Ranking of New Jersey Cities By Number of Total Crimes in 2019
Updated on November 28, 2023.
According to the FBI UCR data, in 2019, the New Jersey city with the highest number of Total Crimes was Jersey City (6,485), followed by Newark (6,381), Elizabeth (4,825), Paterson (4,375), and Camden County Police Department (3,301).
The chart below shows the top 9 cities with high number of Total crimes in 2019, and the table below shows the ranking of New Jersey cities with high number of Total 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 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.
You can also see this information for other states.
You can also find the rate of violent and property crimes for New Jersey cities.
You may also be interested in:
Related Topics: New Jersey FBI UCR 2019 Topic List.
Data Source: FBI UCR.
See this for other years:
Ranking of New Jersey Cities By Number of Total Crimes in 2019
Items per page:
0 of 0
| Rank | City | Number of Crimes |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jersey City | 6485 |
| 2 | Newark | 6381 |
| 3 | Elizabeth | 4825 |
| 4 | Paterson | 4375 |
| 5 | Camden County Police Department | 3301 |
| 6 | Trenton | 2696 |
| 7 | Atlantic City | 2063 |
| 8 | Vineland | 1905 |
| 9 | Cherry Hill Township | 1754 |
| 10 | Hamilton Township, Mercer County | 1712 |
| 11 | Passaic | 1586 |
| 12 | Woodbridge Township | 1525 |
| 13 | Edison Township | 1457 |
| 14 | Linden | 1391 |
| 15 | New Brunswick | 1373 |
| 16 | Clifton | 1367 |
| 17 | Toms River Township | 1323 |
| 18 | Irvington | 1303 |
| 19 | Union City | 1276 |
| 20 | Millville | 1243 |
| 21 | Deptford Township | 1215 |
| 22 | East Orange | 1180 |
| 23 | Lakewood Township | 1117 |
| 24 | Bridgeton | 1072 |
| 25 | Plainfield | 1007 |
| 26 | Neptune Township | 970 |
| 27 | Paramus | 963 |
| 28 | Pennsauken Township | 960 |
| 29 | Union Township | 956 |
| 30 | Gloucester Township | 944 |
| 31 | Wayne Township | 924 |
| 32 | Brick Township | 892 |
| 33 | Bayonne | 853 |
| 34 | Perth Amboy | 846 |
| 35 | Orange City | 835 |
| 36 | Hamilton Township, Atlantic County | 820 |
| 36 | West New York | 820 |
| 37 | West Orange | 766 |
| 38 | Hoboken | 746 |
| 39 | Long Branch | 734 |
| 40 | Egg Harbor Township | 728 |
| 41 | Washington Township, Gloucester County | 725 |
| 42 | Kearny | 715 |
| 43 | Asbury Park | 704 |
| 44 | Hackensack | 699 |
| 45 | Franklin Township, Somerset County | 683 |
| 46 | Garfield | 673 |
| 47 | North Brunswick Township | 666 |
| 48 | Mount Laurel Township | 654 |
| 49 | Lindenwold | 618 |
| 50 | Ocean Township, Monmouth County | 600 |
| 51 | Bloomfield | 599 |
| 52 | Hillside Township | 597 |
| 53 | Belleville | 587 |
| 54 | Ewing Township | 568 |
| 55 | Winslow Township | 565 |
| 56 | East Brunswick Township | 558 |
| 56 | Secaucus | 558 |
| 57 | Lawrence Township, Mercer County | 540 |
| 58 | Evesham Township | 539 |
| 59 | Montclair | 535 |
| 60 | Willingboro Township | 526 |
| 61 | Freehold Township | 522 |
| 62 | Old Bridge Township | 517 |
| 63 | Pemberton Township | 513 |
| 64 | North Bergen Township | 495 |
| 65 | Piscataway Township | 490 |
