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