Ranking of New Jersey Cities By Number of Violent Crimes in 2021
According to the FBI UCR data, in 2021, the New Jersey city with the highest number of Violent Crimes was Newark (1,446), followed by Elizabeth (644), Hamilton Township, Mercer County (225), Hoboken (80), and Gloucester Township (63).
The chart below shows the top 10 cities with high number of Violent crimes in 2021, and the table below shows the ranking of New Jersey cities with high number of Violent 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 Violent 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 | 1446 |
| 2 | Elizabeth | 644 |
| 3 | Hamilton Township, Mercer County | 225 |
| 4 | Hoboken | 80 |
| 5 | Gloucester Township | 63 |
| 5 | North Plainfield | 63 |
| 6 | Hillside Township | 54 |
| 7 | Hackensack | 52 |
| 8 | Englewood | 49 |
| 9 | Rahway | 48 |
| 10 | Secaucus | 47 |
| 11 | East Brunswick Township | 38 |
| 12 | South Brunswick Township | 33 |
| 13 | Montclair | 29 |
| 14 | Lodi | 27 |
| 15 | Eatontown | 25 |
| 16 | Elmwood Park | 24 |
| 17 | Absecon | 22 |
| 18 | Morristown | 21 |
| 19 | Stafford Township | 18 |
| 20 | Lawrence Township, Mercer County | 16 |
| 21 | Hillsborough Township | 15 |
| 22 | Bloomingdale | 13 |
| 22 | South Amboy | 13 |
| 23 | South River | 12 |
| 24 | Lyndhurst Township | 11 |
| 25 | Princeton | 10 |
| 25 | Rochelle Park Township | 10 |
| 26 | Stanhope | 9 |
| 27 | Pompton Lakes | 8 |
| 27 | Rockaway Township | 8 |
| 27 | Springfield Township, Union County | 8 |
| 28 | Hanover Township | 7 |
| 28 | Hawthorne | 7 |
| 28 | Jefferson Township | 7 |
| 28 | Kenilworth | 7 |
| 28 | Woodland Park | 7 |
| 29 | Cranford Township | 6 |
| 29 | Lakehurst | 6 |
| 29 | Westfield | 6 |
| 30 | Dumont | 5 |
| 31 | Franklin | 4 |
| 31 | Roxbury Township | 4 |
| 32 | Milltown | 3 |
| 32 | Seaside Park | 3 |
| 32 | Sparta Township | 3 |
| 32 | Verona | 3 |
| 32 | Wallington | 3 |
| 32 | Wanaque | 3 |
| 32 | Westwood | 3 |
| 32 | Wharton | 3 |
| 32 | Wyckoff Township | 3 |
| 33 | Island Heights | 2 |
| 33 | Madison | 2 |
| 34 | Woodcliff Lake | 1 |
| 35 | Bernardsville | 0 |
| 35 | Emerson | 0 |
| 35 | Mine Hill Township | 0 |
| 35 | Oradell | 0 |
| 35 | Saddle River | 0 |
| 35 | Shrewsbury | 0 |