 |
| 48 | Belleville | 728 |
| 49 | Lawrence Township, Mercer County | 714 |
| 49 | Montclair | 714 |
| 50 | East Brunswick Township | 699 |
| 50 | Ocean Township, Monmouth County | 699 |
| 51 | Pemberton Township | 689 |
| 52 | Kearny | 683 |
| 53 | Willingboro Township | 650 |
| 54 | Hillside Township | 635 |
| 54 | West New York | 635 |
| 55 | Freehold Township | 630 |
| 56 | Old Bridge Township | 626 |
| 57 | Garfield | 625 |
| 58 | Lindenwold | 621 |
| 59 | Mount Laurel Township | 611 |
| 60 | Piscataway Township | 596 |
| 61 | Monroe Township, Gloucester County | 595 |
| 62 | Evesham Township | 593 |
| 63 | North Bergen Township | 582 |
| 63 | Woodbury | 582 |
| 64 | North Plainfield | 574 |
| 65 | Middletown Township | 546 |
| 66 | Wildwood | 515 |
| 67 | Jackson Township | 513 |
| 68 | Middle Township | 505 |
| 69 | Maple Shade Township | 487 |
| 69 | Secaucus | 487 |
| 70 | Berkeley Township | 484 |
| 71 | South Plainfield | 483 |
| 72 | Voorhees Township | 477 |
| 73 | South Brunswick Township | 462 |
| 74 | Maplewood Township | 449 |
| 74 | Parsippany-Troy Hills Township | 449 |
| 75 | Teaneck Township | 446 |
| 76 | Howell Township | 445 |
| 76 | Millburn Township | 445 |
| 77 | Pleasantville | 429 |
| 78 | Sayreville | 422 |
| 79 | Glassboro | 413 |
| 80 | Lodi | 411 |
| 81 | Bridgewater Township | 406 |
| 82 | Englewood | 400 |
| 83 | Harrison | 399 |
| 84 | Ocean City | 397 |
| 85 | Phillipsburg | 394 |
| 86 | Fair Lawn | 382 |
| 86 | Mount Holly Township | 382 |
| 87 | Collingswood | 378 |
| 88 | Carteret | 372 |
| 89 | Eatontown | 369 |
| 89 | Elmwood Park | 369 |
| 90 | Watchung | 367 |
| 91 | Roselle | 361 |
| 91 | West Deptford Township | 361 |
| 92 | Lower Township | 359 |
| 93 | Livingston Township | 348 |
| 94 | Cinnaminson Township | 345 |
| 95 | Burlington Township | 343 |
| 96 | Lacey Township | 339 |
| 97 | Haddon Township | 337 |
| 97 | Rockaway Township | 337 |
| 98 | Rahway | 334 |
| 98 | Ventnor City | 334 |
| 99 | Morristown | 330 |
| 100 | Fort Lee | 324 |
| 101 | West Windsor Township | 322 |
| 102 | Weehawken Township | 315 |
| 103 | South Orange Village | 311 |
| 104 | Little Egg Harbor Township | 304 |
| 105 | Gloucester City | 301 |
| 106 | Audubon | 299 |
| 106 | Totowa | 299 |
| 107 | Burlington City | 295 |
| 108 | Somers Point | 291 |
| 109 | Pine Hill | 285 |
| 110 | Moorestown Township | 284 |
| 111 | Mantua Township | 279 |
| 112 | Penns Grove | 277 |
| 113 | Delran Township | 274 |
| 114 | Tinton Falls | 273 |
| 114 | Wall Township | 273 |
| 115 | Runnemede | 272 |
| 116 | Hillsborough Township | 266 |
| 117 | Manalapan Township | 262 |
| 118 | Somerdale | 261 |
| 119 | Salem | 260 |
| 120 | Westfield | 259 |
| 121 | East Windsor Township | 257 |
| 122 | Saddle Brook Township | 256 |
| 123 | Marlboro Township | 255 |
| 124 | Lumberton Township | 251 |
| 125 | Nutley Township | 247 |
| 126 | Roxbury Township | 242 |
| 127 | Bellmawr | 241 |
| 128 | Absecon | 240 |
| 128 | Manchester Township | 240 |
| 129 | Princeton | 239 |
| 130 | Hazlet Township | 237 |
| 131 | Lyndhurst Township | 234 |
| 132 | Franklin Township, Gloucester County | 231 |
| 133 | Hawthorne | 229 |
| 133 | West Milford Township | 229 |
| 134 | Stafford Township | 226 |
| 135 | Paulsboro | 225 |
| 136 | Pennsville Township | 222 |
