Ranking of New Jersey Cities By Number of Burglary Crimes in 2021
According to the FBI UCR data, in 2021, the New Jersey city with the highest number of Burglary Crimes was Newark (435), followed by Elizabeth (294), Hamilton Township, Mercer County (219), Lawrence Township, Mercer County (108), and Hillside Township (107).
The chart below shows the top 10 cities with high number of Burglary crimes in 2021, and the table below shows the ranking of New Jersey cities with high number of Burglary 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 Burglary 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.
| Rank | City | Number of Crimes |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Newark | 435 |
| 2 | Elizabeth | 294 |
| 3 | Hamilton Township, Mercer County | 219 |
| 4 | Lawrence Township, Mercer County | 108 |
| 5 | Hillside Township | 107 |
| 6 | Hoboken | 75 |
| 7 | Gloucester Township | 64 |
| 8 | East Brunswick Township | 49 |
| 9 | Englewood | 45 |
| 10 | Secaucus | 38 |
| 11 | Montclair | 37 |
| 12 | Hackensack | 35 |
| 12 | Lodi | 35 |
| 13 | Princeton | 28 |
| 13 | South Brunswick Township | 28 |
| 14 | Absecon | 27 |
| 14 | Cranford Township | 27 |
| 15 | Eatontown | 23 |
| 16 | Elmwood Park | 20 |
| 17 | Rockaway Township | 19 |
| 17 | Roxbury Township | 19 |
| 18 | North Plainfield | 18 |
| 18 | Rahway | 18 |
| 18 | Saddle River | 18 |
| 18 | Wallington | 18 |
| 19 | South River | 16 |
| 19 | Springfield Township, Union County | 16 |
| 19 | Wyckoff Township | 16 |
| 20 | Hillsborough Township | 15 |
| 21 | Lyndhurst Township | 12 |
| 22 | Hawthorne | 10 |
| 22 | Verona | 10 |
| 22 | Westfield | 10 |
| 23 | Hanover Township | 9 |
| 23 | South Amboy | 9 |
| 24 | Sparta Township | 7 |
| 25 | Stafford Township | 6 |
| 26 | Jefferson Township | 5 |
| 26 | Woodland Park | 5 |
| 27 | Seaside Park | 4 |
| 27 | Stanhope | 4 |
| 27 | Wharton | 4 |
| 28 | Bernardsville | 3 |
| 28 | Bloomingdale | 3 |
| 28 | Kenilworth | 3 |
| 28 | Madison | 3 |
| 28 | Morristown | 3 |
| 28 | Pompton Lakes | 3 |
| 28 | Westwood | 3 |
| 29 | Emerson | 2 |
| 29 | Lakehurst | 2 |
| 29 | Milltown | 2 |
| 29 | Mine Hill Township | 2 |
| 29 | Oradell | 2 |
| 29 | Rochelle Park Township | 2 |
| 29 | Shrewsbury | 2 |
| 29 | Wanaque | 2 |
| 30 | Dumont | 1 |
| 30 | Franklin | 1 |
| 30 | Woodcliff Lake | 1 |
| 31 | Island Heights | 0 |