Ranking of New Jersey Cities By Number of Total Crimes in 2023
Updated on September 30, 2024.
According to the FBI UCR data, in 2023, the New Jersey city with the highest number of Total Crimes was Newark (8,253), followed by Paterson (5,236), Jersey City (4,912), Elizabeth (4,731), and Camden County Police Department (3,500).
The chart below shows the top 10 cities with high number of Total crimes in 2023, 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.
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Ranking of New Jersey Cities By Number of Total Crimes in 2023
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| Rank | City | Number of Crimes |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Newark | 8253 |
| 2 | Paterson | 5236 |
| 3 | Jersey City | 4912 |
| 4 | Elizabeth | 4731 |
| 5 | Camden County Police Department | 3500 |
| 6 | Atlantic City | 3352 |
| 7 | Trenton | 2609 |
| 8 | Edison Township | 2380 |
| 9 | Hamilton Township, Mercer County | 2232 |
| 10 | New Brunswick | 2203 |
| 11 | Woodbridge Township | 2170 |
| 12 | Passaic | 1954 |
| 13 | Vineland | 1874 |
| 14 | Irvington | 1807 |
| 15 | Linden | 1749 |
| 16 | Pennsauken Township | 1710 |
| 17 | East Orange | 1689 |
| 18 | Toms River Township | 1360 |
| 19 | Millville | 1349 |
| 20 | Union Township | 1294 |
| 21 | Union City | 1287 |
| 22 | Deptford Township | 1249 |
| 23 | Egg Harbor Township | 1246 |
| 24 | Bridgeton | 1211 |
| 24 | Plainfield | 1211 |
| 25 | Hackensack | 1197 |
| 26 | Bayonne | 1191 |
| 27 | Wayne Township | 1158 |
| 28 | Lakewood Township | 1154 |
| 29 | Perth Amboy | 1112 |
| 30 | Brick Township | 1084 |
| 31 | Kearny | 1071 |
| 32 | Ewing Township | 1070 |
| 33 | Neptune Township | 1065 |
| 34 | Mount Laurel Township | 1011 |
| 35 | Franklin Township, Somerset County | 907 |
| 35 | Hoboken | 907 |
| 36 | Evesham Township | 903 |
| 37 | Bloomfield | 868 |
| 38 | Washington Township, Gloucester County | 848 |
| 39 | Belleville | 841 |
| 40 | Gloucester Township | 833 |
| 41 | West Orange | 827 |
| 42 | Paramus | 819 |
| 43 | Asbury Park | 808 |
| 44 | North Brunswick Township | 798 |
| 45 | West New York | 795 |
| 46 | Secaucus | 745 |
| 47 | East Brunswick Township | 728 |
| 48 | Hillside Township | 713 |
| 49 | Old Bridge Township | 699 |
| 50 | Ocean Township, Monmouth County | 692 |
| 51 | Hamilton Township, Atlantic County | 683 |
| 52 | Piscataway Township | 675 |
| 53 | Sayreville | 603 |
| 54 | Fort Lee | 597 |
| 55 | Orange City | 590 |
| 56 | Garfield | 568 |
| 57 | Lawrence Township, Mercer County | 564 |
| 58 | North Bergen Township | 561 |
| 59 | Howell Township | 544 |
| 60 | Parsippany-Troy Hills Township | 542 |
| 61 | Harrison | 533 |
| 62 | Galloway Township | 525 |
| 63 | Englewood | 523 |
| 64 | West Windsor Township | 522 |
| 65 | Long Branch | 519 |
| 66 | Berkeley Township | 513 |
| 67 | Teaneck Township | 508 |
| 68 | Willingboro Township | 501 |
| 69 | Monroe Township, Gloucester County | 496 |
| 70 | Haddon Township | 492 |
| 70 | Pennsville Township | 492 |
| 71 | Marlboro Township | 470 |
| 71 | Millburn Township | 470 |
| 72 | South Plainfield | 460 |
| 73 | South Brunswick Township | 454 |
| 74 | Lindenwold | 447 |
| 75 | North Plainfield | 442 |
| 76 | Carteret | 441 |