| 66 | Maplewood Township | 457 |
| 67 | Monroe Township, Gloucester County | 452 |
| 68 | Bridgewater Township | 443 |
| 69 | Millburn Township | 440 |
| 70 | Berkeley Township | 430 |
| 70 | Galloway Township | 430 |
| 71 | South Plainfield | 425 |
| 72 | Teaneck Township | 421 |
| 73 | Jackson Township | 419 |
| 74 | Englewood | 414 |
| 75 | Collingswood | 412 |
| 76 | Roselle | 408 |
| 77 | Howell Township | 407 |
| 78 | Maple Shade Township | 398 |
| 79 | Harrison | 388 |
| 80 | Voorhees Township | 383 |
| 81 | Ventnor City | 379 |
| 82 | Middletown Township | 376 |
| 83 | Cinnaminson Township | 368 |
| 84 | Livingston Township | 359 |
| 85 | Fort Lee | 349 |
| 85 | Parsippany-Troy Hills Township | 349 |
| 86 | Wildwood | 347 |
| 87 | Sayreville | 344 |
| 88 | Middle Township | 339 |
| 89 | Phillipsburg | 337 |
| 90 | Pleasantville | 336 |
| 91 | Glassboro | 335 |
| 92 | Woodbury | 331 |
| 93 | Ocean City | 329 |
| 94 | North Plainfield | 328 |
| 95 | West Windsor Township | 323 |
| 96 | Haddon Township | 321 |
| 96 | Watchung | 321 |
| 97 | Salem | 312 |
| 98 | Lodi | 309 |
| 99 | Eatontown | 308 |
| 100 | Gloucester City | 304 |
| 101 | Audubon | 301 |
| 102 | Elmwood Park | 299 |
| 103 | Carteret | 297 |
| 104 | Burlington Township | 293 |
| 105 | Manchester Township | 292 |
| 105 | South Orange Village | 292 |
| 106 | Lacey Township | 291 |
| 107 | Marlboro Township | 283 |
| 108 | Somerdale | 277 |
| 109 | South Brunswick Township | 274 |
| 110 | Somers Point | 271 |
| 111 | Stafford Township | 265 |
| 112 | West Deptford Township | 260 |
| 113 | Weehawken Township | 253 |
| 114 | Princeton | 252 |
| 115 | Tinton Falls | 251 |
| 116 | Fair Lawn | 245 |
| 116 | Rockaway Township | 245 |
| 117 | Absecon | 244 |
| 117 | Manalapan Township | 244 |
| 118 | Clark Township | 239 |
| 119 | Highland Park | 236 |
| 120 | Hazlet Township | 230 |
| 120 | Pohatcong Township | 230 |
| 121 | Little Egg Harbor Township | 225 |
| 122 | Manville | 224 |
| 123 | Saddle Brook Township | 221 |
| 124 | Delran Township | 220 |
| 125 | Moorestown Township | 218 |
| 126 | Egg Harbor City | 217 |
| 126 | Mantua Township | 217 |
| 126 | Mount Holly Township | 217 |
| 127 | Pennsville Township | 216 |
| 128 | Morristown | 213 |
| 129 | Holmdel Township | 211 |
| 130 | Penns Grove | 207 |
| 131 | Cranford Township | 206 |
| 132 | Hillsborough Township | 204 |
| 133 | Burlington City | 201 |
| 134 | Wall Township | 200 |
| 135 | East Windsor Township | 199 |
| 136 | Dover | 198 |
| 137 | Keansburg | 197 |
| 138 | Lumberton Township | 196 |
| 139 | Rutherford | 193 |
| 140 | Nutley Township | 192 |
| 141 | Lower Township | 190 |
| 142 | Rahway | 189 |
| 142 | Westampton Township | 189 |
| 143 | Franklin Township, Gloucester County | 184 |
| 143 | Mount Ephraim | 184 |
| 144 | Totowa | 181 |
| 144 | Woodland Park | 181 |
| 145 | Aberdeen Township | 179 |
| 145 | Fairview | 179 |
| 146 | Seaside Heights | 178 |
| 147 | Fairfield Township, Essex County | 177 |
| 147 | North Arlington | 177 |
| 148 | Metuchen | 176 |
| 148 | Montville Township | 176 |
| 148 | Scotch Plains Township | 176 |