| 137 | Dover | 219 |
| 138 | Clark Township | 218 |
| 139 | Brooklawn | 217 |
| 139 | Rutherford | 217 |
| 140 | Scotch Plains Township | 213 |
| 141 | Keansburg | 208 |
| 142 | Cliffside Park | 204 |
| 142 | Mount Ephraim | 204 |
| 142 | Red Bank | 204 |
| 142 | Winslow Township | 204 |
| 143 | East Hanover Township | 200 |
| 143 | Summit | 200 |
| 144 | Vernon Township | 199 |
| 145 | Hanover Township | 198 |
| 146 | Fairfield Township, Essex County | 196 |
| 147 | Hammonton | 194 |
| 148 | Avalon | 191 |
| 148 | Highland Park | 191 |
| 149 | Clementon | 187 |
| 149 | Metuchen | 187 |
| 150 | Westampton Township | 186 |
| 151 | Manville | 183 |
| 152 | Bound Brook | 182 |
| 152 | Haddonfield | 182 |
| 152 | North Wildwood | 182 |
| 153 | Ridgewood | 181 |
| 154 | Carney's Point Township | 179 |
| 155 | Cranford Township | 178 |
| 156 | Haledon | 176 |
| 156 | Mount Olive Township | 176 |
| 156 | Ridgefield Park | 176 |
| 156 | Sea Isle City | 176 |
| 157 | Aberdeen Township | 171 |
| 158 | Woodland Park | 169 |
| 159 | Seaside Heights | 167 |
| 160 | Glen Ridge | 164 |
| 160 | Greenwich Township, Warren County | 164 |
| 161 | Holmdel Township | 163 |
| 162 | North Arlington | 159 |
| 163 | Palmyra | 158 |
| 164 | Fairview | 157 |
| 164 | Monroe Township, Middlesex County | 157 |
| 164 | Neptune City | 157 |
| 165 | Mahwah Township | 155 |
| 166 | Freehold Borough | 154 |
| 167 | Springfield Township, Union County | 153 |
| 168 | Barnegat Township | 152 |
| 168 | Carlstadt | 152 |
| 168 | Dunellen | 152 |
| 168 | Logan Township | 152 |
| 168 | Westville | 152 |
| 169 | Edgewater Park Township | 151 |
| 169 | Egg Harbor City | 151 |
| 169 | Medford Township | 151 |
| 170 | Berlin | 150 |
| 171 | Montville Township | 149 |
| 172 | East Rutherford | 148 |
| 173 | Berlin Township | 147 |
| 173 | Oaklyn | 147 |
| 173 | Pohatcong Township | 147 |
| 173 | Wallington | 147 |
| 174 | Somerville | 145 |
| 175 | Belmar | 144 |
| 175 | Kenilworth | 144 |
| 175 | Ramsey | 144 |
| 175 | South River | 144 |
| 176 | Edgewater | 143 |
| 177 | Middlesex Borough | 142 |
| 178 | Palisades Park | 141 |
| 178 | Roselle Park | 141 |
| 179 | Beachwood | 140 |
| 180 | Barrington | 139 |
| 181 | Little Ferry | 138 |
| 181 | Margate City | 138 |
| 181 | Point Pleasant | 138 |
| 182 | Clayton | 137 |
| 183 | Little Falls Township | 134 |
| 183 | Plainsboro Township | 134 |
| 184 | Guttenberg | 133 |
| 185 | Bordentown Township | 131 |
| 186 | Teterboro | 128 |
| 186 | West Long Branch | 128 |
| 187 | Buena | 126 |
| 187 | Lawnside | 126 |
| 187 | Milltown | 126 |
| 188 | Randolph Township | 122 |
| 189 | Bernards Township | 118 |
| 190 | Pompton Lakes | 116 |
| 190 | Prospect Park | 116 |
| 191 | Magnolia | 115 |
| 191 | Wyckoff Township | 115 |
| 192 | Keyport | 114 |
| 193 | Brigantine | 113 |
| 194 | Beach Haven | 112 |
| 195 | Riverdale | 110 |
| 196 | Montgomery Township | 109 |
| 197 | Harrison Township | 108 |
| 198 | Mansfield Township, Warren County | 107 |
| 199 | Hopewell Township | 106 |
| 199 | Morris Township | 106 |
| 200 | Bergenfield | 105 |
| 201 | Mullica Township | 102 |
| 202 | Florence Township | 101 |
| 202 | Linwood | 101 |
| 202 | Long Beach Township | 101 |
| 203 | Jefferson Township | 99 |
| 203 | Stone Harbor | 99 |
