Ranking of New Jersey Cities By Total 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, Millville had the highest Total Crime Rate per 100K residents (8,174.24), followed by Atlantic City (7,945.22), Camden (7,865.83), Asbury Park (7,747.83), and Woodbury (5,882.35).
The chart below shows the top 10 cities with high Total 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 Total crime rate per 100K.
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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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| Rank | City | Crime Rate Per 100K |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Millville | 8174.24 |
| 2 | Atlantic City | 7945.22 |
| 3 | Camden | 7865.83 |
| 4 | Asbury Park | 7747.83 |
| 5 | Woodbury | 5882.35 |
| 6 | Bridgeton | 5646.62 |
| 7 | Deptford Township | 5438.31 |
| 8 | Neptune Township | 5437.53 |
| 9 | Paramus | 5270.67 |
| 10 | Middle Township | 5011.92 |
| 11 | Irvington | 4969.23 |
| 12 | Newark | 4833.53 |
| 13 | Lindenwold | 4778.06 |
| 14 | Trenton | 4707.15 |
| 15 | Vineland | 4537.00 |
| 16 | Elizabeth | 4247.67 |
| 17 | Ocean City | 4222.34 |
| 18 | Paterson | 4210.05 |
| 19 | Eatontown | 4075.09 |
| 20 | Collingswood | 3997.71 |
| 21 | Pennsauken Township | 3768.77 |
| 22 | Totowa | 3752.07 |
| 23 | Hamilton Township, Atlantic County | 3742.53 |
| 24 | Plainfield | 3608.04 |
| 25 | Pleasantville | 3580.21 |
| 26 | Orange | 3541.17 |
| 27 | Somers Point | 3533.21 |
| 28 | Harrison | 3424.61 |
| 29 | Keansburg | 3423.18 |
| 30 | New Brunswick | 3411.89 |
| 31 | Ventnor City | 3376.04 |
| 32 | Gloucester City | 3373.62 |
| 33 | Cherry Hill Township | 3312.45 |
| 34 | Toms River Township | 3234.53 |
| 35 | Hillside Township | 3180.77 |
| 36 | Phillipsburg | 3138.98 |
| 37 | Pine Hill | 3056.56 |
| 38 | Long Branch | 2999.81 |
| 39 | Pennsville Township | 2999.18 |
| 40 | Haddon Township | 2986.59 |
| 41 | Jersey City | 2921.84 |
| 42 | Pemberton Township | 2903.50 |
| 43 | Secaucus | 2893.99 |
| 44 | Perth Amboy | 2845.46 |
| 45 | Millburn Township | 2835.45 |
| 46 | Lower Township | 2817.83 |
| 47 | Passaic | 2816.18 |
| 48 | Glassboro | 2794.10 |
| 49 | Gloucester Township | 2707.33 |
| 50 | Lumberton Township | 2704.63 |
| 51 | Linden | 2695.11 |
| 52 | Bellmawr | 2682.95 |
| 53 | Maple Shade Township | 2611.50 |
| 54 | Tinton Falls | 2611.26 |
| 55 | Little Egg Harbor Township | 2591.19 |
| 56 | Belleville | 2577.58 |
| 57 | Bloomfield | 2555.65 |
| 58 | Monroe Township, Gloucester County | 2521.29 |
| 59 | Willingboro Township | 2490.27 |
| 60 | South Orange | 2484.51 |
| 61 | Washington Township, Gloucester County | 2472.42 |
| 62 | Lawrence Township, Mercer County | 2466.92 |
| 63 | Lacey Township | 2450.03 |
| 64 | Freehold Township | 2448.00 |
| 65 | Bound Brook | 2438.09 |
| 66 | Cinnaminson Township | 2436.85 |
| 67 | Hamilton Township, Mercer County | 2435.17 |
| 68 | Kearny | 2396.51 |
| 69 | East Orange | 2390.16 |
