Ranking of New Jersey Cities By Number of Total Crimes in 2020
Updated on January 17, 2025.
According to the FBI UCR data, in 2020, the New Jersey city with the highest number of Total Crimes was Newark (6,088), followed by Jersey City (5,116), Elizabeth (3,680), Paterson (3,608), and Camden County Police Department (2,789).
The chart below shows the top 10 cities with high number of Total crimes in 2020, 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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Data Source: FBI UCR.
Ranking of New Jersey Cities By Number of Total Crimes in 2020
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| Rank | City | Number of Crimes |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Newark | 6088 |
| 2 | Jersey City | 5116 |
| 3 | Elizabeth | 3680 |
| 4 | Paterson | 3608 |
| 5 | Camden County Police Department | 2789 |
| 6 | Trenton | 2725 |
| 7 | Cherry Hill Township | 1629 |
| 8 | Hamilton Township, Mercer County | 1625 |
| 9 | Vineland | 1471 |
| 10 | Clifton | 1416 |
| 11 | Union City | 1393 |
| 12 | Woodbridge Township | 1369 |
| 13 | Atlantic City | 1324 |
| 14 | Passaic | 1308 |
| 15 | New Brunswick | 1252 |
| 16 | Linden | 1251 |
| 17 | Edison Township | 1239 |
| 18 | Irvington | 1238 |
| 19 | East Orange | 1110 |
| 20 | Millville | 1104 |
| 21 | Toms River Township | 1082 |
| 22 | Deptford Township | 1056 |
| 23 | Pennsauken Township | 1021 |
| 24 | Neptune Township | 1020 |
| 25 | Lakewood Township | 1008 |
| 26 | Bridgeton | 973 |
| 27 | Plainfield | 964 |
| 28 | Egg Harbor Township | 846 |
| 29 | Hoboken | 841 |
| 30 | Gloucester Township | 827 |
| 31 | Union Township | 780 |
| 32 | Bayonne | 766 |
| 33 | Brick Township | 747 |
| 34 | West Orange | 743 |
| 35 | Asbury Park | 715 |
| 36 | Wayne Township | 704 |
| 37 | Franklin Township, Somerset County | 694 |
| 37 | West New York | 694 |
| 38 | Orange City | 682 |
| 39 | Long Branch | 652 |
| 40 | Perth Amboy | 646 |
| 41 | Hackensack | 627 |
| 42 | Hillside Township | 597 |
| 43 | Bloomfield | 582 |
| 44 | Mount Laurel Township | 571 |
| 45 | North Brunswick Township | 569 |
| 46 | Ocean Township, Monmouth County | 565 |
| 47 | Belleville | 563 |
| 48 | Lindenwold | 529 |
| 49 | Kearny | 519 |
| 50 | Galloway Township | 502 |
| 50 | Hamilton Township, Atlantic County | 502 |
| 51 | Paramus | 478 |
| 52 | Maple Shade Township | 464 |
| 52 | Washington Township, Gloucester County | 464 |
| 53 | Ewing Township | 453 |
| 54 | Freehold Township | 452 |
| 54 | Secaucus | 452 |
| 54 | Teaneck Township | 452 |
| 55 | Piscataway Township | 446 |
| 56 | Pemberton Township | 442 |
| 57 | Howell Township | 432 |
| 58 | Monroe Township, Gloucester County | 431 |
| 59 | Fort Lee | 414 |
| 60 | Winslow Township | 413 |
| 61 | Lawrence Township, Mercer County | 400 |
| 62 | Garfield | 392 |
| 63 | Evesham Township | 389 |
| 64 | Old Bridge Township | 382 |
| 65 | Cinnaminson Township | 381 |
| 66 | Englewood | 378 |
| 67 | South Brunswick Township | 376 |
| 68 | Middletown Township | 374 |
| 69 | Absecon | 371 |
| 70 | Woodbury | 369 |