| 204 | Cedar Grove Township | 98 |
| 205 | Newton | 97 |
| 205 | Pequannock Township | 97 |
| 206 | Delanco Township | 96 |
| 206 | Raritan Township | 96 |
| 206 | Stratford | 96 |
| 206 | Wildwood Crest | 96 |
| 207 | Glen Rock | 95 |
| 208 | Manasquan | 94 |
| 208 | Raritan | 94 |
| 208 | Rochelle Park Township | 94 |
| 209 | Cape May | 93 |
| 210 | Dumont | 92 |
| 211 | Denville Township | 89 |
| 212 | Flemington | 88 |
| 212 | Florham Park | 88 |
| 213 | Greenwich Township, Gloucester County | 87 |
| 213 | Lopatcong Township | 87 |
| 213 | Oakland | 87 |
| 214 | South Amboy | 86 |
| 214 | Wanaque | 86 |
| 215 | Green Brook Township | 85 |
| 215 | Washington | 85 |
| 216 | Robbinsville Township | 84 |
| 217 | Point Pleasant Beach | 83 |
| 218 | Hopatcong | 82 |
| 218 | Readington Township | 82 |
| 218 | Waterford Township | 82 |
| 219 | Maywood | 81 |
| 219 | Northfield | 81 |
| 219 | Verona | 81 |
| 220 | Eastampton Township | 80 |
| 220 | Rockaway | 80 |
| 221 | Bradley Beach | 78 |
| 221 | Merchantville | 78 |
| 222 | Boonton | 77 |
| 222 | Mansfield Township, Burlington County | 77 |
| 222 | New Milford | 77 |
| 223 | Berkeley Heights Township | 76 |
| 223 | Lincoln Park | 76 |
| 224 | Ridgefield | 75 |
| 224 | South Hackensack Township | 75 |
| 224 | South Toms River | 75 |
| 224 | Sparta Township | 75 |
| 224 | Woodbury Heights | 75 |
| 225 | West Caldwell Township | 74 |
| 226 | Clinton Township | 72 |
| 226 | Franklin Lakes | 72 |
| 227 | Madison | 71 |
| 228 | Haddon Heights | 70 |
| 228 | Wood-Ridge | 70 |
| 228 | Woolwich Township | 70 |
| 229 | Pitman | 69 |
| 230 | Jamesburg | 68 |
| 231 | Moonachie | 67 |
| 231 | Waldwick | 67 |
| 232 | East Greenwich Township | 66 |
| 232 | Tenafly | 66 |
| 233 | River Edge | 65 |
| 233 | Spotswood | 65 |
| 234 | Caldwell | 64 |
| 235 | Butler | 63 |
| 235 | Hardyston Township | 63 |
| 235 | Hasbrouck Heights | 63 |
| 235 | Washington Township, Warren County | 63 |
| 236 | Branchburg Township | 62 |
| 237 | Midland Park | 61 |
| 237 | Wharton | 61 |
| 238 | Netcong | 60 |
| 238 | Spring Lake | 60 |
| 239 | Elk Township | 59 |
| 239 | Ocean Township, Ocean County | 59 |
| 239 | Woodlynne | 59 |
| 240 | New Providence | 58 |
| 240 | Westwood | 58 |
| 241 | Colts Neck Township | 57 |
| 241 | Englishtown | 57 |
| 242 | Beverly | 55 |
| 242 | Shrewsbury | 55 |
| 243 | Morris Plains | 54 |
| 244 | Bogota | 52 |
| 244 | Mountainside | 52 |
| 244 | Tuckerton | 52 |
| 245 | Allendale | 51 |
| 245 | Lambertville | 51 |
| 245 | Roseland | 51 |
| 246 | Hackettstown | 50 |
| 246 | Mountain Lakes | 50 |
| 246 | Mount Arlington | 50 |
| 247 | Byram Township | 49 |
| 247 | Franklin | 49 |
| 248 | Belvidere | 48 |
| 248 | Chatham | 48 |
| 249 | Audubon Park | 47 |
| 249 | Bernardsville | 47 |
| 249 | National Park | 47 |
| 250 | Bloomingdale | 46 |
| 250 | Laurel Springs | 46 |
| 251 | Chester Township | 45 |
| 251 | Garwood | 45 |
| 251 | Hightstown | 45 |
| 251 | Leonia | 45 |
| 251 | Warren Township | 45 |
| 251 | Washington Township, Morris County | 45 |
| 251 | Woodstown | 45 |
| 252 | Bordentown City | 43 |
| 252 | Closter | 43 |
| 253 | Ocean Gate | 42 |
| 254 | East Newark | 41 |
| 254 | Lake Como | 41 |
| 254 | West Amwell Township | 41 |
| 255 | Kinnelon | 40 |
| 255 | Long Hill Township | 40 |
