Ranking of New Jersey Cities By Violent Crime Rate Per 100K in 2020
Updated on October 22, 2023.
According to the FBI UCR data, in 2020, among New Jersey cities with a population of at least 10K, Camden County Police Department had the highest Violent Crime Rate per 100K residents (1,602.69), followed by Asbury Park (1,226.27), Trenton (1,168.75), Paterson (988.64), and Bridgeton (973.7).
The chart below shows the top 10 cities with high Violent crime rate in 2020, and the table below shows the ranking of New Jersey cities with a population of at least 10K, based on the Violent crime rate per 100K.
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 Violent 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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Data Source: FBI UCR.
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Ranking of New Jersey Cities By Violent Crime Rate Per 100K in 2020
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| Rank | City | Crime Rate Per 100K |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Camden County Police Department | 1602.69 |
| 2 | Asbury Park | 1226.27 |
| 3 | Trenton | 1168.75 |
| 4 | Paterson | 988.64 |
| 5 | Bridgeton | 973.70 |
| 6 | Atlantic City | 822.90 |
| 7 | Millville | 634.35 |
| 8 | Lindenwold | 633.50 |
| 9 | Elizabeth | 597.60 |
| 10 | Newark | 528.62 |
| 11 | New Brunswick | 511.66 |
| 12 | Orange City | 468.22 |
| 13 | East Orange | 457.09 |
| 14 | Plainfield | 452.98 |
| 15 | Jersey City | 443.27 |
| 16 | Irvington | 423.53 |
| 17 | Passaic | 400.80 |
| 18 | Neptune Township | 391.65 |
| 19 | Vineland | 382.88 |
| 20 | Linden | 334.00 |
| 21 | Pine Hill | 306.90 |
| 22 | Long Branch | 304.89 |
| 23 | Union City | 298.29 |
| 24 | Willingboro Township | 296.43 |
| 25 | Hillside Township | 281.88 |
| 26 | Phillipsburg | 268.82 |
| 27 | Perth Amboy | 266.62 |
| 28 | Pennsauken Township | 266.12 |
| 29 | Galloway Township | 265.21 |
| 30 | Maple Shade Township | 260.84 |
| 31 | Somers Point | 237.44 |
| 32 | Pemberton Township | 226.98 |
| 33 | Red Bank | 226.34 |
| 34 | Secaucus | 221.88 |
| 35 | Glassboro | 219.93 |
| 36 | Freehold Borough | 214.72 |
| 37 | West New York | 200.09 |
| 38 | Haddon Township | 199.86 |
| 39 | Eatontown | 197.95 |
| 40 | Middle Township | 193.45 |
| 41 | Harrison | 191.05 |
| 42 | Collingswood | 187.54 |
| 43 | Winslow Township | 187.21 |
| 44 | South River | 184.35 |
| 45 | Bayonne | 181.50 |
| 46 | Englewood | 178.86 |
| 47 | Hamilton Township, Mercer County | 176.26 |
| 48 | North Brunswick Township | 166.74 |
| 49 | Carteret | 166.35 |
| 50 | Hammonton | 166.13 |
| 51 | Deptford Township | 161.85 |
| 52 | Lower Township | 155.83 |
| 53 | Roselle | 155.49 |
| 54 | Morristown | 155.14 |
| 55 | Burlington Township | 154.90 |
| 56 | Pennsville Township | 154.28 |
| 57 | Guttenberg | 144.14 |
| 58 | Rahway | 142.59 |
| 59 | Mount Laurel Township | 140.85 |
| 60 | Waterford Township | 140.51 |
| 61 | Dover | 135.95 |
| 62 | Ewing Township | 134.89 |