| 149 | Pine Hill | 173 |
| 150 | Haledon | 172 |
| 151 | Brigantine | 166 |
| 152 | Brooklawn | 165 |
| 153 | Edgewater | 164 |
| 153 | Ramsey | 164 |
| 154 | Lyndhurst Township | 163 |
| 155 | Avalon | 162 |
| 156 | Plainsboro Township | 160 |
| 157 | Ridgewood | 156 |
| 158 | Medford Township | 154 |
| 159 | Wallington | 153 |
| 160 | Freehold Borough | 151 |
| 160 | Runnemede | 151 |
| 161 | North Wildwood | 150 |
| 162 | Somerville | 149 |
| 163 | Edgewater Park Township | 148 |
| 163 | Hanover Township | 148 |
| 164 | Bellmawr | 147 |
| 164 | Margate City | 147 |
| 165 | Clementon | 145 |
| 165 | Westfield | 145 |
| 166 | Beach Haven | 141 |
| 166 | Hammonton | 141 |
| 166 | West Milford Township | 141 |
| 167 | Haddonfield | 140 |
| 168 | Hawthorne | 139 |
| 168 | Red Bank | 139 |
| 168 | Summit | 139 |
| 169 | Berlin | 137 |
| 169 | Roselle Park | 137 |
| 169 | South River | 137 |
| 169 | Springfield Township, Union County | 137 |
| 170 | Barnegat Township | 136 |
| 170 | Dunellen | 136 |
| 171 | Monroe Township, Middlesex County | 135 |
| 172 | Oaklyn | 132 |
| 172 | Ridgefield Park | 132 |
| 173 | East Rutherford | 131 |
| 173 | Point Pleasant | 131 |
| 174 | Berlin Township | 130 |
| 174 | Palmyra | 130 |
| 175 | East Hanover Township | 129 |
| 175 | Neptune City | 129 |
| 175 | Westville | 129 |
| 176 | Bound Brook | 128 |
| 176 | Paulsboro | 128 |
| 177 | Greenwich Township, Warren County | 127 |
| 178 | Mount Olive Township | 126 |
| 179 | Mahwah Township | 124 |
| 180 | Carney's Point Township | 122 |
| 180 | Palisades Park | 122 |
| 181 | Cliffside Park | 120 |
| 182 | Kenilworth | 119 |
| 183 | Montgomery Township | 116 |
| 184 | Florham Park | 112 |
| 184 | Glen Ridge | 112 |
| 185 | Lawnside | 110 |
| 185 | Logan Township | 110 |
| 186 | Little Falls Township | 109 |
| 186 | Stone Harbor | 109 |
| 187 | Randolph Township | 107 |
| 188 | Keyport | 104 |
| 188 | Morris Township | 104 |
| 188 | Roxbury Township | 104 |
| 189 | East Greenwich Township | 103 |
| 189 | Lopatcong Township | 103 |
| 190 | Teterboro | 102 |
| 191 | Clayton | 99 |
| 191 | Florence Township | 99 |
| 191 | Riverdale | 99 |
| 192 | Cape May | 98 |
| 192 | Guttenberg | 98 |
| 193 | Manasquan | 95 |
| 194 | Belmar | 94 |
| 194 | Linwood | 94 |
| 194 | Shrewsbury | 94 |
| 195 | Boonton | 93 |
| 196 | Little Ferry | 92 |
| 196 | Washington Township, Morris County | 92 |
| 197 | Tenafly | 91 |
| 198 | Bergenfield | 90 |
| 198 | Northfield | 90 |
| 199 | Magnolia | 89 |
| 199 | Sea Isle City | 89 |
| 199 | West Long Branch | 89 |
| 200 | Branchburg Township | 88 |
| 200 | Long Beach Township | 88 |
| 200 | Prospect Park | 88 |
| 201 | Mansfield Township, Warren County | 86 |
| 201 | Milltown | 86 |
| 201 | Wyckoff Township | 86 |
| 202 | Beachwood | 84 |
| 202 | Vernon Township | 84 |
| 203 | Bernards Township | 83 |
| 204 | Jefferson Township | 82 |
| 205 | Carlstadt | 81 |
| 206 | Hopewell Township | 80 |
| 206 | Pequannock Township | 80 |
| 206 | Wildwood Crest | 80 |
| 207 | Bordentown Township | 79 |
| 208 | Newton | 77 |
| 209 | Westwood | 75 |
| 210 | Bradley Beach | 74 |
| 210 | River Edge | 74 |