| 77 | Pemberton Township | 438 |
| 78 | Collingswood | 437 |
| 79 | Maple Shade Township | 426 |
| 80 | Voorhees Township | 422 |
| 81 | Elmwood Park | 420 |
| 82 | Livingston Township | 416 |
| 83 | Pleasantville | 404 |
| 84 | Woodbury | 402 |
| 85 | Middle Township | 399 |
| 86 | Lodi | 392 |
| 87 | Audubon | 386 |
| 88 | Cinnaminson Township | 374 |
| 89 | Wall Township | 371 |
| 90 | Rahway | 367 |
| 91 | Stafford Township | 346 |
| 92 | Clark Township | 345 |
| 93 | Fair Lawn | 343 |
| 94 | Absecon | 338 |
| 95 | East Windsor Township | 337 |
| 96 | Maplewood Township | 330 |
| 97 | Somerdale | 328 |
| 98 | West Deptford Township | 327 |
| 99 | Roselle | 322 |
| 100 | Glassboro | 316 |
| 101 | Manalapan Township | 306 |
| 102 | Delran Township | 303 |
| 103 | Burlington Township | 298 |
| 104 | Ventnor City | 295 |
| 105 | Phillipsburg | 293 |
| 106 | Hazlet Township | 285 |
| 107 | Mantua Township | 282 |
| 108 | Nutley Township | 279 |
| 109 | Rockaway Township | 278 |
| 110 | Hillsborough Township | 276 |
| 111 | Eatontown | 274 |
| 112 | Weehawken Township | 272 |
| 113 | South Orange Village | 269 |
| 113 | Westfield | 269 |
| 114 | Jackson Township | 265 |
| 115 | Somers Point | 264 |
| 116 | Lacey Township | 261 |
| 117 | Little Egg Harbor Township | 257 |
| 118 | Westampton Township | 256 |
| 119 | Salem | 253 |
| 120 | Princeton | 251 |
| 121 | Gloucester City | 246 |
| 122 | Watchung | 245 |
| 123 | Burlington City | 244 |
| 124 | Cranford Township | 242 |
| 125 | Moorestown Township | 239 |
| 126 | Rutherford | 238 |
| 127 | Montclair | 233 |
| 128 | Mount Ephraim | 231 |
| 129 | Springfield Township, Union County | 227 |
| 130 | Franklin Township, Gloucester County | 224 |
| 131 | North Arlington | 222 |
| 132 | Hanover Township | 221 |
| 133 | Mount Holly Township | 220 |
| 134 | Highland Park | 214 |
| 135 | Brooklawn | 213 |
| 135 | Lumberton Township | 213 |
| 136 | Manchester Township | 211 |
| 137 | Berlin Township | 208 |
| 138 | East Hanover Township | 207 |
| 139 | Cliffside Park | 205 |
| 140 | Ridgefield Park | 203 |
| 141 | Lower Township | 202 |
| 141 | Teterboro | 202 |
| 142 | Lawnside | 199 |
| 142 | Mahwah Township | 199 |
| 143 | Scotch Plains Township | 196 |
| 144 | Lyndhurst Township | 195 |
| 144 | Saddle Brook Township | 195 |
| 145 | Hawthorne | 194 |
| 145 | Medford Township | 194 |
| 145 | Summit | 194 |
| 145 | Wallington | 194 |
| 146 | Edgewater | 193 |
| 146 | Pine Hill | 193 |
| 147 | Fairfield Township, Essex County | 192 |
| 148 | Metuchen | 191 |
| 149 | East Rutherford | 185 |
| 150 | Roxbury Township | 184 |
| 150 | Woodland Park | 184 |
| 151 | Aberdeen Township | 181 |
| 152 | Bound Brook | 179 |
| 153 | Bellmawr | 177 |
| 153 | Fairview | 177 |
| 153 | Neptune City | 177 |
| 154 | Red Bank | 176 |
| 155 | Ridgewood | 175 |
| 156 | Haddonfield | 172 |
| 156 | Robbinsville Township | 172 |
| 157 | Roselle Park | 169 |
| 158 | Palisades Park | 167 |
| 159 | Runnemede | 166 |
| 160 | Greenwich Township, Warren County | 150 |
| 161 | Palmyra | 148 |
| 161 | Penns Grove | 148 |
| 162 | Pohatcong Township | 147 |
| 163 | Glen Ridge | 146 |
| 164 | North Wildwood | 143 |
| 164 | Paulsboro | 143 |
| 165 | Guttenberg | 142 |
| 166 | Hammonton | 140 |
| 166 | Holmdel Township | 140 |
