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.

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You can also find the rate of violent and property crimes for New Jersey cities.

Data Source: FBI UCR.
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Ranking of New Jersey Cities By Number of Total Crimes in 2019
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Elizabeth
Paterson
Camden County Police Department
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Atlantic City
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Ranking of New Jersey Cities By Number of Total Crimes in 2019
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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