| 255 | North Haledon | 40 |
| 255 | Ringwood | 40 |
| 255 | Rumson | 40 |
| 256 | Chatham Township | 39 |
| 256 | Gibbsboro | 39 |
| 256 | Riverton | 39 |
| 257 | Lakehurst | 36 |
| 257 | Oceanport | 36 |
| 258 | Atlantic Highlands | 35 |
| 258 | Blairstown Township | 35 |
| 258 | Fanwood | 35 |
| 258 | Highlands | 35 |
| 258 | Hillsdale | 35 |
| 258 | Little Silver | 35 |
| 259 | Avon-by-the-Sea | 34 |
| 259 | Englewood Cliffs | 34 |
| 260 | High Bridge | 33 |
| 260 | Monmouth Beach | 33 |
| 261 | Deal | 32 |
| 261 | Ho-Ho-Kus | 32 |
| 261 | North Hanover Township | 32 |
| 261 | Pemberton Borough | 32 |
| 261 | South Bound Brook | 32 |
| 262 | Lebanon Township | 31 |
| 262 | Seaside Park | 31 |
| 262 | Springfield Township, Burlington County | 31 |
| 263 | Cresskill | 30 |
| 263 | Montvale | 30 |
| 263 | Union Beach | 30 |
| 264 | Independence Township | 29 |
| 265 | Alpha | 28 |
| 265 | Matawan | 28 |
| 265 | Oradell | 28 |
| 266 | Andover Township | 27 |
| 266 | Cranbury Township | 27 |
| 266 | Emerson | 27 |
| 266 | Mine Hill Township | 27 |
| 266 | Surf City | 27 |
| 267 | Allenhurst | 25 |
| 267 | Bedminster Township | 25 |
| 267 | Fair Haven | 25 |
| 267 | Riverside Township | 25 |
| 267 | Woodcliff Lake | 25 |
| 268 | Chesilhurst | 24 |
| 268 | Lavallette | 24 |
| 268 | Medford Lakes | 24 |
| 268 | Norwood | 24 |
| 268 | Stanhope | 24 |
| 269 | Chester | 23 |
| 270 | Chesterfield Township | 21 |
| 271 | Bay Head | 20 |
| 271 | Brielle | 20 |
| 271 | Delaware Township | 20 |
| 271 | Hamburg | 20 |
| 271 | Hi-Nella | 20 |
| 271 | Peapack-Gladstone | 20 |
| 271 | Upper Saddle River | 20 |
| 271 | Wenonah | 20 |
| 272 | Harding Township | 19 |
| 272 | Park Ridge | 19 |
| 272 | Pine Beach | 19 |
| 272 | Saddle River | 19 |
| 272 | Tewksbury Township | 19 |
| 273 | Mendham | 18 |
| 273 | Washington Township, Bergen County | 18 |
| 274 | Franklin Township, Hunterdon County | 17 |
| 274 | North Caldwell | 17 |
| 274 | Plumsted Township | 17 |
| 274 | Ship Bottom | 17 |
| 274 | Spring Lake Heights | 17 |
| 274 | Swedesboro | 17 |
| 275 | Harvey Cedars | 16 |
| 275 | Newfield | 16 |
| 275 | River Vale Township | 16 |
| 276 | Demarest | 15 |
| 276 | Holland Township | 15 |
| 276 | Hopewell Burough | 15 |
| 276 | Longport | 15 |
| 276 | Oxford Township | 15 |
| 276 | Sea Girt | 15 |
| 277 | Interlaken | 14 |
| 277 | Old Tappan | 14 |
| 278 | Clinton | 13 |
| 278 | Elsinboro Township | 13 |
| 278 | Essex Fells | 13 |
| 278 | Northvale | 13 |
| 278 | South Harrison Township | 13 |
| 279 | Alpine | 12 |
| 280 | Frenchtown | 11 |
| 280 | Helmetta | 11 |
| 280 | Lower Alloways Creek Township | 11 |
| 281 | Boonton Township | 10 |
| 281 | Elmer | 10 |
| 281 | Island Heights | 10 |
| 281 | Ogdensburg | 10 |
| 282 | Harrington Park | 9 |
| 282 | Mantoloking | 9 |
| 283 | Pennington | 8 |
| 284 | Allentown | 7 |
| 284 | Cape May Point | 7 |
| 284 | Far Hills | 7 |
| 284 | Loch Arbour | 7 |
| 284 | West Cape May | 7 |
| 284 | West Wildwood | 7 |
| 285 | Haworth | 6 |
| 285 | Mendham Township | 6 |
| 285 | Winfield Township | 6 |
| 286 | Sea Bright | 5 |
| 287 | New Hanover Township | 4 |
| 288 | Rockleigh | 3 |
| 289 | Califon | 2 |
| 289 | Tavistock | 2 |
| 290 | Barnegat Light | 1 |
| 290 | Fieldsboro | 1 |
| 291 | Pine Valley | 0 |