Ranking of New Jersey Cities By Number of Aggravated Assault Crimes in 2023
According to the FBI UCR data, in 2023, the New Jersey city with the highest number of Aggravated Assault Crimes was Paterson (989), followed by Newark (921), Camden County Police Department (877), Jersey City (642), and Trenton (606).
The chart below shows the top 10 cities with high number of Aggravated Assault crimes in 2023, and the table below shows the ranking of New Jersey cities with high number of Aggravated Assault crimes.
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Hover over or click on the bars in the chart below, to see the number of Aggravated Assault 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 | Paterson | 989 |
2 | Newark | 921 |
3 | Camden County Police Department | 877 |
4 | Jersey City | 642 |
5 | Trenton | 606 |
6 | Atlantic City | 456 |
7 | Elizabeth | 438 |
8 | Passaic | 323 |
9 | New Brunswick | 251 |
10 | Vineland | 218 |
11 | East Orange | 201 |
12 | Woodbridge Township | 178 |
13 | Plainfield | 177 |
14 | Perth Amboy | 171 |
15 | Lakewood Township | 166 |
16 | Union City | 156 |
17 | Hamilton Township, Mercer County | 155 |
18 | Bayonne | 153 |
19 | Linden | 131 |
20 | Edison Township | 125 |
21 | Bridgeton | 124 |
22 | Asbury Park | 118 |
23 | Englewood | 93 |
24 | Salem | 92 |
25 | Pennsauken Township | 89 |
26 | Pemberton Township | 85 |
27 | Millville | 82 |
28 | Brick Township | 81 |
29 | Willingboro Township | 79 |
30 | Toms River Township | 75 |
31 | Hackensack | 74 |
32 | West New York | 73 |
33 | Neptune Township | 72 |
34 | Irvington | 70 |
34 | Piscataway Township | 70 |
35 | Orange City | 66 |
36 | Long Branch | 62 |
37 | Hoboken | 61 |
38 | North Brunswick Township | 60 |
38 | West Orange | 60 |
39 | Belleville | 57 |
40 | Ewing Township | 56 |
41 | Lindenwold | 55 |
42 | Middle Township | 54 |
42 | Mount Laurel Township | 54 |
43 | Galloway Township | 50 |
43 | Gloucester Township | 50 |
43 | South Brunswick Township | 50 |
44 | North Bergen Township | 47 |
44 | Pleasantville | 47 |
45 | Egg Harbor Township | 46 |
46 | Howell Township | 45 |
46 | Old Bridge Township | 45 |
47 | Harrison | 44 |
48 | Bloomfield | 42 |
48 | Carteret | 42 |
48 | Elmwood Park | 42 |
48 | Wayne Township | 42 |
49 | Burlington City | 41 |
49 | Evesham Township | 41 |
49 | Maple Shade Township | 41 |
49 | Washington Township, Gloucester County | 41 |
50 | Berkeley Township | 40 |
51 | Guttenberg | 37 |
51 | Monroe Township, Gloucester County | 37 |
51 | Union Township | 37 |
52 | Somers Point | 36 |
53 | Burlington Township | 35 |
54 | Fort Lee | 34 |
54 | Kearny | 34 |
54 | Penns Grove | 34 |
55 | Hammonton | 30 |
56 | Deptford Township | 29 |
56 | East Brunswick Township | 29 |
56 | Glassboro | 29 |
56 | Lacey Township | 29 |
56 | Montclair | 29 |
57 | Mount Holly Township | 28 |
57 | Sayreville | 28 |
