Ranking of New Jersey Cities By Aggravated Assault Crime Rate Per 100K in 2012
According to the FBI UCR data, in 2012, among New Jersey cities with a population of at least 10K, Camden had the highest Aggravated Assault Crime Rate per 100K residents (1,412.48), followed by Asbury Park (925.3), Atlantic City (813.15), Trenton (734.91), and Bridgeton (693.51).
The chart below shows the top 10 cities with high Aggravated Assault crime rate in 2012, and the table below shows the ranking of New Jersey cities with a population of at least 10K, based on the Aggravated Assault crime rate per 100K.
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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 | Crime Rate Per 100K |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Camden | 1412.48 |
| 2 | Asbury Park | 925.30 |
| 3 | Atlantic City | 813.15 |
| 4 | Trenton | 734.91 |
| 5 | Bridgeton | 693.51 |
| 6 | Irvington | 654.09 |
| 7 | Millville | 481.66 |
| 8 | Paterson | 445.13 |
| 9 | Newark | 391.89 |
| 10 | Lindenwold | 390.16 |
| 11 | Passaic | 388.68 |
| 12 | Pleasantville | 363.92 |
| 13 | Jersey City | 362.15 |
| 14 | Plainfield | 343.72 |
| 15 | Orange | 342.91 |
| 16 | Elizabeth | 333.38 |
| 17 | Morristown | 306.44 |
| 18 | Totowa | 303.48 |
| 19 | East Orange | 301.48 |
| 20 | Neptune Township | 288.25 |
| 21 | Harrison | 267.32 |
| 22 | Long Branch | 255.65 |
| 23 | Pine Hill | 253.09 |
| 24 | Perth Amboy | 249.29 |
| 25 | Gloucester Township | 246.54 |
| 26 | Vineland | 246.52 |
| 27 | New Brunswick | 240.50 |
| 28 | Winslow Township | 211.80 |
| 29 | Guttenberg | 211.36 |
| 30 | Union City | 208.83 |
| 31 | Keansburg | 206.57 |
| 32 | Woodbury | 204.86 |
| 33 | Hoboken | 189.00 |
| 34 | West New York | 188.09 |
| 35 | Englewood | 182.08 |
| 36 | Deptford Township | 181.82 |
| 37 | Somers Point | 175.28 |
| 38 | Linden | 168.60 |
| 39 | Egg Harbor Township | 165.51 |
| 40 | Middle Township | 164.24 |
| 41 | Pemberton Township | 160.12 |
| 42 | Eatontown | 148.61 |
| 43 | Little Egg Harbor Township | 148.07 |
| 44 | Hamilton Township, Atlantic County | 142.79 |
| 45 | Waterford Township | 140.28 |
| 46 | Gloucester City | 139.12 |
| 47 | Bayonne | 132.74 |
| 48 | Willingboro Township | 131.89 |
| 49 | Roselle | 131.40 |
| 50 | Pennsville Township | 126.52 |
| 51 | Carteret | 125.63 |
| 52 | Pennsauken Township | 122.11 |
| 53 | Bellmawr | 120.39 |
| 54 | Hillside Township | 120.20 |
| 55 | Dover | 119.91 |
| 56 | Franklin Township, Gloucester County | 117.98 |
| 57 | North Plainfield | 117.42 |
| 58 | Rahway | 115.80 |
| 59 | Ocean City | 111.34 |
| 60 | South River | 111.28 |
| 61 | Garfield | 110.25 |
| 62 | Clifton | 107.46 |
| 63 | Bloomfield | 107.10 |
| 64 | Kearny | 106.51 |
| 65 | East Hanover Township | 106.44 |
| 66 | Voorhees Township | 105.98 |
| 67 | Phillipsburg | 100.18 |
| 68 | Barnegat Township | 99.33 |