| 70 | Morristown | 2354.71 |
| 71 | Maplewood Township | 2352.01 |
| 72 | Weehawken Township | 2351.47 |
| 73 | Franklin Township, Gloucester County | 2318.31 |
| 74 | Wayne Township | 2304.30 |
| 75 | Voorhees Township | 2304.20 |
| 76 | Somerville | 2293.20 |
| 77 | Garfield | 2292.63 |
| 78 | Roselle | 2290.11 |
| 79 | Saddle Brook Township | 2287.20 |
| 80 | Hoboken | 2256.17 |
| 81 | Union City | 2245.33 |
| 82 | Red Bank | 2223.49 |
| 83 | Egg Harbor Township | 2206.85 |
| 84 | Ocean Township, Monmouth County | 2141.76 |
| 85 | Haddonfield | 2113.58 |
| 86 | Hackensack | 2108.09 |
| 87 | Winslow Township | 2102.87 |
| 88 | West Deptford Township | 2091.82 |
| 89 | Ewing Township | 2088.60 |
| 90 | Woodbridge Township | 2087.23 |
| 91 | Clifton | 2085.40 |
| 92 | North Plainfield | 2072.89 |
| 93 | Dover | 2060.28 |
| 94 | Manville | 2039.64 |
| 95 | Union Township | 2012.79 |
| 96 | Rahway | 1986.61 |
| 97 | Franklin Township, Somerset County | 1951.18 |
| 98 | Montclair | 1930.79 |
| 99 | South Plainfield | 1921.37 |
| 100 | Elmwood Park | 1910.63 |
| 101 | Wallington | 1910.16 |
| 102 | Lodi | 1896.38 |
| 103 | North Brunswick Township | 1894.91 |
| 104 | Englewood | 1893.66 |
| 105 | Rockaway Township | 1884.47 |
| 106 | Galloway Township | 1858.37 |
| 107 | West Windsor Township | 1856.52 |
| 108 | East Brunswick Township | 1851.74 |
| 109 | West New York | 1845.29 |
| 110 | Carteret | 1836.85 |
| 111 | Stafford Township | 1817.44 |
| 112 | Beachwood | 1811.01 |
| 113 | Freehold | 1806.63 |
| 114 | Point Pleasant | 1798.41 |
| 115 | Highland Park | 1797.72 |
| 116 | East Hanover Township | 1782.86 |
| 117 | Aberdeen Township | 1774.11 |
| 118 | Mount Laurel Township | 1772.24 |
| 119 | Brick Township | 1753.09 |
| 120 | Waterford Township | 1739.46 |
| 121 | Rutherford | 1735.28 |
| 122 | Edgewater | 1734.35 |
| 123 | Mantua Township | 1721.66 |
| 124 | Little Falls Township | 1714.88 |
| 125 | Bordentown Township | 1669.00 |
| 126 | Delran Township | 1604.75 |
| 127 | Teaneck Township | 1603.28 |
| 128 | Edison Township | 1597.91 |
| 129 | Burlington Township | 1591.49 |
| 130 | Fairview | 1579.25 |
| 131 | Evesham Township | 1566.01 |
| 132 | West Orange | 1554.67 |
| 133 | Metuchen | 1523.88 |
| 134 | Woodland Park | 1521.65 |
| 135 | Harrison Township | 1494.33 |
| 136 | Bridgewater Township | 1492.74 |
| 137 | Livingston Township | 1485.32 |
| 138 | Bayonne | 1483.54 |
| 139 | Vernon Township | 1482.94 |
| 140 | Old Bridge Township | 1468.43 |
| 141 | Roxbury Township | 1459.54 |
| 142 | Wall Township | 1455.22 |
| 143 | Guttenberg | 1444.30 |
| 144 | Sayreville | 1429.86 |
| 145 | Lyndhurst Township | 1414.07 |
| 146 | South River | 1409.50 |
| 147 | Jackson Township | 1404.33 |
| 148 | Hammonton | 1360.09 |
| 149 | Hawthorne | 1358.78 |
| 150 | North Bergen Township | 1332.86 |
| 151 | Barnegat Township | 1329.17 |
| 152 | Hanover Township | 1327.85 |
| 153 | Howell Township | 1327.39 |