| 63 | Weehawken Township | 134.46 |
| 64 | Gloucester City | 134.14 |
| 65 | Pleasantville | 134.10 |
| 66 | Point Pleasant | 132.68 |
| 67 | Totowa | 129.91 |
| 68 | Teaneck Township | 126.58 |
| 69 | Woodbridge Township | 125.85 |
| 70 | Hoboken | 124.76 |
| 71 | Sayreville | 124.20 |
| 72 | Lawrence Township, Mercer County | 123.91 |
| 73 | West Orange | 123.78 |
| 74 | Lumberton Township | 123.43 |
| 75 | Hackensack | 122.00 |
| 76 | Lakewood Township | 121.27 |
| 77 | Fairview | 119.64 |
| 78 | Egg Harbor Township | 118.74 |
| 79 | Cherry Hill Township | 117.94 |
| 80 | Washington Township, Gloucester County | 117.77 |
| 81 | North Plainfield | 117.49 |
| 82 | South Plainfield | 116.18 |
| 83 | New Milford | 115.73 |
| 84 | Little Egg Harbor Township | 114.01 |
| 85 | Hamilton Township, Atlantic County | 113.04 |
| 86 | Belleville | 112.23 |
| 87 | Garfield | 109.69 |
| 88 | Kearny | 109.66 |
| 89 | Manville | 108.74 |
| 90 | Hopatcong | 106.49 |
| 91 | Piscataway Township | 105.50 |
| 92 | Florence Township | 103.78 |
| 93 | Edison Township | 103.43 |
| 94 | Wayne Township | 101.58 |
| 95 | Fort Lee | 100.20 |
| 96 | Bloomfield | 99.56 |
| 97 | Montclair | 98.39 |
| 98 | Bellmawr | 97.19 |
| 99 | Clifton | 96.41 |
| 100 | Wallington | 95.66 |
| 101 | Union Township | 95.54 |
| 102 | Elmwood Park | 95.03 |
| 103 | Woodland Park | 94.84 |
| 104 | Lodi | 90.38 |
| 105 | Toms River Township | 89.89 |
| 106 | South Orange Village | 89.65 |
| 107 | Paramus | 87.71 |
| 108 | Hazlet Township | 86.77 |
| 109 | North Bergen Township | 85.86 |
| 110 | Gloucester Township | 84.70 |
| 111 | Lacey Township | 84.68 |
| 112 | Bordentown Township | 83.51 |
| 113 | Ocean Township, Monmouth County | 83.14 |
| 114 | Monroe Township, Gloucester County | 81.32 |
| 115 | Mantua Township | 81.25 |
| 116 | Brick Township | 79.92 |
| 117 | Washington Township, Morris County | 77.41 |
| 118 | Aberdeen Township | 77.04 |
| 119 | West Deptford Township | 76.64 |
| 120 | Little Falls Township | 76.06 |
| 121 | Nutley Township | 73.92 |
| 122 | Springfield Township, Union County | 73.70 |
| 123 | Ocean City | 73.44 |
| 124 | Pompton Lakes | 72.99 |
| 125 | Freehold Township | 72.56 |
| 126 | Berkeley Township | 71.14 |
| 127 | Barnegat Township | 70.84 |
| 128 | Beachwood | 70.44 |
| 129 | Franklin Township, Somerset County | 69.55 |
| 130 | Howell Township | 69.17 |
| 131 | Moorestown Township | 68.32 |
| 132 | Metuchen | 68.31 |
| 133 | Edgewater | 66.31 |
| 134 | Little Ferry | 65.20 |
| 135 | Lyndhurst Township | 64.74 |
| 136 | Clark Township | 62.40 |
| 137 | Evesham Township | 62.02 |
| 138 | Franklin Township, Gloucester County | 61.63 |
| 139 | Cinnaminson Township | 60.87 |
| 140 | Harrison Township | 60.71 |
| 141 | East Windsor Township | 58.68 |
| 142 | Voorhees Township | 58.36 |
| 143 | Tinton Falls | 57.51 |
| 144 | Cliffside Park | 56.82 |
| 145 | Maplewood Township | 54.84 |
| 146 | Rutherford | 54.62 |
| 147 | Holmdel Township | 53.81 |
| 148 | East Brunswick Township | 52.55 |
