Ranking of New Jersey Cities By Number of Violent 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 Violent Crimes was Newark (1,487), followed by Paterson (1,410), Camden County Police Department (1,198), Trenton (931), and Jersey City (811).

The chart below shows the top 10 cities with high number of Violent crimes in 2023, 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.

Data Source: FBI UCR.
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Ranking of New Jersey Cities By Number of Violent Crimes in 2023
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Atlantic City
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Ranking of New Jersey Cities By Number of Violent Crimes in 2023
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Rank City Number of Crimes
1 Newark 1487
2 Paterson 1410
3 Camden County Police Department 1198
4 Trenton 931
5 Jersey City 811
6 Elizabeth 745
7 Atlantic City 726
8 New Brunswick 528
9 Passaic 432
10 East Orange 330
11 Plainfield 288
12 Irvington 278
13 Vineland 269
14 Woodbridge Township 246
15 Bridgeton 237
16 Lakewood Township 223
17 Hamilton Township, Mercer County 213
18 Perth Amboy 204
19 Union City 202
20 Edison Township 189
21 Linden 187
22 Bayonne 183
23 Asbury Park 169
24 Millville 151
25 Englewood 129
25 Pennsauken Township 129
26 Orange City 127
27 West New York 124
28 Hackensack 113
29 Salem 112
30 Toms River Township 110
30 Willingboro Township 110
31 Brick Township 100
31 Pemberton Township 100
32 Lindenwold 96
32 Neptune Township 96
33 West Orange 94
34 Belleville 86
34 Mount Laurel Township 86
35 Hoboken 85
36 Piscataway Township 84
37 Ewing Township 79
37 Long Branch 79
38 North Brunswick Township 77
39 Maple Shade Township 74
40 Middle Township 73
40 North Bergen Township 73
41 Galloway Township 70
42 Franklin Township, Somerset County 64
42 Kearny 64
43 Egg Harbor Township 62
43 South Brunswick Township 62
44 Gloucester Township 61
44 Harrison 61
44 Pleasantville 61
45 Deptford Township 60
46 Washington Township, Gloucester County 57
47 Elmwood Park 56
47 Evesham Township 56
47 Union Township 56
48 Carteret 55
49 Bloomfield 53
49 Hillside Township 53
50 Howell Township 52
51 Berkeley Township 51
51 Wayne Township 51
52 Rahway 50
53 Burlington City 49
53 Monroe Township, Gloucester County 49
53 North Plainfield 49
53 Old Bridge Township 49
54 East Brunswick Township 46
54 Somers Point 46
55 Montclair 44
55 Penns Grove 44
55 Westampton Township 44
55 Woodbury 44
56 Phillipsburg 43
57 Burlington Township 42
57 Fort Lee 42
58 Guttenberg 40
59 Garfield 39
59 South Plainfield 39
60 Glassboro 38
60 Roselle 38
61 Sayreville 37
61 Secaucus 37
62 Mount Holly Township 36
63 Hammonton 35
64 Lodi 34
65 Dover 32
66 Lower Township 31
66 Ocean Township, Monmouth County 31
67 Absecon 30
67 Lacey Township 30
67 West Deptford Township 30
68 Aberdeen Township 29
68 Manchester Township 29
68 Nutley Township 29
69 Hamilton Township, Atlantic County 28
69 Jackson Township 28
69 Paulsboro 28
70 Freehold Borough 27
71 Fair Lawn 26
71 Teaneck Township 26