| 154 | North Arlington | 1303.79 |
| 155 | Lakewood Township | 1298.24 |
| 156 | Springfield | 1282.45 |
| 157 | Holmdel Township | 1280.15 |
| 158 | South Brunswick Township | 1262.68 |
| 159 | Fair Lawn | 1254.95 |
| 160 | West Milford Township | 1249.09 |
| 161 | Hazlet Township | 1241.69 |
| 162 | Medford Township | 1233.24 |
| 163 | Little Ferry | 1218.72 |
| 164 | Scotch Plains Township | 1195.34 |
| 165 | Verona | 1192.43 |
| 166 | Middletown Township | 1161.11 |
| 167 | Ridgefield Park | 1149.52 |
| 168 | Robbinsville Township | 1142.57 |
| 169 | Nutley Township | 1134.69 |
| 170 | East Windsor Township | 1124.54 |
| 171 | Manchester Township | 1108.28 |
| 172 | Jefferson Township | 1086.40 |
| 173 | Ramsey | 1086.14 |
| 174 | Ridgewood | 1065.60 |
| 175 | Clark Township | 1059.48 |
| 176 | Piscataway Township | 1053.13 |
| 177 | Florence Township | 1008.86 |
| 178 | Readington Township | 1008.35 |
| 179 | Roselle Park | 1004.61 |
| 180 | Lincoln Park | 997.37 |
| 181 | Parsippany-Troy Hills Township | 994.55 |
| 182 | Westfield | 992.26 |
| 183 | Hopewell Township | 986.80 |
| 184 | Colts Neck Township | 980.30 |
| 185 | Middlesex | 979.82 |
| 186 | Manalapan Township | 969.19 |
| 187 | Denville Township | 963.77 |
| 188 | Cranford Township | 962.21 |
| 189 | Mount Olive Township | 957.34 |
| 190 | Sparta Township | 953.35 |
| 191 | Princeton Township | 946.05 |
| 192 | Summit | 945.40 |
| 193 | Wanaque | 938.51 |
| 194 | West Caldwell Township | 932.77 |
| 195 | Branchburg Township | 924.85 |
| 196 | Raritan Township | 917.31 |
| 197 | Pompton Lakes | 913.24 |
| 198 | Oakland | 907.05 |
| 199 | Pequannock Township | 885.18 |
| 200 | Franklin Lakes | 877.52 |
| 201 | River Edge | 871.84 |
| 202 | Warren Township | 860.56 |
| 203 | Dumont | 853.98 |
| 204 | Fort Lee | 853.05 |
| 205 | Marlboro Township | 840.96 |
| 206 | Cliffside Park | 837.98 |
| 207 | Wyckoff Township | 835.06 |
| 208 | Randolph Township | 826.80 |
| 209 | Montville Township | 822.80 |
| 210 | Glen Rock | 801.09 |
| 211 | Berkeley Heights Township | 788.35 |
| 212 | Ringwood | 788.23 |
| 213 | Cedar Grove Township | 776.62 |
| 214 | Hopatcong | 772.58 |
| 215 | Tenafly | 764.30 |
| 216 | Hillsborough Township | 757.79 |
| 217 | Plainsboro Township | 757.32 |
| 218 | Hillsdale | 754.57 |
| 219 | Madison | 712.41 |
| 220 | New Providence | 707.43 |
| 221 | Monroe Township, Middlesex County | 692.99 |
| 222 | Woolwich Township | 671.34 |
| 223 | Ridgefield | 663.14 |
| 224 | Westwood | 661.65 |
| 225 | Florham Park | 652.04 |
| 226 | Morris Township | 639.03 |
| 227 | Clinton Township | 636.38 |
| 228 | Bergenfield | 635.34 |
| 229 | New Milford | 611.05 |
| 230 | Hasbrouck Heights | 609.45 |
| 231 | Montgomery Township | 600.96 |
| 232 | Kinnelon | 579.43 |
| 233 | Washington Township, Morris County | 475.22 |
| 234 | Mahwah Township | 470.00 |
| 235 | Bernards Township | 382.86 |
| 236 | Chatham Township | 246.21 |