Ranking of New Jersey Cities By Number of Aggravated Assault Crimes in 2019

Updated on January 17, 2025.

According to the FBI UCR data, in 2019, the New Jersey city with the highest number of Aggravated Assault Crimes was Newark (929), followed by Jersey City (868), Camden County Police Department (765), Paterson (682), and Trenton (552).

The chart below shows the top 10 cities with high number of Aggravated Assault crimes in 2019, 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.

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Related Topics: New Jersey FBI UCR 2019 Topic List.

Data Source: FBI UCR.

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Ranking of New Jersey Cities By Number of Aggravated Assault Crimes in 2019

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Ranking of New Jersey Cities By Number of Aggravated Assault Crimes in 2019

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Rank	City	Number of Crimes
1	Newark	929
2	Jersey City	868
3	Camden County Police Department	765
4	Paterson	682
5	Trenton	552
6	Elizabeth	485
7	Passaic	196
8	New Brunswick	152
9	East Orange	144
10	Union City	129
11	Vineland	123
12	Asbury Park	120
13	Perth Amboy	115
14	Atlantic City	101
15	Plainfield	97
16	Linden	94
17	Lakewood Township	91
18	Bridgeton	90
19	Hackensack	81
20	Bayonne	80
21	Orange City	77
22	Long Branch	75
23	Neptune Township	73
24	Woodbridge Township	72
25	Pennsauken Township	67
25	Washington Township, Gloucester County	67
26	Irvington	66
27	Millville	64
28	Hoboken	63
29	West Orange	59
29	Willingboro Township	59
30	Galloway Township	58
30	Pemberton Township	58
31	Lindenwold	57
32	North Bergen Township	56
32	West New York	56
33	Edison Township	55
34	Hamilton Township, Mercer County	54
35	Brick Township	53
36	Winslow Township	51
37	Roselle	49
37	Salem	49
38	Clifton	45
39	Belleville	44
40	Egg Harbor Township	42
41	Englewood	41
41	Kearny	41
42	North Brunswick Township	40
42	Toms River Township	40
43	Ewing Township	36
44	Gloucester Township	35
44	Piscataway Township	35
45	Paramus	34
45	Pleasantville	34
46	Burlington City	33
46	Hillside Township	33
47	Teaneck Township	32
48	Montclair	31
49	Cherry Hill Township	29
49	Lower Township	29
50	Harrison	28
50	Maple Shade Township	28
50	Penns Grove	28
51	Dover	27
51	Haledon	27
51	Hamilton Township, Atlantic County	27
51	Lodi	27
51	Morristown	27
51	Secaucus	27
51	Stafford Township	27
52	Franklin Township, Somerset County	26
52	Sayreville	26
53	Berkeley Township	25
53	Garfield	25
53	Pine Hill	25
54	Hazlet Township	24
54	Lawrence Township, Mercer County	24
54	Mount Laurel Township	24
54	Old Bridge Township	24
55	Glassboro	23
55	Woodbury	23
56	Freehold Township	22
56	Nutley Township	22
56	South Plainfield	22
56	South River	22
56	Wall Township	22
56	Wayne Township	22
57	Bloomfield	21
57	Middle Township	21
57	Wildwood	21
58	Hammonton	20
58	Little Falls Township	20
58	Rahway	20
58	Voorhees Township	20
59	Monroe Township, Middlesex County	19
60	Burlington Township	18
60	Deptford Township	18
60	Eatontown	18
61	Fort Lee	17
61	Jackson Township	17
61	Lacey Township	17
62	Carteret	16
62	Evesham Township	16
62	Lumberton Township	16
62	Middletown Township	16
63	Holmdel Township	15
63	Howell Township	15
63	Pennsville Township	15
63	Point Pleasant	15
63	Westampton Township	15
63	Wildwood Crest	15
64	Fairview	14
64	Gloucester City	14
64	Guttenberg	14
64	Medford Township	14
65	Bergenfield	13
65	Elmwood Park	13
65	Haddon Township	13
65	Keansburg	13
65	Little Egg Harbor Township	13
65	North Arlington	13
65	Weehawken Township	13
65	Woodland Park	13
66	Cliffside Park	12