72 Hillsborough Township 25
72 Morristown 25
73 Eatontown 24
73 Franklin Township, Gloucester County 24
73 Seaside Heights 24
73 Wall Township 24
74 Gloucester City 23
74 Magnolia 23
74 Pine Hill 23
75 Barnegat Township 22
75 Hazlet Township 22
75 Little Egg Harbor Township 22
76 Cinnaminson Township 21
76 Delran Township 21
76 Lyndhurst Township 21
76 Red Bank 21
77 Maplewood Township 20
78 Brooklawn 19
78 Cliffside Park 19
78 Lumberton Township 19
78 Medford Township 19
78 Somerdale 19
79 Edgewater Park Township 18
79 Parsippany-Troy Hills Township 18
80 Clementon 17
80 Little Falls Township 17
80 Princeton 17
81 Carney's Point Township 16
81 Livingston Township 16
81 Rockaway Township 16
81 South Amboy 16
82 Collingswood 15
82 Egg Harbor City 15
82 Newton 15
82 South River 15
83 Hightstown 14
83 Hopatcong 14
83 Hopewell Township 14
83 Marlboro Township 14
83 Mount Ephraim 14
83 Pennsville Township 14
83 Springfield Township, Union County 14
83 West Milford Township 14
83 Woodlynne 14
84 Eastampton Township 13
84 Lawrence Township, Mercer County 13
84 Manalapan Township 13
84 Monroe Township, Middlesex County 13
84 Palisades Park 13
84 Palmyra 13
84 Voorhees Township 13
85 East Rutherford 12
85 Fairview 12
85 Florence Township 12
85 Highland Park 12
85 Lawnside 12
85 Maywood 12
85 Point Pleasant Beach 12
85 Ridgefield Park 12
85 South Hackensack Township 12
85 Weehawken Township 12
85 Westville 12
85 West Windsor Township 12
86 Blairstown Township 11
86 Mahwah Township 11
86 North Wildwood 11
86 Riverside Township 11
86 Summit 11
86 Ventnor City 11
86 Wallington 11
87 Beachwood 10
87 Bound Brook 10
87 East Greenwich Township 10
87 Haddon Township 10
87 Hanover Township 10
87 Milltown 10
87 North Arlington 10
87 Point Pleasant 10
87 Ridgewood 10
87 Rochelle Park Township 10
88 Bellmawr 9
88 Berlin Township 9
88 Branchburg Township 9
88 Cranford Township 9
88 East Windsor Township 9
88 Jefferson Township 9
88 Mantua Township 9
88 Neptune City 9
88 Pequannock Township 9
88 Rumson 9
88 Woodland Park 9
89 Dumont 8
89 Edgewater 8
89 Hamburg 8
89 Moorestown Township 8
89 Robbinsville Township 8
89 Scotch Plains Township 8
90 Audubon 7
90 Clark Township 7
90 Clayton 7
90 Greenwich Township, Gloucester County 7
90 Hawthorne 7
90 Holmdel Township 7
90 Logan Township 7
90 Mansfield Township, Burlington County 7
90 Moonachie 7
90 Paramus 7
90 Raritan Township 7
90 Rutherford 7
90 South Orange Village 7
90 Washington Township, Morris County 7
91 Belmar 6
91 Bloomingdale 6
91 Bogota 6
91 Caldwell 6
91 Keyport 6
91 Leonia 6
91 Lincoln Park 6
91 Lopatcong Township 6
91 Metuchen 6
91 Montvale 6
91 Mount Olive Township 6
91 Netcong 6
91 Oakland 6
91 Ridgefield 6
91 Roselle Park 6
91 Stafford Township 6
91 Stratford 6
92 Cedar Grove Township 5
92 Fairfield Township, Essex County 5
92 Franklin 5
92 Harrison Township 5
92 Highlands 5
92 Merchantville 5
92 Plainsboro Township 5
92 River Edge 5
92 Saddle Brook Township 5
92 Sea Isle City 5
92 Westfield 5
92 Westwood 5
92 Wildwood Crest 5
92 Woodstown 5
93 Bergenfield 4
