Ranking of New Jersey Cities By Number of Total Crimes in 2021

Updated on November 1, 2023.

According to the FBI UCR data, in 2021, the New Jersey city with the highest number of Total Crimes was Newark (5,768), followed by Elizabeth (3,632), Hamilton Township, Mercer County (1,633), Gloucester Township (868), and Hoboken (732).

The chart below shows the top 10 cities with high number of Total crimes in 2021, 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.

You can also see this information for other states.

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 2021
Newark
Elizabeth
Hamilton Township, Mercer County
Gloucester Township
Hoboken
Hackensack
Hillside Township
East Brunswick Township
Secaucus
Lawrence Township, Mercer County
Ranking of New Jersey Cities By Number of Total Crimes in 2021
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Rank City Number of Crimes
1 Newark 5768
2 Elizabeth 3632
3 Hamilton Township, Mercer County 1633
4 Gloucester Township 868
5 Hoboken 732
6 Hackensack 658
7 Hillside Township 602
8 East Brunswick Township 561
9 Secaucus 513
10 Lawrence Township, Mercer County 498
11 South Brunswick Township 355
12 North Plainfield 344
13 Montclair 327
14 Absecon 320
15 Englewood 311
16 Lodi 295
17 Westfield 277
18 Eatontown 240
18 Rahway 240
19 Elmwood Park 235
19 Princeton 235
20 Stafford Township 212
21 Springfield Township, Union County 211
22 Lyndhurst Township 195
23 Hanover Township 163
24 Hillsborough Township 158
25 Cranford Township 155
26 Rockaway Township 150
27 Roxbury Township 146
28 Woodland Park 144
29 Wallington 128
30 Morristown 125
31 Hawthorne 121
32 Rochelle Park Township 103
33 Kenilworth 100
34 Verona 93
35 Madison 85
35 South Amboy 85
36 Sparta Township 73
37 Wyckoff Township 68
38 Franklin 65
39 Dumont 61
40 South River 57
41 Milltown 52
41 Shrewsbury 52
42 Jefferson Township 49
43 Bernardsville 48
43 Pompton Lakes 48
44 Westwood 47
45 Bloomingdale 39
46 Lakehurst 33
47 Saddle River 31
48 Wharton 27
49 Woodcliff Lake 26
50 Seaside Park 24
51 Emerson 22
52 Stanhope 17
53 Oradell 15
54 Mine Hill Township 10
55 Wanaque 8
56 Island Heights 7