| 211 | Byram Township | 73 |
| 211 | Morris Plains | 73 |
| 211 | Mullica Township | 73 |
| 211 | Readington Township | 73 |
| 212 | Raritan Township | 72 |
| 213 | Denville Township | 71 |
| 213 | Madison | 71 |
| 214 | Rochelle Park Township | 70 |
| 214 | Stratford | 70 |
| 214 | Washington Township, Warren County | 70 |
| 215 | Flemington | 69 |
| 215 | South Amboy | 69 |
| 216 | Maywood | 68 |
| 217 | Raritan | 67 |
| 217 | Wharton | 67 |
| 217 | Woodlynne | 67 |
| 218 | Franklin Lakes | 66 |
| 218 | Hasbrouck Heights | 66 |
| 218 | Pompton Lakes | 66 |
| 218 | Waterford Township | 66 |
| 219 | Barrington | 65 |
| 219 | New Milford | 65 |
| 220 | Caldwell | 64 |
| 221 | Chatham | 63 |
| 221 | Merchantville | 63 |
| 222 | Berkeley Heights Township | 62 |
| 222 | Cedar Grove Township | 62 |
| 222 | Colts Neck Township | 62 |
| 222 | Middlesex Borough | 62 |
| 223 | Dumont | 60 |
| 223 | Glen Rock | 60 |
| 223 | Greenwich Township, Gloucester County | 60 |
| 223 | Harrison Township | 60 |
| 224 | Pitman | 59 |
| 224 | Point Pleasant Beach | 59 |
| 224 | Waldwick | 59 |
| 225 | Franklin | 58 |
| 225 | Oakland | 58 |
| 226 | Green Brook Township | 57 |
| 226 | Haddon Heights | 57 |
| 226 | Rumson | 57 |
| 226 | West Caldwell Township | 57 |
| 226 | Woolwich Township | 57 |
| 227 | Mountainside | 56 |
| 227 | South Hackensack Township | 56 |
| 228 | Delanco Township | 55 |
| 228 | Oceanport | 55 |
| 228 | Ridgefield | 55 |
| 229 | Leonia | 54 |
| 229 | Mansfield Township, Burlington County | 54 |
| 229 | Rockaway | 54 |
| 229 | Spotswood | 54 |
| 229 | Woodbury Heights | 54 |
| 230 | Atlantic Highlands | 53 |
| 230 | Eastampton Township | 53 |
| 230 | Robbinsville Township | 53 |
| 231 | North Haledon | 52 |
| 231 | Washington | 52 |
| 232 | Buena | 51 |
| 233 | Riverside Township | 50 |
| 233 | Verona | 50 |
| 234 | Englewood Cliffs | 49 |
| 235 | Closter | 48 |
| 235 | Hopatcong | 48 |
| 235 | Lincoln Park | 48 |
| 235 | Long Hill Township | 48 |
| 236 | Chesilhurst | 47 |
| 236 | Hillsdale | 47 |
| 236 | Ringwood | 47 |
| 237 | Beverly | 46 |
| 237 | Wood-Ridge | 46 |
| 238 | Bernardsville | 45 |
| 239 | South Bound Brook | 44 |
| 240 | Ocean Township, Ocean County | 42 |
| 240 | Warren Township | 42 |
| 241 | Bedminster Township | 41 |
| 242 | Belvidere | 40 |
| 242 | Elk Township | 40 |
| 242 | Midland Park | 40 |
| 243 | Lavallette | 39 |
| 243 | Netcong | 39 |
| 243 | South Toms River | 39 |
| 244 | Allendale | 38 |
| 244 | Alpha | 38 |
| 244 | Wanaque | 38 |
| 245 | Avon-by-the-Sea | 37 |
| 245 | Bloomingdale | 37 |
| 245 | Cranbury Township | 37 |
| 245 | Plumsted Township | 37 |
| 245 | Tuckerton | 37 |
| 246 | Garwood | 36 |
| 246 | Little Silver | 36 |
| 246 | Roseland | 36 |
| 246 | Swedesboro | 36 |
| 247 | Bogota | 35 |
| 247 | Chester Township | 35 |
| 247 | Clinton Township | 35 |
| 247 | New Providence | 35 |
| 247 | Sparta Township | 35 |
| 247 | Woodstown | 35 |
| 248 | Spring Lake | 34 |
| 249 | Wenonah | 33 |
| 250 | Emerson | 32 |
| 250 | Hackettstown | 32 |
| 250 | Saddle River | 32 |
| 251 | Pemberton Borough | 31 |
| 251 | Woodcliff Lake | 31 |