| 167 | Bordentown Township | 138 |
| 168 | Maywood | 137 |
| 168 | Seaside Heights | 137 |
| 169 | Edgewater Park Township | 136 |
| 170 | Beachwood | 132 |
| 171 | Flemington | 130 |
| 171 | Plainsboro Township | 130 |
| 171 | Ramsey | 130 |
| 172 | Magnolia | 129 |
| 173 | Westville | 128 |
| 174 | Berlin | 126 |
| 174 | Riverdale | 126 |
| 175 | Carlstadt | 125 |
| 175 | Keyport | 125 |
| 175 | South Amboy | 125 |
| 175 | South Hackensack Township | 125 |
| 176 | Hopewell Township | 124 |
| 176 | Ridgefield | 124 |
| 177 | Monroe Township, Middlesex County | 123 |
| 178 | Point Pleasant Beach | 121 |
| 179 | Woodlynne | 119 |
| 180 | Pequannock Township | 118 |
| 180 | River Edge | 118 |
| 181 | Egg Harbor City | 116 |
| 181 | Freehold Borough | 116 |
| 181 | Little Falls Township | 116 |
| 182 | Morristown | 115 |
| 183 | Montville Township | 114 |
| 184 | Dover | 113 |
| 185 | Mount Olive Township | 110 |
| 186 | Cape May | 109 |
| 187 | Logan Township | 106 |
| 188 | Bergenfield | 105 |
| 189 | East Greenwich Township | 104 |
| 189 | Milltown | 104 |
| 190 | Belmar | 103 |
| 190 | Prospect Park | 103 |
| 191 | West Long Branch | 102 |
| 192 | Mansfield Township, Warren County | 101 |
| 192 | Warren Township | 101 |
| 193 | Shrewsbury | 100 |
| 193 | Verona | 100 |
| 193 | Woolwich Township | 100 |
| 194 | Cedar Grove Township | 99 |
| 194 | Margate City | 99 |
| 195 | Closter | 98 |
| 196 | Barnegat Township | 97 |
| 196 | Wharton | 97 |
| 197 | Carney's Point Township | 96 |
| 198 | Florham Park | 94 |
| 199 | Branchburg Township | 93 |
| 200 | Lincoln Park | 92 |
| 201 | Clementon | 91 |
| 201 | Northfield | 91 |
| 202 | Brigantine | 90 |
| 202 | Leonia | 90 |
| 202 | Point Pleasant | 90 |
| 202 | Rochelle Park Township | 90 |
| 203 | Bogota | 89 |
| 204 | Berkeley Heights Township | 88 |
| 204 | Glen Rock | 88 |
| 204 | West Caldwell Township | 88 |
| 205 | Randolph Township | 87 |
| 206 | Sea Isle City | 85 |
| 207 | South River | 84 |
| 208 | Montvale | 83 |
| 209 | Colts Neck Township | 82 |
| 210 | Dumont | 81 |
| 211 | New Milford | 80 |
| 212 | Madison | 79 |
| 213 | Eastampton Township | 78 |
| 213 | Kenilworth | 78 |
| 213 | Waterford Township | 78 |
| 213 | West Milford Township | 78 |
| 214 | Lopatcong Township | 76 |
| 215 | Clayton | 75 |
| 215 | Linwood | 75 |
| 216 | Riverside Township | 74 |
| 217 | South Toms River | 73 |
| 218 | Readington Township | 72 |
| 218 | Tenafly | 72 |
| 219 | Denville Township | 71 |
| 219 | Stratford | 71 |
| 220 | Washington Township, Morris County | 69 |
| 221 | Barrington | 68 |
| 221 | Chatham | 68 |
| 221 | Morris Plains | 68 |
| 221 | Newton | 68 |
| 222 | Hackettstown | 67 |
| 223 | Bernards Township | 65 |
| 223 | Sparta Township | 65 |
| 224 | Harrison Township | 64 |
| 225 | Merchantville | 63 |
| 225 | Mullica Township | 63 |
| 226 | Florence Township | 61 |
| 226 | Mansfield Township, Burlington County | 61 |
| 227 | Hasbrouck Heights | 59 |
| 227 | Stone Harbor | 59 |
| 227 | Washington Township, Warren County | 59 |
| 228 | Franklin Lakes | 58 |
| 229 | Manasquan | 57 |
| 229 | Roseland | 57 |
| 230 | Green Brook Township | 56 |
| 231 | Jefferson Township | 54 |
| 232 | Clinton Township | 52 |
| 232 | Spring Lake | 52 |
| 233 | Little Silver | 51 |