| 69 | Maple Shade Township | 98.65 |
| 70 | Pompton Lakes | 98.49 |
| 71 | Hammonton | 94.26 |
| 72 | Ewing Township | 90.69 |
| 73 | Hamilton Township, Mercer County | 89.78 |
| 74 | Little Ferry | 83.73 |
| 75 | Little Falls Township | 82.65 |
| 76 | Lodi | 81.92 |
| 77 | Red Bank | 81.45 |
| 78 | Belleville | 80.20 |
| 79 | Ocean Township, Monmouth County | 80.13 |
| 80 | Lower Township | 78.88 |
| 81 | Bordentown Township | 78.64 |
| 82 | Fairview | 78.61 |
| 83 | Cherry Hill Township | 78.50 |
| 84 | Weehawken Township | 78.38 |
| 85 | Brick Township | 77.83 |
| 86 | Cinnaminson Township | 76.55 |
| 87 | Wall Township | 75.99 |
| 88 | Cliffside Park | 75.42 |
| 89 | West Orange | 75.26 |
| 90 | Ramsey | 75.14 |
| 91 | Glassboro | 74.79 |
| 92 | Burlington Township | 74.74 |
| 93 | Piscataway Township | 74.21 |
| 94 | East Windsor Township | 73.02 |
| 95 | Washington Township, Gloucester County | 71.52 |
| 96 | North Bergen Township | 71.26 |
| 97 | Lumberton Township | 71.17 |
| 98 | Kinnelon | 67.60 |
| 99 | Teaneck Township | 67.11 |
| 100 | Freehold | 66.00 |
| 101 | Lakewood Township | 65.07 |
| 102 | Woodbridge Township | 63.61 |
| 103 | South Plainfield | 63.48 |
| 104 | Beachwood | 62.76 |
| 105 | Oakland | 62.02 |
| 106 | Elmwood Park | 61.14 |
| 107 | Monroe Township, Gloucester County | 60.42 |
| 108 | Howell Township | 60.34 |
| 109 | Bergenfield | 59.10 |
| 110 | Mantua Township | 58.69 |
| 111 | Florence Township | 57.42 |
| 112 | Bound Brook | 57.14 |
| 113 | South Brunswick Township | 56.98 |
| 114 | Old Bridge Township | 56.01 |
| 115 | North Brunswick Township | 55.88 |
| 116 | Sayreville | 55.62 |
| 117 | Tinton Falls | 55.56 |
| 118 | South Orange | 55.21 |
| 119 | Ridgefield Park | 54.37 |
| 120 | Haddon Township | 54.18 |
| 121 | Maplewood Township | 54.12 |
| 122 | Edison Township | 53.46 |
| 123 | Nutley Township | 52.53 |
| 124 | Union Township | 52.42 |
| 125 | Stafford Township | 52.25 |
| 126 | Dumont | 50.90 |
| 127 | Fort Lee | 50.34 |
| 128 | West Milford Township | 49.96 |
| 129 | Wayne Township | 49.03 |
| 130 | Colts Neck Township | 49.02 |
| 131 | Harrison Township | 47.95 |
| 132 | Lacey Township | 46.57 |
| 133 | Vernon Township | 45.95 |
| 134 | Monroe Township, Middlesex County | 45.53 |
| 135 | North Arlington | 44.96 |
| 136 | Montclair | 44.84 |
| 137 | Middletown Township | 44.83 |
| 138 | Morris Township | 44.38 |
| 139 | Metuchen | 43.75 |
| 140 | Manchester Township | 43.69 |
| 141 | Aberdeen Township | 43.67 |
| 141 | Robbinsville Township | 43.67 |
| 142 | Evesham Township | 43.62 |
| 143 | Point Pleasant | 43.08 |
| 144 | Hawthorne | 42.30 |
| 145 | Summit | 41.51 |
| 146 | Freehold Township | 41.21 |
| 147 | Delran Township | 41.15 |
| 148 | Branchburg Township | 41.10 |
| 149 | Toms River Township | 40.16 |
| 150 | Hopatcong | 39.62 |
| 151 | Fair Lawn | 39.60 |