57 | Westampton Township | 28 |
58 | Rahway | 27 |
59 | Hillside Township | 26 |
60 | South Plainfield | 25 |
61 | Aberdeen Township | 24 |
61 | Absecon | 24 |
61 | Lodi | 24 |
61 | Paulsboro | 24 |
61 | West Deptford Township | 24 |
62 | Lower Township | 23 |
62 | Morristown | 23 |
62 | Roselle | 23 |
62 | Seaside Heights | 23 |
62 | Woodbury | 23 |
63 | Hillsborough Township | 22 |
63 | Nutley Township | 22 |
64 | Franklin Township, Gloucester County | 21 |
64 | Franklin Township, Somerset County | 21 |
64 | Garfield | 21 |
64 | Jackson Township | 21 |
64 | Wall Township | 21 |
65 | Dover | 20 |
65 | Hazlet Township | 20 |
66 | Hamilton Township, Atlantic County | 19 |
66 | Manchester Township | 19 |
66 | Pine Hill | 19 |
66 | Secaucus | 19 |
66 | Teaneck Township | 19 |
67 | Freehold Borough | 18 |
67 | Little Egg Harbor Township | 18 |
67 | North Plainfield | 18 |
68 | Phillipsburg | 17 |
69 | Barnegat Township | 16 |
69 | Delran Township | 16 |
69 | Ocean Township, Monmouth County | 16 |
69 | South Amboy | 16 |
70 | Gloucester City | 15 |
70 | Lyndhurst Township | 15 |
71 | Cinnaminson Township | 14 |
71 | Eatontown | 14 |
71 | Little Falls Township | 14 |
71 | Magnolia | 14 |
71 | Somerdale | 14 |
72 | Edgewater Park Township | 13 |
72 | Marlboro Township | 13 |
72 | South River | 13 |
73 | Brooklawn | 12 |
73 | Clementon | 12 |
73 | Eastampton Township | 12 |
73 | Florence Township | 12 |
73 | Hopatcong | 12 |
73 | Lumberton Township | 12 |
73 | Monroe Township, Middlesex County | 12 |
73 | Newton | 12 |
73 | Parsippany-Troy Hills Township | 12 |
73 | Point Pleasant Beach | 12 |
74 | Collingswood | 11 |
74 | Egg Harbor City | 11 |
74 | Fair Lawn | 11 |
74 | Maywood | 11 |
74 | Springfield Township, Union County | 11 |
74 | West Milford Township | 11 |
75 | Highland Park | 10 |
75 | Hightstown | 10 |
75 | Hopewell Township | 10 |
75 | Livingston Township | 10 |
75 | Mount Ephraim | 10 |
75 | Rockaway Township | 10 |
76 | Beachwood | 9 |
76 | Cliffside Park | 9 |
76 | Jefferson Township | 9 |
76 | North Wildwood | 9 |
76 | Palisades Park | 9 |
76 | Pequannock Township | 9 |
76 | Ridgefield Park | 9 |
76 | Rumson | 9 |
76 | Ventnor City | 9 |
76 | Voorhees Township | 9 |
76 | Wallington | 9 |
76 | West Windsor Township | 9 |
77 | Carney's Point Township | 8 |
77 | East Greenwich Township | 8 |
77 | East Rutherford | 8 |
77 | Milltown | 8 |
77 | Neptune City | 8 |
77 | Palmyra | 8 |
77 | Ridgewood | 8 |
77 | Riverside Township | 8 |
77 | Westville | 8 |
78 | Berlin Township | 7 |
78 | Dumont | 7 |
78 | East Windsor Township | 7 |
78 | Fairview | 7 |
78 | Lawnside | 7 |
78 | Manalapan Township | 7 |
78 | Maplewood Township | 7 |
78 | Medford Township | 7 |
78 | North Arlington | 7 |
78 | Point Pleasant | 7 |
78 | Princeton | 7 |
78 | Rochelle Park Township | 7 |
78 | Scotch Plains Township | 7 |
78 | South Hackensack Township | 7 |