66	East Brunswick Township	12
66	Franklin Township, Gloucester County	12
66	Monroe Township, Gloucester County	12
66	Mount Holly Township	12
66	Ocean Township, Monmouth County	12
66	Riverside Township	12
66	Totowa	12
66	Union Township	12
67	Bellmawr	11
67	Bordentown Township	11
67	Cinnaminson Township	11
67	Freehold Borough	11
67	Moorestown Township	11
67	Palisades Park	11
67	Phillipsburg	11
67	Ridgewood	11
67	Rockaway Township	11
67	Seaside Heights	11
67	Union Beach	11
68	Beverly	10
68	Brooklawn	10
68	Clayton	10
68	East Windsor Township	10
68	Newton	10
68	North Plainfield	10
68	Parsippany-Troy Hills Township	10
68	Readington Township	10
68	Somerdale	10
68	West Milford Township	10
69	Bound Brook	9
69	Collingswood	9
69	Dunellen	9
69	Egg Harbor City	9
69	Flemington	9
69	Neptune City	9
69	Paulsboro	9
69	Princeton	9
69	Scotch Plains Township	9
69	South Hackensack Township	9
69	Ventnor City	9
69	Washington Township, Morris County	9
69	Woodlynne	9
70	Barnegat Township	8
70	Belmar	8
70	Berlin	8
70	Boonton	8
70	Edgewater Park Township	8
70	Florence Township	8
70	Franklin	8
70	Keyport	8
70	Magnolia	8
70	Morris Township	8
70	Oceanport	8
70	Plainsboro Township	8
70	Rutherford	8
70	South Brunswick Township	8
70	Washington	8
70	Waterford Township	8
70	West Deptford Township	8
71	Aberdeen Township	7
71	Belvidere	7
71	Clark Township	7
71	Hanover Township	7
71	Highland Park	7
71	Hopatcong	7
71	Jefferson Township	7
71	Lyndhurst Township	7
71	Marlboro Township	7
71	Metuchen	7
71	Pompton Lakes	7
71	Raritan Township	7
71	Runnemede	7
71	Somers Point	7
71	Wallington	7
71	Westville	7
71	West Windsor Township	7
71	Wharton	7
72	Bradley Beach	6
72	Caldwell	6
72	Carlstadt	6
72	Fair Lawn	6
72	Hopewell Township	6
72	Lawnside	6
72	Little Ferry	6
72	Manchester Township	6
72	Mount Olive Township	6
72	Netcong	6
72	Palmyra	6
72	Randolph Township	6
72	Ridgefield	6
73	Absecon	5
73	Avalon	5
73	Byram Township	5
73	Cedar Grove Township	5
73	Clementon	5
73	Delran Township	5
73	Denville Township	5
73	Dumont	5
73	Hillsborough Township	5
73	Jamesburg	5
73	Long Beach Township	5
73	Mahwah Township	5
73	Mansfield Township, Burlington County	5
73	Montgomery Township	5
73	Red Bank	5
73	Ridgefield Park	5
73	Shrewsbury	5
73	South Toms River	5
74	Blairstown Township	4
74	Bridgewater Township	4
74	Carney's Point Township	4
74	Chesilhurst	4
74	Closter	4
74	Franklin Lakes	4
74	Kenilworth	4
74	Lopatcong Township	4
74	Manalapan Township	4
74	Manasquan	4
74	Maplewood Township	4
74	Margate City	4
74	Maywood	4
74	Merchantville	4
74	Middlesex Borough	4
74	Montville Township	4
74	Mount Ephraim	4
74	North Caldwell	4
74	Northfield	4
74	North Wildwood	4
74	Oakland	4
74	Ocean City	4
74	Pequannock Township	4
74	Plumsted Township	4
74	Point Pleasant Beach	4
74	Ringwood	4
74	South Orange Village	4
74	Sparta Township	4
74	Tinton Falls	4
74	Washington Township, Warren County	4
75	Audubon	3
75	Buena	3
75	Cape May	3
75	Chesterfield Township	3
75	Clinton	3
75	Cranbury Township	3
75	Cranford Township	3
75	Englishtown	3
75	Hackettstown	3
75	Haddonfield	3
75	Harding Township	3
75	Hasbrouck Heights	3
75	Lakehurst	3
75	Mantua Township	3
75	Medford Lakes	3
75	Mountainside	3
75	North Hanover Township	3
75	Oaklyn	3
75	Ocean Township, Ocean County	3
75	Somerville	3
75	Stratford	3
75	Vernon Township	3
75	Wanaque	3
75	Wyckoff Township	3
76	Atlantic Highlands	2
76	Beachwood	2
76	Bedminster Township	2
76	Bernardsville	2
76	Bloomingdale	2
76	Clinton Township	2
76	Demarest	2
76	East Hanover Township	2
76	East Rutherford	2
76	Elsinboro Township	2
76	Glen Ridge	2
76	Haddon Heights	2
76	Highlands	2
