Ranking of New Jersey Cities By Number of Violent Crimes in 2023
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.
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You can also find the rate of violent and property crimes for New Jersey cities.
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 |