78 | Summit | 7 |
78 | Woodland Park | 7 |
79 | Bellmawr | 6 |
79 | Blairstown Township | 6 |
79 | Bogota | 6 |
79 | Caldwell | 6 |
79 | Clayton | 6 |
79 | Haddon Township | 6 |
79 | Hanover Township | 6 |
79 | Hawthorne | 6 |
79 | Logan Township | 6 |
79 | Mantua Township | 6 |
79 | Moonachie | 6 |
79 | Oakland | 6 |
79 | Pennsville Township | 6 |
79 | Rutherford | 6 |
80 | Audubon | 5 |
80 | Cranford Township | 5 |
80 | Edgewater | 5 |
80 | Hamburg | 5 |
80 | Highlands | 5 |
80 | Holmdel Township | 5 |
80 | Lincoln Park | 5 |
80 | Lopatcong Township | 5 |
80 | Mahwah Township | 5 |
80 | Mansfield Township, Burlington County | 5 |
80 | Merchantville | 5 |
80 | Netcong | 5 |
80 | Stafford Township | 5 |
80 | Washington Township, Morris County | 5 |
80 | Weehawken Township | 5 |
80 | Westwood | 5 |
81 | Belmar | 4 |
81 | Bloomingdale | 4 |
81 | Bound Brook | 4 |
81 | Delanco Township | 4 |
81 | Elk Township | 4 |
81 | Fairfield Township, Essex County | 4 |
81 | Greenwich Township, Gloucester County | 4 |
81 | Harrison Township | 4 |
81 | Keyport | 4 |
81 | Long Beach Township | 4 |
81 | Metuchen | 4 |
81 | Mullica Township | 4 |
81 | Raritan Township | 4 |
81 | Red Bank | 4 |
81 | Ridgefield | 4 |
81 | South Orange Village | 4 |
81 | Stratford | 4 |
81 | West Long Branch | 4 |
81 | Wood-Ridge | 4 |
82 | Atlantic Highlands | 3 |
82 | Berkeley Heights Township | 3 |
82 | Bradley Beach | 3 |
82 | Branchburg Township | 3 |
82 | Brielle | 3 |
82 | Cedar Grove Township | 3 |
82 | Clark Township | 3 |
82 | Franklin | 3 |
82 | Glen Ridge | 3 |
82 | Hardyston Township | 3 |
82 | Montvale | 3 |
82 | Montville Township | 3 |
82 | Mount Olive Township | 3 |
82 | Oceanport | 3 |
82 | Pitman | 3 |
82 | Randolph Township | 3 |
82 | Readington Township | 3 |
82 | Robbinsville Township | 3 |
82 | Roselle Park | 3 |
82 | Saddle Brook Township | 3 |
82 | Sea Isle City | 3 |
82 | Tenafly | 3 |
82 | Vernon Township | 3 |
82 | Washington Township, Bergen County | 3 |
82 | Wildwood Crest | 3 |
82 | Woodstown | 3 |
83 | Barrington | 2 |
83 | Bedminster Township | 2 |
83 | Belvidere | 2 |
83 | Bordentown Township | 2 |
83 | Brigantine | 2 |
83 | Cape May | 2 |
83 | Carlstadt | 2 |
83 | Chatham | 2 |
83 | Clinton Township | 2 |
83 | Closter | 2 |
83 | Cranbury Township | 2 |
83 | Fair Haven | 2 |
83 | Garwood | 2 |
83 | Gibbsboro | 2 |
83 | Glen Rock | 2 |
83 | Leonia | 2 |
83 | Madison | 2 |
83 | Margate City | 2 |
83 | Moorestown Township | 2 |
83 | Ocean Township, Ocean County | 2 |
83 | Old Tappan | 2 |
83 | Pennington | 2 |
83 | Plumsted Township | 2 |
83 | Riverdale | 2 |
83 | River Vale Township | 2 |
83 | Sea Bright | 2 |
83 | Sea Girt | 2 |
83 | South Toms River | 2 |
83 | Sparta Township | 2 |
83 | Stanhope | 2 |
83 | Teterboro | 2 |
83 | Verona | 2 |
83 | Wanaque | 2 |
83 | Washington | 2 |
83 | Washington Township, Warren County | 2 |
