Ranking of New Jersey Cities By Number of Arson Crimes in 2021
According to the FBI UCR data, in 2021, the New Jersey city with the highest number of Arson Crimes was Newark (24), followed by Elizabeth (12), Hamilton Township, Mercer County (7), Absecon (3), and Gloucester Township (3).
The chart below shows the top 10 cities with high number of Arson crimes in 2021, and the table below shows the ranking of New Jersey cities with high number of Arson 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 Arson 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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| Rank | City | Number of Crimes |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Newark | 24 |
| 2 | Elizabeth | 12 |
| 3 | Hamilton Township, Mercer County | 7 |
| 4 | Absecon | 3 |
| 4 | Gloucester Township | 3 |
| 4 | Hackensack | 3 |
| 5 | North Plainfield | 2 |
| 5 | Rahway | 2 |
| 6 | East Brunswick Township | 1 |
| 6 | Englewood | 1 |
| 6 | Hanover Township | 1 |
| 6 | Mine Hill Township | 1 |
| 6 | Princeton | 1 |
| 6 | Westwood | 1 |
| 7 | Bernardsville | 0 |
| 7 | Bloomingdale | 0 |
| 7 | Cranford Township | 0 |
| 7 | Dumont | 0 |
| 7 | Eatontown | 0 |
| 7 | Elmwood Park | 0 |
| 7 | Emerson | 0 |
| 7 | Franklin | 0 |
| 7 | Hawthorne | 0 |
| 7 | Hillsborough Township | 0 |
| 7 | Hillside Township | 0 |
| 7 | Hoboken | 0 |
| 7 | Island Heights | 0 |
| 7 | Jefferson Township | 0 |
| 7 | Kenilworth | 0 |
| 7 | Lakehurst | 0 |
| 7 | Lawrence Township, Mercer County | 0 |
| 7 | Lodi | 0 |
| 7 | Lyndhurst Township | 0 |
| 7 | Madison | 0 |
| 7 | Milltown | 0 |
| 7 | Montclair | 0 |
| 7 | Morristown | 0 |
| 7 | Oradell | 0 |
| 7 | Pompton Lakes | 0 |
| 7 | Rochelle Park Township | 0 |
| 7 | Rockaway Township | 0 |
| 7 | Roxbury Township | 0 |
| 7 | Saddle River | 0 |
| 7 | Seaside Park | 0 |
| 7 | Secaucus | 0 |
| 7 | Shrewsbury | 0 |
| 7 | South Amboy | 0 |
| 7 | South Brunswick Township | 0 |
| 7 | South River | 0 |
| 7 | Sparta Township | 0 |
| 7 | Springfield Township, Union County | 0 |
| 7 | Stafford Township | 0 |
| 7 | Stanhope | 0 |
| 7 | Verona | 0 |
| 7 | Wallington | 0 |
| 7 | Wanaque | 0 |
| 7 | Westfield | 0 |
| 7 | Wharton | 0 |
| 7 | Woodcliff Lake | 0 |
| 7 | Woodland Park | 0 |
| 7 | Wyckoff Township | 0 |