93 Berkeley Heights Township 4
93 Bordentown Township 4
93 Brigantine 4
93 Cape May 4
93 Delanco Township 4
93 Elk Township 4
93 Hardyston Township 4
93 Long Beach Township 4
93 Millburn Township 4
93 Montville Township 4
93 Mullica Township 4
93 Oceanport 4
93 Plumsted Township 4
93 Roxbury Township 4
93 Tenafly 4
93 Verona 4
93 West Long Branch 4
93 Wood-Ridge 4
94 Atlantic Highlands 3
94 Barrington 3
94 Boonton Township 3
94 Bradley Beach 3
94 Brielle 3
94 Carlstadt 3
94 East Newark 3
94 Garwood 3
94 Glen Ridge 3
94 Haddonfield 3
94 High Bridge 3
94 Northfield 3
94 Pitman 3
94 Randolph Township 3
94 Readington Township 3
94 South Toms River 3
94 Sparta Township 3
94 Vernon Township 3
94 Washington Township, Bergen County 3
94 Watchung 3
94 West Caldwell Township 3
95 Bedminster Township 2
95 Belvidere 2
95 Berlin 2
95 Chatham 2
95 Chester Township 2
95 Clinton Township 2
95 Closter 2
95 Cranbury Township 2
95 Delaware Township 2
95 Fair Haven 2
95 Gibbsboro 2
95 Glen Rock 2
95 Green Brook Township 2
95 Hackettstown 2
95 Hasbrouck Heights 2
95 Hopewell Borough 2
95 Jamesburg 2
95 Lambertville 2
95 Linwood 2
95 Madison 2
95 Manasquan 2
95 Margate City 2
95 New Milford 2
95 Ocean Township, Ocean County 2
95 Old Tappan 2
95 Pennington 2
95 Pohatcong Township 2
95 Ramsey 2
95 Riverdale 2
95 River Vale Township 2
95 Sea Bright 2
95 Sea Girt 2
95 Shrewsbury 2
95 Stanhope 2
95 Teterboro 2
95 Waldwick 2
95 Wanaque 2
95 Washington 2
95 Washington Township, Warren County 2
95 Wharton 2
95 Woolwich Township 2
96 Allendale 1
96 Alpha 1
96 Andover Township 1
96 Bernardsville 1
96 Bordentown City 1
96 Califon 1
96 Clinton 1
96 Colts Neck Township 1
96 Cresskill 1
96 East Hanover Township 1
96 Emerson 1
96 Englishtown 1
96 Fanwood 1
96 Flemington 1
96 Florham Park 1
96 Franklin Lakes 1
96 Franklin Township, Hunterdon County 1
96 Helmetta 1
96 Hillsdale 1
96 Independence Township 1
96 Lakehurst 1
96 Medford Lakes 1
96 Mountain Lakes 1
96 Mountainside 1
96 Oradell 1
96 Oxford Township 1
96 Park Ridge 1
96 Pompton Lakes 1
96 Prospect Park 1
96 Rockaway 1
96 Runnemede 1
96 Seaside Park 1
96 South Bound Brook 1
96 Stone Harbor 1
96 Surf City 1
96 Swedesboro 1
96 Union Beach 1
96 Upper Saddle River 1
96 Warren Township 1
96 Waterford Township 1
96 Winfield Township 1
97 Allenhurst 0
97 Allentown 0
97 Alpine 0
97 Avon-by-the-Sea 0
97 Bernards Township 0
97 Butler 0
97 Chesilhurst 0
97 Chester 0
97 Deal 0
97 Denville Township 0
97 Essex Fells 0
97 Frenchtown 0
97 Greenwich Township, Warren County 0
97 Harding Township 0
97 Harrington Park 0
97 Kenilworth 0
97 Kinnelon 0
97 Laurel Springs 0
97 Lavallette 0
97 Lebanon Township 0
97 Little Silver 0
97 Longport 0
97 Mansfield Township, Warren County 0
97 Matawan 0
97 Midland Park 0
97 Monmouth Beach 0
97 Morris Plains 0
97 Mount Arlington 0
97 Northvale 0
97 Peapack-Gladstone 0
97 Roseland 0
97 Saddle River 0
97 Ship Bottom 0
97 South Harrison Township 0
97 Spring Lake 0
97 Spring Lake Heights 0
97 Tewksbury Township 0
97 Tuckerton 0
97 West Amwell Township 0
97 Woodcliff Lake 0