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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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 2023
Newark
Paterson
Jersey City
Elizabeth
Camden County Police Department
Atlantic City
Trenton
Edison Township
Hamilton Township, Mercer County
New Brunswick
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