| 233 | Raritan Township | 51 |
| 233 | Wood-Ridge | 51 |
| 234 | Jamesburg | 49 |
| 235 | Butler | 48 |
| 236 | Greenwich Township, Gloucester County | 47 |
| 236 | South Bound Brook | 47 |
| 237 | Delanco Township | 46 |
| 237 | Westwood | 46 |
| 237 | Wildwood Crest | 46 |
| 238 | Long Beach Township | 45 |
| 238 | Oakland | 45 |
| 239 | Franklin | 44 |
| 239 | Pompton Lakes | 44 |
| 240 | Hightstown | 43 |
| 241 | Bradley Beach | 42 |
| 241 | Gibbsboro | 42 |
| 241 | Oceanport | 42 |
| 241 | Woodcliff Lake | 42 |
| 242 | Rumson | 40 |
| 243 | Essex Fells | 39 |
| 243 | Kinnelon | 39 |
| 243 | Washington | 39 |
| 244 | Avon-by-the-Sea | 38 |
| 245 | Northvale | 37 |
| 245 | Saddle River | 37 |
| 245 | Tuckerton | 37 |
| 246 | Bedminster Township | 36 |
| 246 | Cranbury Township | 36 |
| 246 | Plumsted Township | 36 |
| 247 | Bernardsville | 35 |
| 247 | Blairstown Township | 35 |
| 247 | Caldwell | 35 |
| 247 | Garwood | 35 |
| 248 | East Newark | 34 |
| 248 | Fanwood | 34 |
| 248 | River Vale Township | 34 |
| 249 | Hardyston Township | 33 |
| 249 | Moonachie | 33 |
| 249 | Mount Arlington | 33 |
| 250 | Lambertville | 32 |
| 250 | Midland Park | 32 |
| 250 | Rockaway | 32 |
| 251 | Cresskill | 31 |
| 251 | Hillsdale | 31 |
| 251 | Lebanon Township | 31 |
| 251 | Pitman | 31 |
| 251 | Upper Saddle River | 31 |
| 252 | Lakehurst | 29 |
| 253 | Elk Township | 28 |
| 253 | West Amwell Township | 28 |
| 254 | Bloomingdale | 27 |
| 254 | Deal | 27 |
| 254 | Hopatcong | 27 |
| 254 | Woodstown | 27 |
| 255 | Mountain Lakes | 26 |
| 255 | Ocean Township, Ocean County | 26 |
| 256 | Allendale | 25 |
| 256 | Brielle | 25 |
| 256 | Old Tappan | 25 |
| 256 | Wanaque | 25 |
| 256 | Washington Township, Bergen County | 25 |
| 257 | Atlantic Highlands | 24 |
| 257 | Netcong | 24 |
| 257 | Vernon Township | 24 |
| 257 | Waldwick | 24 |
| 258 | Chester Township | 23 |
| 258 | Highlands | 23 |
| 258 | Park Ridge | 23 |
| 259 | Chester | 22 |
| 259 | Oradell | 22 |
| 259 | Peapack-Gladstone | 22 |
| 260 | Harding Township | 21 |
| 261 | Bordentown City | 20 |
| 262 | Belvidere | 19 |
| 262 | Winfield Township | 19 |
| 263 | Fair Haven | 18 |
| 263 | Harrington Park | 18 |
| 263 | Laurel Springs | 18 |
| 263 | Pennington | 18 |
| 264 | Alpine | 17 |
| 264 | Mountainside | 17 |
| 265 | Emerson | 16 |
| 265 | Medford Lakes | 16 |
| 265 | Swedesboro | 16 |
| 266 | Englishtown | 15 |
| 266 | Hamburg | 15 |
| 267 | Allenhurst | 14 |
| 267 | Franklin Township, Hunterdon County | 14 |
| 267 | High Bridge | 14 |
| 267 | Seaside Park | 14 |
| 268 | Andover Township | 13 |
| 268 | Boonton Township | 13 |
| 268 | Lavallette | 13 |
| 268 | Oxford Township | 13 |
| 268 | Stanhope | 13 |
| 268 | Surf City | 13 |
| 269 | Tewksbury Township | 12 |
| 270 | Alpha | 11 |
| 270 | Ship Bottom | 11 |
| 271 | Clinton | 10 |
| 271 | Hopewell Borough | 10 |
| 272 | Delaware Township | 9 |
| 272 | Helmetta | 9 |
| 272 | Monmouth Beach | 9 |
| 273 | Allentown | 8 |
| 274 | Chesilhurst | 7 |
| 274 | Independence Township | 7 |
| 274 | Sea Girt | 7 |
| 274 | South Harrison Township | 7 |
| 275 | Longport | 6 |
| 275 | Union Beach | 6 |
| 276 | Spring Lake Heights | 5 |
| 277 | Frenchtown | 4 |
| 278 | Sea Bright | 3 |
| 279 | Califon | 2 |
| 280 | Matawan | 1 |