| 149 | Medford Township | 51.21 |
| 150 | Parsippany-Troy Hills Township | 50.67 |
| 151 | South Brunswick Township | 50.13 |
| 152 | Lincoln Park | 49.75 |
| 153 | Bound Brook | 49.15 |
| 154 | Bergenfield | 47.54 |
| 155 | Hillsborough Township | 47.25 |
| 156 | Wall Township | 47.08 |
| 157 | Ridgefield Park | 46.50 |
| 158 | Jackson Township | 46.46 |
| 159 | Stafford Township | 46.38 |
| 160 | North Arlington | 44.60 |
| 161 | Delran Township | 42.57 |
| 162 | Wanaque | 42.27 |
| 163 | Hanover Township | 41.99 |
| 164 | West Milford Township | 41.81 |
| 165 | Mount Olive Township | 41.42 |
| 166 | Dumont | 39.98 |
| 167 | Old Bridge Township | 39.67 |
| 168 | West Windsor Township | 39.36 |
| 169 | Jefferson Township | 38.79 |
| 170 | Montgomery Township | 38.68 |
| 171 | Roselle Park | 36.75 |
| 172 | Highland Park | 36.59 |
| 173 | Fair Lawn | 36.46 |
| 174 | Morris Township | 36.20 |
| 175 | Plainsboro Township | 35.02 |
| 176 | Princeton | 34.97 |
| 177 | Tenafly | 34.66 |
| 178 | Branchburg Township | 34.42 |
| 179 | Palisades Park | 33.63 |
| 180 | Ramsey | 33.55 |
| 181 | Ridgewood | 31.95 |
| 182 | Manchester Township | 31.92 |
| 183 | Oakland | 30.94 |
| 184 | Manalapan Township | 30.49 |
| 185 | Livingston Township | 29.63 |
| 186 | Marlboro Township | 27.78 |
| 187 | East Greenwich Township | 27.69 |
| 188 | West Caldwell Township | 27.67 |
| 189 | Westfield | 27.22 |
| 190 | Pequannock Township | 26.87 |
| 191 | Ridgefield | 26.86 |
| 192 | Raritan Township | 26.78 |
| 193 | Haddonfield | 26.61 |
| 194 | Middletown Township | 24.55 |
| 195 | Clinton Township | 24.07 |
| 196 | Cedar Grove Township | 24.03 |
| 197 | Rockaway Township | 23.04 |
| 198 | Hopewell Township | 22.67 |
| 199 | Middlesex Borough | 21.95 |
| 200 | New Providence | 21.83 |
| 201 | Sparta Township | 21.66 |
| 202 | Scotch Plains Township | 20.57 |
| 203 | Monroe Township, Middlesex County | 19.71 |
| 204 | Waldwick | 19.69 |
| 205 | Mahwah Township | 19.08 |
| 206 | East Hanover Township | 18.38 |
| 207 | Summit | 18.25 |
| 208 | Franklin Lakes | 17.91 |
| 209 | Somerville | 16.55 |
| 210 | Ringwood | 16.42 |
| 211 | Montville Township | 14.30 |
| 212 | Robbinsville Township | 13.67 |
| 213 | Bridgewater Township | 13.64 |
| 214 | Readington Township | 12.65 |
| 215 | Cranford Township | 12.40 |
| 216 | Denville Township | 12.20 |
| 217 | Wyckoff Township | 11.80 |
| 218 | Millburn Township | 9.97 |
| 219 | Roxbury Township | 8.91 |
| 220 | River Edge | 8.75 |
| 221 | Florham Park | 8.73 |
| 222 | Glen Rock | 8.54 |
| 223 | Woolwich Township | 7.53 |
| 224 | Verona | 7.48 |
| 225 | Warren Township | 6.37 |
| 226 | Hawthorne | 5.34 |
| 227 | Vernon Township | 4.58 |
| 228 | Randolph Township | 3.95 |
| 229 | Berkeley Heights Township | 0.00 |
| 229 | Bernards Township | 0.00 |
| 229 | Chatham Township | 0.00 |
| 229 | Hasbrouck Heights | 0.00 |
| 229 | Hillsdale | 0.00 |
| 229 | Madison | 0.00 |
| 229 | River Vale Township | 0.00 |
| 229 | Saddle Brook Township | 0.00 |
| 229 | Westwood | 0.00 |