| 71 | Wildwood | 365 |
| 72 | Collingswood | 362 |
| 73 | East Brunswick Township | 358 |
| 74 | Maplewood Township | 357 |
| 74 | North Bergen Township | 357 |
| 75 | Ocean City | 343 |
| 76 | Harrison | 329 |
| 76 | North Plainfield | 329 |
| 77 | Burlington Township | 325 |
| 78 | South Plainfield | 317 |
| 79 | Marlboro Township | 315 |
| 79 | Sayreville | 315 |
| 80 | Glassboro | 312 |
| 81 | Millburn Township | 309 |
| 82 | Montclair | 306 |
| 83 | Carteret | 302 |
| 83 | Haddon Township | 302 |
| 84 | Audubon | 298 |
| 85 | Parsippany-Troy Hills Township | 295 |
| 86 | Pleasantville | 294 |
| 87 | Mount Ephraim | 293 |
| 88 | Bridgewater Township | 286 |
| 88 | Gloucester City | 286 |
| 89 | Ventnor City | 285 |
| 90 | Pennsville Township | 282 |
| 90 | Voorhees Township | 282 |
| 91 | Middle Township | 280 |
| 91 | Weehawken Township | 280 |
| 92 | Elmwood Park | 279 |
| 93 | Phillipsburg | 274 |
| 94 | Watchung | 271 |
| 95 | Willingboro Township | 270 |
| 96 | Berkeley Township | 266 |
| 96 | Roselle | 266 |
| 97 | West Windsor Township | 264 |
| 98 | West Deptford Township | 259 |
| 99 | Little Egg Harbor Township | 258 |
| 100 | Fair Lawn | 256 |
| 100 | Penns Grove | 256 |
| 100 | Somerdale | 256 |
| 101 | Livingston Township | 255 |
| 101 | Salem | 255 |
| 102 | Manchester Township | 250 |
| 103 | Avalon | 249 |
| 104 | Tinton Falls | 248 |
| 105 | Rahway | 244 |
| 105 | Somers Point | 244 |
| 106 | Hazlet Township | 243 |
| 107 | Eatontown | 238 |
| 107 | Jackson Township | 238 |
| 107 | Wall Township | 238 |
| 108 | Seaside Heights | 230 |
| 109 | Medford Township | 218 |
| 110 | South Orange Village | 216 |
| 111 | Pohatcong Township | 214 |
| 112 | Hammonton | 213 |
| 113 | Metuchen | 209 |
| 114 | East Windsor Township | 208 |
| 115 | Princeton | 207 |
| 116 | Summit | 206 |
| 117 | Haddonfield | 205 |
| 117 | Lodi | 205 |
| 118 | Manalapan Township | 204 |
| 119 | Pine Hill | 201 |
| 120 | Lumberton Township | 199 |
| 121 | Totowa | 198 |
| 122 | Hillsborough Township | 196 |
| 123 | Delran Township | 195 |
| 123 | Freehold Borough | 195 |
| 123 | Westampton Township | 195 |
| 124 | Berlin Township | 194 |
| 125 | Nutley Township | 192 |
| 126 | Stafford Township | 191 |
| 127 | Bellmawr | 188 |
| 127 | Lacey Township | 188 |
| 127 | Saddle Brook Township | 188 |
| 128 | Rockaway Township | 187 |
| 128 | Rutherford | 187 |
| 129 | Mantua Township | 186 |
| 130 | Westfield | 180 |
| 131 | Keansburg | 177 |
| 132 | Lyndhurst Township | 174 |
| 133 | Egg Harbor City | 171 |
| 133 | Morristown | 171 |
| 134 | Burlington City | 169 |
| 134 | Runnemede | 169 |
| 134 | Scotch Plains Township | 169 |
| 135 | Lower Township | 168 |
| 136 | Montville Township | 167 |
| 137 | Hawthorne | 164 |
| 138 | Moorestown Township | 163 |
| 138 | Springfield Township, Union County | 163 |
| 139 | Brigantine | 162 |
| 139 | Brooklawn | 162 |
| 140 | Ridgefield Park | 161 |
| 141 | Highland Park | 154 |
| 142 | Edgewater | 153 |
| 142 | Franklin Township, Gloucester County | 153 |
| 142 | Hanover Township | 153 |