| 252 | Cresskill | 30 |
| 252 | Jamesburg | 30 |
| 253 | Moonachie | 29 |
| 253 | Upper Saddle River | 29 |
| 254 | Bordentown City | 28 |
| 254 | Deal | 28 |
| 254 | Hightstown | 28 |
| 254 | Mountain Lakes | 28 |
| 254 | Stanhope | 28 |
| 254 | West Amwell Township | 28 |
| 255 | Butler | 27 |
| 255 | Fanwood | 27 |
| 255 | Hardyston Township | 27 |
| 255 | Lambertville | 27 |
| 255 | Montvale | 27 |
| 255 | Mount Arlington | 27 |
| 255 | North Caldwell | 27 |
| 256 | High Bridge | 26 |
| 256 | National Park | 26 |
| 256 | Union Beach | 26 |
| 257 | East Newark | 25 |
| 257 | Ocean Gate | 25 |
| 257 | Riverton | 25 |
| 257 | Tewksbury Township | 25 |
| 258 | Blairstown Township | 24 |
| 258 | Chatham Township | 24 |
| 258 | Gibbsboro | 24 |
| 258 | Pine Beach | 24 |
| 259 | Harding Township | 23 |
| 259 | Kinnelon | 23 |
| 259 | Lakehurst | 23 |
| 259 | Oradell | 23 |
| 259 | Seaside Park | 23 |
| 260 | Laurel Springs | 21 |
| 260 | North Hanover Township | 21 |
| 261 | Boonton Township | 20 |
| 261 | Ho-Ho-Kus | 20 |
| 261 | Mendham | 20 |
| 261 | Norwood | 20 |
| 261 | River Vale Township | 20 |
| 261 | Springfield Township, Burlington County | 20 |
| 261 | Washington Township, Bergen County | 20 |
| 262 | Lebanon Township | 19 |
| 262 | Medford Lakes | 19 |
| 263 | Peapack-Gladstone | 18 |
| 263 | Ship Bottom | 18 |
| 264 | Andover Township | 17 |
| 264 | Brielle | 17 |
| 264 | Fair Haven | 17 |
| 264 | Hamburg | 17 |
| 264 | Lake Como | 17 |
| 265 | Alpine | 16 |
| 265 | Clinton | 16 |
| 265 | Essex Fells | 16 |
| 266 | Bay Head | 15 |
| 266 | Englishtown | 15 |
| 267 | Demarest | 14 |
| 267 | Elsinboro Township | 14 |
| 267 | Loch Arbour | 14 |
| 267 | Mine Hill Township | 14 |
| 267 | South Harrison Township | 14 |
| 267 | Spring Lake Heights | 14 |
| 268 | Chester | 13 |
| 268 | Hopewell Borough | 13 |
| 268 | Sea Bright | 13 |
| 268 | Sea Girt | 13 |
| 269 | Highlands | 12 |
| 269 | Mendham Township | 12 |
| 269 | Old Tappan | 12 |
| 269 | West Cape May | 12 |
| 270 | Allenhurst | 11 |
| 270 | Holland Township | 11 |
| 270 | Longport | 11 |
| 270 | West Wildwood | 11 |
| 271 | Helmetta | 10 |
| 271 | Monmouth Beach | 10 |
| 271 | Newfield | 10 |
| 271 | Ogdensburg | 10 |
| 271 | Park Ridge | 10 |
| 271 | Surf City | 10 |
| 272 | Chesterfield Township | 9 |
| 272 | Haworth | 9 |
| 272 | Northvale | 9 |
| 272 | Winfield Township | 9 |
| 273 | Allentown | 8 |
| 273 | Franklin Township, Hunterdon County | 8 |
| 273 | Pennington | 8 |
| 274 | Delaware Township | 7 |
| 274 | Harvey Cedars | 7 |
| 274 | Independence Township | 7 |
| 274 | Island Heights | 7 |
| 274 | Oxford Township | 7 |
| 275 | Audubon Park | 6 |
| 275 | Barnegat Light | 6 |
| 275 | Elmer | 6 |
| 275 | Hi-Nella | 6 |
| 276 | Harrington Park | 5 |
| 276 | Mantoloking | 5 |
| 276 | Matawan | 5 |
| 277 | Cape May Point | 4 |
| 277 | Lower Alloways Creek Township | 4 |
| 278 | Califon | 3 |
| 278 | Far Hills | 3 |
| 278 | Frenchtown | 3 |
| 278 | Interlaken | 3 |
| 279 | Fieldsboro | 2 |
| 279 | Rockleigh | 2 |
| 280 | New Hanover Township | 1 |
| 281 | Pine Valley | 0 |
| 281 | Tavistock | 0 |