| 152 | Lawrence Township, Mercer County | 38.83 |
| 153 | Medford Township | 38.81 |
| 154 | Madison | 37.49 |
| 155 | Readington Township | 37.12 |
| 156 | West Deptford Township | 36.62 |
| 157 | Westwood | 36.26 |
| 158 | Hanover Township | 36.08 |
| 159 | Ridgefield | 35.85 |
| 160 | Manalapan Township | 35.80 |
| 161 | Collingswood | 35.76 |
| 162 | Franklin Township, Somerset County | 34.98 |
| 163 | Wallington | 34.89 |
| 164 | Hopewell Township | 34.42 |
| 165 | Edgewater | 34.34 |
| 166 | Glen Rock | 34.09 |
| 167 | Parsippany-Troy Hills Township | 33.46 |
| 168 | Princeton Township | 30.52 |
| 169 | Paramus | 30.03 |
| 170 | Roselle Park | 29.77 |
| 171 | Millburn Township | 29.59 |
| 172 | Scotch Plains Township | 29.46 |
| 173 | East Brunswick Township | 29.16 |
| 174 | Lyndhurst Township | 28.86 |
| 175 | Mount Laurel Township | 28.47 |
| 176 | Highland Park | 28.31 |
| 177 | Franklin Lakes | 28.01 |
| 178 | Ridgewood | 27.73 |
| 179 | Rutherford | 27.37 |
| 180 | Marlboro Township | 27.21 |
| 181 | Hazlet Township | 24.44 |
| 182 | Ringwood | 24.38 |
| 183 | Holmdel Township | 23.71 |
| 184 | Jefferson Township | 23.21 |
| 185 | Plainsboro Township | 21.52 |
| 186 | Mount Olive Township | 21.12 |
| 187 | Tenafly | 20.47 |
| 188 | Livingston Township | 20.30 |
| 189 | Clark Township | 20.12 |
| 190 | Manville | 19.15 |
| 191 | Montville Township | 18.39 |
| 192 | Wanaque | 17.88 |
| 193 | Wyckoff Township | 17.77 |
| 194 | Cranford Township | 17.50 |
| 195 | Roxbury Township | 16.97 |
| 196 | Florham Park | 16.94 |
| 197 | Woodland Park | 16.81 |
| 198 | Hasbrouck Heights | 16.70 |
| 199 | Somerville | 16.38 |
| 200 | Washington Township, Morris County | 16.02 |
| 201 | Cedar Grove Township | 16.01 |
| 202 | Hillsborough Township | 15.52 |
| 203 | Verona | 14.91 |
| 204 | Clinton Township | 14.80 |
| 205 | Raritan Township | 13.49 |
| 206 | Pequannock Township | 12.74 |
| 207 | Rockaway Township | 12.29 |
| 208 | New Milford | 12.10 |
| 209 | Randolph Township | 11.54 |
| 210 | Westfield | 9.79 |
| 211 | Woolwich Township | 9.73 |
| 212 | Hillsdale | 9.67 |
| 213 | Chatham Township | 9.47 |
| 214 | Lincoln Park | 9.41 |
| 215 | Ventnor City | 9.35 |
| 216 | West Caldwell Township | 9.24 |
| 217 | Bridgewater Township | 8.91 |
| 218 | Montgomery Township | 8.90 |
| 219 | Haddonfield | 8.59 |
| 220 | New Providence | 8.13 |
| 221 | Mahwah Township | 7.64 |
| 222 | Berkeley Heights Township | 7.51 |
| 223 | West Windsor Township | 7.31 |
| 224 | Middlesex | 7.26 |
| 225 | Saddle Brook Township | 7.24 |
| 226 | Denville Township | 5.95 |
| 227 | Bernards Township | 3.72 |
| 228 | Galloway Township | 0.00 |
| 228 | Hackensack | 0.00 |
| 228 | Jackson Township | 0.00 |
| 228 | River Edge | 0.00 |
| 228 | Secaucus | 0.00 |
| 228 | Sparta Township | 0.00 |
| 228 | Springfield | 0.00 |
| 228 | Warren Township | 0.00 |