| 143 | Madison | 152 |
| 144 | Mount Holly Township | 150 |
| 145 | Fairview | 148 |
| 146 | Clark Township | 147 |
| 147 | Neptune City | 144 |
| 147 | Wallington | 144 |
| 148 | Red Bank | 143 |
| 148 | Ridgewood | 143 |
| 149 | Point Pleasant | 141 |
| 150 | Barnegat Township | 139 |
| 151 | Palmyra | 136 |
| 152 | Margate City | 134 |
| 152 | Woodland Park | 134 |
| 153 | Riverdale | 133 |
| 154 | East Rutherford | 132 |
| 155 | Dover | 128 |
| 156 | Aberdeen Township | 126 |
| 156 | Haledon | 126 |
| 157 | Morris Township | 125 |
| 158 | Holmdel Township | 124 |
| 159 | Fairfield Township, Essex County | 123 |
| 159 | Monroe Township, Middlesex County | 123 |
| 160 | Belmar | 121 |
| 160 | Manville | 121 |
| 161 | North Wildwood | 120 |
| 162 | Cranford Township | 118 |
| 163 | Magnolia | 116 |
| 163 | Mount Olive Township | 116 |
| 164 | Roselle Park | 115 |
| 164 | Sea Isle City | 115 |
| 164 | South River | 115 |
| 165 | Berlin | 114 |
| 166 | North Arlington | 113 |
| 167 | Dunellen | 112 |
| 167 | Palisades Park | 112 |
| 168 | Oaklyn | 111 |
| 168 | Paulsboro | 111 |
| 169 | East Hanover Township | 110 |
| 170 | Somerville | 109 |
| 171 | Stratford | 108 |
| 172 | Mullica Township | 107 |
| 173 | Little Falls Township | 106 |
| 174 | Boonton | 105 |
| 175 | Edgewater Park Township | 104 |
| 175 | Lawnside | 104 |
| 175 | Prospect Park | 104 |
| 175 | West Long Branch | 104 |
| 175 | West Milford Township | 104 |
| 175 | Wildwood Crest | 104 |
| 176 | Westville | 103 |
| 177 | Cliffside Park | 102 |
| 177 | Wyckoff Township | 102 |
| 178 | Greenwich Township, Warren County | 101 |
| 179 | Bound Brook | 100 |
| 179 | Glen Ridge | 100 |
| 179 | Kenilworth | 100 |
| 180 | Carney's Point Township | 99 |
| 180 | Plainsboro Township | 99 |
| 180 | Riverside Township | 99 |
| 181 | Bergenfield | 97 |
| 181 | Mahwah Township | 97 |
| 182 | Colts Neck Township | 95 |
| 182 | Randolph Township | 95 |
| 183 | Beach Haven | 94 |
| 183 | Oakland | 94 |
| 184 | Guttenberg | 93 |
| 184 | Montgomery Township | 93 |
| 184 | New Milford | 93 |
| 185 | Harrison Township | 91 |
| 185 | Ramsey | 91 |
| 185 | Verona | 91 |
| 186 | Point Pleasant Beach | 90 |
| 186 | Vernon Township | 90 |
| 187 | Clayton | 89 |
| 187 | Teterboro | 89 |
| 188 | Roxbury Township | 88 |
| 189 | Avon-by-the-Sea | 87 |
| 189 | Keyport | 87 |
| 189 | Washington Township, Morris County | 87 |
| 190 | Bradley Beach | 86 |
| 191 | East Greenwich Township | 85 |
| 191 | River Edge | 85 |
| 191 | South Amboy | 85 |
| 192 | Carlstadt | 84 |
| 192 | Manasquan | 84 |
| 192 | Ridgefield | 84 |
| 193 | Bordentown Township | 83 |
| 193 | Woodlynne | 83 |
| 194 | Bernards Township | 82 |
| 194 | Cedar Grove Township | 82 |
| 194 | Franklin Lakes | 82 |
| 194 | Middlesex Borough | 82 |
| 195 | Branchburg Township | 81 |
| 196 | Clementon | 80 |
| 196 | Hopewell Township | 80 |
| 196 | Logan Township | 80 |
| 196 | Raritan Township | 80 |
| 196 | Waterford Township | 80 |
| 197 | Lopatcong Township | 79 |
| 197 | Readington Township | 79 |
| 198 | Rochelle Park Township | 78 |