83 | Watchung | 2 |
83 | West Caldwell Township | 2 |
83 | Westfield | 2 |
83 | Wharton | 2 |
83 | Woodlynne | 2 |
84 | Allendale | 1 |
84 | Alpha | 1 |
84 | Andover Township | 1 |
84 | Bergenfield | 1 |
84 | Berlin | 1 |
84 | Boonton Township | 1 |
84 | Bordentown City | 1 |
84 | Califon | 1 |
84 | Chester Township | 1 |
84 | Clinton | 1 |
84 | Colts Neck Township | 1 |
84 | Delaware Township | 1 |
84 | East Hanover Township | 1 |
84 | East Newark | 1 |
84 | Emerson | 1 |
84 | Englishtown | 1 |
84 | Flemington | 1 |
84 | Franklin Township, Hunterdon County | 1 |
84 | Green Brook Township | 1 |
84 | Hackettstown | 1 |
84 | Haddonfield | 1 |
84 | Helmetta | 1 |
84 | High Bridge | 1 |
84 | Hopewell Borough | 1 |
84 | Independence Township | 1 |
84 | Jamesburg | 1 |
84 | Lakehurst | 1 |
84 | Lambertville | 1 |
84 | Millburn Township | 1 |
84 | Mountainside | 1 |
84 | New Milford | 1 |
84 | Oradell | 1 |
84 | Oxford Township | 1 |
84 | Paramus | 1 |
84 | Plainsboro Township | 1 |
84 | Pohatcong Township | 1 |
84 | Ramsey | 1 |
84 | River Edge | 1 |
84 | Rockaway | 1 |
84 | South Bound Brook | 1 |
84 | Surf City | 1 |
84 | Swedesboro | 1 |
84 | Union Beach | 1 |
84 | Upper Saddle River | 1 |
84 | Waldwick | 1 |
84 | Waterford Township | 1 |
84 | Winfield Township | 1 |
84 | Woolwich Township | 1 |
85 | Allenhurst | 0 |
85 | Allentown | 0 |
85 | Alpine | 0 |
85 | Avon-by-the-Sea | 0 |
85 | Bernards Township | 0 |
85 | Bernardsville | 0 |
85 | Butler | 0 |
85 | Chesilhurst | 0 |
85 | Chester | 0 |
85 | Cresskill | 0 |
85 | Deal | 0 |
85 | Denville Township | 0 |
85 | Essex Fells | 0 |
85 | Fanwood | 0 |
85 | Florham Park | 0 |
85 | Franklin Lakes | 0 |
85 | Frenchtown | 0 |
85 | Greenwich Township, Warren County | 0 |
85 | Harding Township | 0 |
85 | Harrington Park | 0 |
85 | Hasbrouck Heights | 0 |
85 | Hillsdale | 0 |
85 | Kenilworth | 0 |
85 | Kinnelon | 0 |
85 | Laurel Springs | 0 |
85 | Lavallette | 0 |
85 | Lawrence Township, Mercer County | 0 |
85 | Lebanon Township | 0 |
85 | Linwood | 0 |
85 | Little Silver | 0 |
85 | Longport | 0 |
85 | Manasquan | 0 |
85 | Mansfield Township, Warren County | 0 |
85 | Matawan | 0 |
85 | Medford Lakes | 0 |
85 | Midland Park | 0 |
85 | Monmouth Beach | 0 |
85 | Morris Plains | 0 |
85 | Mountain Lakes | 0 |
85 | Mount Arlington | 0 |
85 | Northfield | 0 |
85 | Northvale | 0 |
85 | Park Ridge | 0 |
85 | Peapack-Gladstone | 0 |
85 | Pompton Lakes | 0 |
85 | Prospect Park | 0 |
85 | Roseland | 0 |
85 | Roxbury Township | 0 |
85 | Runnemede | 0 |
85 | Saddle River | 0 |
85 | Seaside Park | 0 |
85 | Ship Bottom | 0 |
85 | Shrewsbury | 0 |
85 | South Harrison Township | 0 |
85 | Spring Lake | 0 |
85 | Spring Lake Heights | 0 |
85 | Stone Harbor | 0 |
85 | Tewksbury Township | 0 |
85 | Tuckerton | 0 |
85 | Warren Township | 0 |
85 | West Amwell Township | 0 |
85 | Woodcliff Lake | 0 |