76	Hightstown	2
76	Hillsdale	2
76	Hi-Nella	2
76	Lebanon Township	2
76	Leonia	2
76	Lincoln Park	2
76	Linwood	2
76	Little Silver	2
76	Livingston Township	2
76	Logan Township	2
76	Long Hill Township	2
76	Mansfield Township, Warren County	2
76	Midland Park	2
76	Monmouth Beach	2
76	Morris Plains	2
76	National Park	2
76	Newfield	2
76	North Haledon	2
76	Oradell	2
76	Pitman	2
76	Prospect Park	2
76	Raritan	2
76	Riverdale	2
76	Roseland	2
76	Saddle River	2
76	Seaside Park	2
76	South Amboy	2
76	Springfield Township, Burlington County	2
76	Stone Harbor	2
76	Tewksbury Township	2
76	Upper Saddle River	2
76	Waldwick	2
76	Westfield	2
76	West Wildwood	2
77	Alpha	1
77	Alpine	1
77	Audubon Park	1
77	Avon-by-the-Sea	1
77	Barrington	1
77	Boonton Township	1
77	Bordentown City	1
77	Branchburg Township	1
77	Brielle	1
77	Brigantine	1
77	Butler	1
77	Colts Neck Township	1
77	Delanco Township	1
77	Edgewater	1
77	Emerson	1
77	Englewood Cliffs	1
77	Fair Haven	1
77	Fanwood	1
77	Florham Park	1
77	Garwood	1
77	Gibbsboro	1
77	Green Brook Township	1
77	Greenwich Township, Gloucester County	1
77	Harrison Township	1
77	Haworth	1
77	High Bridge	1
77	Holland Township	1
77	Independence Township	1
77	Laurel Springs	1
77	Longport	1
77	Lower Alloways Creek Township	1
77	Madison	1
77	Manville	1
77	Mendham Township	1
77	Millburn Township	1
77	Mine Hill Township	1
77	Montvale	1
77	Mullica Township	1
77	New Hanover Township	1
77	New Milford	1
77	Oxford Township	1
77	Pemberton Borough	1
77	Pine Beach	1
77	Ramsey	1
77	Rochelle Park Township	1
77	Roxbury Township	1
77	Sea Bright	1
77	Sea Girt	1
77	South Harrison Township	1
77	Spotswood	1
77	Springfield Township, Union County	1
77	Spring Lake Heights	1
77	Tuckerton	1
77	Verona	1
77	Washington Township, Bergen County	1
77	Watchung	1
77	Wenonah	1
77	West Amwell Township	1
77	West Caldwell Township	1
77	Woodcliff Lake	1
77	Wood-Ridge	1
77	Woodstown	1
78	Allendale	0
78	Allenhurst	0
78	Allentown	0
78	Andover Township	0
78	Barnegat Light	0
78	Bay Head	0
78	Beach Haven	0
78	Berkeley Heights Township	0
78	Berlin Township	0
78	Bernards Township	0
78	Bogota	0
78	Califon	0
78	Cape May Point	0
78	Chatham	0
78	Chatham Township	0
78	Chester	0
78	Chester Township	0
78	Cresskill	0
78	Deal	0
78	Delaware Township	0
78	Eastampton Township	0
78	East Greenwich Township	0
78	East Newark	0
78	Elk Township	0
78	Elmer	0
78	Essex Fells	0
78	Fairfield Township, Essex County	0
78	Far Hills	0
78	Fieldsboro	0
78	Franklin Township, Hunterdon County	0
78	Frenchtown	0
78	Glen Rock	0
78	Greenwich Township, Warren County	0
78	Hamburg	0
78	Hardyston Township	0
78	Harrington Park	0
78	Harvey Cedars	0
78	Hawthorne	0
78	Helmetta	0
78	Ho-Ho-Kus	0
78	Hopewell Borough	0
78	Interlaken	0
78	Island Heights	0
78	Kinnelon	0
78	Lake Como	0
78	Lambertville	0
78	Lavallette	0
78	Loch Arbour	0
78	Mantoloking	0
78	Matawan	0
78	Mendham	0
78	Milltown	0
78	Moonachie	0
78	Mountain Lakes	0
78	Mount Arlington	0
78	New Providence	0
78	Northvale	0
78	Norwood	0
78	Ocean Gate	0
78	Ogdensburg	0
78	Old Tappan	0
78	Park Ridge	0
78	Peapack-Gladstone	0
78	Pennington	0
78	Pine Valley	0
78	Pohatcong Township	0
78	River Edge	0
78	Riverton	0
78	River Vale Township	0
78	Robbinsville Township	0
78	Rockaway	0
78	Rockleigh	0
78	Roselle Park	0
78	Rumson	0
78	Saddle Brook Township	0
78	Sea Isle City	0
78	Ship Bottom	0
78	South Bound Brook	0
78	Spring Lake	0
78	Stanhope	0
78	Summit	0
78	Surf City	0
78	Swedesboro	0
78	Tavistock	0
78	Tenafly	0
78	Teterboro	0
78	Warren Township	0
78	West Cape May	0
78	West Long Branch	0
78	Westwood	0
78	Winfield Township	0
78	Woodbury Heights	0
78	Woolwich Township	0