| 198 | Wharton | 78 |
| 199 | South Hackensack Township | 77 |
| 200 | Eastampton Township | 76 |
| 201 | Northfield | 73 |
| 202 | Woodbury Heights | 72 |
| 203 | Maywood | 71 |
| 203 | Milltown | 71 |
| 203 | Pequannock Township | 71 |
| 203 | Stone Harbor | 71 |
| 204 | Tenafly | 70 |
| 205 | Long Beach Township | 69 |
| 206 | Barrington | 68 |
| 206 | Florham Park | 68 |
| 207 | Chatham | 65 |
| 207 | Mansfield Township, Warren County | 65 |
| 207 | West Caldwell Township | 65 |
| 208 | Kinnelon | 64 |
| 208 | Mansfield Township, Burlington County | 64 |
| 209 | Cape May | 62 |
| 209 | Raritan | 62 |
| 210 | Caldwell | 61 |
| 210 | North Haledon | 61 |
| 211 | Dumont | 60 |
| 211 | Jefferson Township | 60 |
| 211 | Leonia | 60 |
| 211 | Merchantville | 60 |
| 211 | Morris Plains | 60 |
| 212 | Little Ferry | 59 |
| 212 | Shrewsbury | 59 |
| 213 | Denville Township | 58 |
| 213 | New Providence | 58 |
| 213 | Waldwick | 58 |
| 213 | Warren Township | 58 |
| 214 | Florence Township | 57 |
| 214 | Oceanport | 57 |
| 215 | Bernardsville | 56 |
| 215 | Washington | 56 |
| 215 | Westwood | 56 |
| 216 | Lincoln Park | 53 |
| 217 | Closter | 52 |
| 217 | Flemington | 52 |
| 217 | Spring Lake | 52 |
| 217 | Washington Township, Warren County | 52 |
| 218 | Pitman | 51 |
| 219 | Beachwood | 50 |
| 219 | Green Brook Township | 50 |
| 219 | Wood-Ridge | 50 |
| 220 | Bogota | 49 |
| 220 | Glen Rock | 49 |
| 220 | Greenwich Township, Gloucester County | 49 |
| 220 | Rumson | 49 |
| 221 | Allendale | 48 |
| 221 | Beverly | 48 |
| 221 | Englewood Cliffs | 48 |
| 221 | Woolwich Township | 48 |
| 222 | Hackettstown | 47 |
| 222 | Robbinsville Township | 47 |
| 223 | Haddon Heights | 45 |
| 223 | National Park | 45 |
| 224 | Belvidere | 44 |
| 224 | Clinton Township | 44 |
| 224 | Mountain Lakes | 44 |
| 225 | Franklin | 43 |
| 225 | Hopatcong | 43 |
| 225 | Long Hill Township | 43 |
| 225 | Newton | 43 |
| 225 | Pompton Lakes | 43 |
| 226 | Chatham Township | 42 |
| 226 | Chesilhurst | 42 |
| 226 | Moonachie | 42 |
| 227 | Buena | 41 |
| 227 | Fanwood | 41 |
| 227 | Plumsted Township | 41 |
| 228 | Deal | 40 |
| 229 | Cranbury Township | 39 |
| 229 | Hillsdale | 39 |
| 229 | Mountainside | 39 |
| 230 | Butler | 38 |
| 230 | Oradell | 38 |
| 231 | Hightstown | 37 |
| 231 | Tewksbury Township | 37 |
| 232 | Mount Arlington | 36 |
| 232 | Spotswood | 36 |
| 233 | Chester Township | 35 |
| 233 | Hardyston Township | 35 |
| 233 | Upper Saddle River | 35 |
| 234 | Berkeley Heights Township | 34 |
| 234 | Blairstown Township | 34 |
| 234 | Cresskill | 34 |
| 234 | Delanco Township | 34 |
| 235 | Ocean Township, Ocean County | 33 |
| 236 | Bedminster Township | 32 |
| 236 | Byram Township | 32 |
| 236 | Elk Township | 32 |
| 236 | Lebanon Township | 32 |
| 236 | Little Silver | 32 |
| 236 | Rockaway | 32 |
| 236 | South Bound Brook | 32 |
| 236 | South Toms River | 32 |
| 237 | Mendham | 31 |
| 238 | Fair Haven | 30 |
| 238 | Wanaque | 30 |
| 238 | Woodstown | 30 |
| 239 | Hasbrouck Heights | 29 |
| 239 | Seaside Park | 29 |
| 240 | Bloomingdale | 28 |
| 240 | Emerson | 28 |
| 240 | Harding Township | 28 |
| 240 | Ho-Ho-Kus | 28 |
| 240 | Montvale | 28 |
| 240 | Roseland | 28 |
| 241 | Essex Fells | 27 |
| 241 | Midland Park | 27 |
| 241 | Ringwood | 27 |
| 241 | Tuckerton | 27 |
| 242 | Alpine | 26 |
| 242 | Bordentown City | 26 |
| 242 | Linwood | 26 |
| 242 | North Caldwell | 26 |
| 242 | Saddle River | 26 |
| 243 | Boonton Township | 25 |
| 243 | Highlands | 25 |
| 243 | Mendham Township | 25 |
| 243 | River Vale Township | 25 |
| 244 | Gibbsboro | 24 |
| 245 | Atlantic Highlands | 23 |
| 245 | Monmouth Beach | 23 |
| 245 | Norwood | 23 |
| 246 | Sparta Township | 22 |
| 246 | Washington Township, Bergen County | 22 |
| 246 | Woodcliff Lake | 22 |
| 247 | Lakehurst | 21 |
| 247 | Lambertville | 21 |
| 247 | North Hanover Township | 21 |
| 247 | Peapack-Gladstone | 21 |
| 247 | Pemberton Borough | 21 |
| 247 | Wenonah | 21 |
| 248 | Lavallette | 20 |
| 248 | Springfield Township, Burlington County | 20 |
| 248 | Surf City | 20 |
| 249 | Andover Township | 19 |
| 249 | Brielle | 19 |
| 249 | Ocean Gate | 19 |
| 250 | Englishtown | 18 |
| 251 | Bay Head | 17 |
| 251 | Garwood | 17 |
| 251 | Laurel Springs | 17 |
| 251 | Medford Lakes | 17 |
| 252 | Audubon Park | 16 |
| 252 | Franklin Township, Hunterdon County | 16 |
| 252 | Hi-Nella | 16 |
| 252 | Jamesburg | 16 |
| 252 | West Wildwood | 16 |
| 253 | Demarest | 15 |
| 253 | Riverton | 15 |
| 253 | Swedesboro | 15 |
| 254 | Chesterfield Township | 14 |
| 254 | Mine Hill Township | 14 |
| 254 | Netcong | 14 |
| 254 | Old Tappan | 14 |
| 254 | Ship Bottom | 14 |
| 255 | High Bridge | 13 |
| 255 | Lake Como | 13 |
| 255 | Park Ridge | 13 |
| 255 | Sea Girt | 13 |
| 255 | Spring Lake Heights | 13 |
| 256 | Alpha | 12 |
| 256 | Stanhope | 12 |
| 256 | West Amwell Township | 12 |
| 257 | East Newark | 11 |
| 257 | Holland Township | 11 |
| 257 | Independence Township | 11 |
| 257 | Ogdensburg | 11 |
| 257 | Oxford Township | 11 |
| 258 | Delaware Township | 10 |
| 258 | Hamburg | 10 |
| 258 | South Harrison Township | 10 |
| 258 | Union Beach | 10 |
| 259 | Allenhurst | 9 |
| 259 | Mantoloking | 9 |
| 259 | Pine Beach | 9 |
| 260 | Allentown | 8 |
| 260 | Elmer | 8 |
| 260 | Harrington Park | 8 |
| 260 | Interlaken | 8 |
| 260 | Loch Arbour | 8 |
| 260 | Longport | 8 |
| 261 | Chester | 7 |
| 261 | Clinton | 7 |
| 261 | Far Hills | 7 |
| 261 | Helmetta | 7 |
| 261 | Island Heights | 7 |
| 261 | West Cape May | 7 |
| 261 | Winfield Township | 7 |
| 262 | Barnegat Light | 6 |
| 262 | Cape May Point | 6 |
| 262 | Frenchtown | 6 |
| 262 | Hopewell Borough | 6 |
| 262 | Lower Alloways Creek Township | 6 |
| 262 | Matawan | 6 |
| 262 | Northvale | 6 |
| 263 | Newfield | 5 |
| 263 | Sea Bright | 5 |
| 264 | Pennington | 4 |
| 265 | Califon | 3 |
| 265 | Elsinboro Township | 3 |
| 265 | Haworth | 3 |
| 265 | New Hanover Township | 3 |
| 266 | Harvey Cedars | 1 |
| 267 | Fieldsboro | 0 |
| 267 | Pine Valley | 0 |
| 267 | Rockleigh | 0 |
| 267 | Tavistock | 0 |
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