Ranking of New Jersey Cities By Number of Motor Vehicle Theft Crimes in 2015
Updated on January 17, 2025.
According to the FBI UCR data, in 2015, the New Jersey city with the highest number of Motor Vehicle Theft Crimes was Elizabeth (865), followed by Paterson (682), Jersey City (605), Irvington (552), and Trenton (475).
The chart below shows the top 10 cities with high number of Motor Vehicle Theft crimes in 2015, and the table below shows the ranking of New Jersey cities with high number of Motor Vehicle Theft crimes.
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Hover over or click on the bars in the chart below, to see the number of Motor Vehicle Theft 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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Data Source: FBI UCR.
Ranking of New Jersey Cities By Number of Motor Vehicle Theft Crimes in 2015
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| Rank | City | Number of Crimes |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elizabeth | 865 |
| 2 | Paterson | 682 |
| 3 | Jersey City | 605 |
| 4 | Irvington | 552 |
| 5 | Trenton | 475 |
| 6 | Orange | 206 |
| 7 | East Orange | 164 |
| 8 | Passaic | 145 |
| 9 | Hamilton Township, Mercer County | 136 |
| 10 | Linden | 117 |
| 11 | Clifton | 114 |
| 12 | Woodbridge Township | 112 |
| 13 | Union City | 109 |
| 14 | Belleville | 108 |
| 15 | Perth Amboy | 95 |
| 16 | Pennsauken Township | 93 |
| 17 | Edison Township | 91 |
| 18 | Kearny | 89 |
| 19 | Union Township | 85 |
| 20 | Plainfield | 81 |
| 21 | Bloomfield | 76 |
| 22 | Atlantic City | 75 |
| 22 | New Brunswick | 75 |
| 23 | West Orange | 69 |
| 24 | Vineland | 68 |
| 25 | North Bergen Township | 67 |
| 26 | Hillside Township | 59 |
| 27 | Millville | 48 |
| 27 | Sayreville | 48 |
| 28 | Lakewood Township | 46 |
| 29 | Old Bridge Township | 45 |
| 30 | Bayonne | 43 |
| 30 | Franklin Township, Somerset County | 43 |
| 31 | Hackensack | 41 |
| 31 | Rahway | 41 |
| 32 | Cherry Hill Township | 39 |
| 33 | Hoboken | 38 |
| 33 | North Brunswick Township | 38 |
| 33 | Roselle | 38 |
| 33 | Secaucus | 38 |
| 34 | West New York | 37 |
| 35 | Gloucester Township | 36 |
| 35 | Maple Shade Township | 36 |
| 35 | Maplewood Township | 36 |
| 35 | Toms River Township | 36 |
| 36 | Montclair | 35 |
| 37 | Paramus | 34 |
| 38 | Garfield | 33 |
| 39 | Harrison | 32 |
| 39 | Pleasantville | 32 |
| 39 | Willingboro Township | 32 |
| 40 | Bridgeton | 31 |
| 40 | Lindenwold | 31 |
| 41 | Ewing Township | 30 |
| 41 | Lyndhurst Township | 30 |
| 41 | Pemberton Township | 30 |
| 41 | Wayne Township | 30 |
| 42 | Galloway Township | 26 |
| 42 | Lodi | 26 |
| 43 | Asbury Park | 25 |
| 43 | Hamilton Township, Atlantic County | 25 |
| 43 | Washington Township, Gloucester County | 25 |
| 44 | Carteret | 24 |
| 44 | Englewood | 24 |
| 44 | South Brunswick Township | 24 |
| 45 | Carlstadt | 23 |
| 45 | Morristown | 23 |
| 45 | Neptune Township | 23 |
| 46 | Bridgewater Township | 21 |
| 46 | Collingswood | 21 |
| 46 | Deptford Township | 21 |
| 46 | North Arlington | 21 |
| 46 | Parsippany-Troy Hills Township | 21 |
| 46 | Piscataway Township | 21 |
| 46 | Weehawken Township | 21 |
| 47 | Lawrence Township, Mercer County | 20 |
| 47 | Long Branch | 20 |
| 48 | Prospect Park | 19 |
| 48 | South Orange | 19 |
| 48 | Woodbury | 19 |
| 49 | Jackson Township | 18 |
| 49 | Middle Township | 18 |
| 49 | Mount Laurel Township | 18 |
| 50 | Dover | 17 |
| 50 | North Plainfield | 17 |
| 50 | Voorhees Township | 17 |
| 51 | Brick Township | 16 |
| 51 | Burlington | 16 |
| 51 | Runnemede | 16 |
| 51 | Rutherford | 16 |
| 51 | West Deptford Township | 16 |
| 52 | Bellmawr | 15 |
| 52 | East Windsor Township | 15 |
| 52 | Nutley Township | 15 |
| 52 | Totowa | 15 |
| 52 | Winslow Township | 15 |
| 53 | East Brunswick Township | 14 |
| 53 | Egg Harbor Township | 14 |
| 53 | Elmwood Park | 14 |
| 53 | Howell Township | 14 |
| 53 | Monroe Township | 14 |
| 53 | Ocean Township, Monmouth County | 14 |
| 54 | Haledon | 13 |
| 54 | Lower Township | 13 |
| 54 | Marlboro Township | 13 |
| 54 | Pine Hill | 13 |
| 54 | Salem | 13 |
| 54 | Wallington | 13 |
| 55 | Eatontown | 12 |
| 55 | Evesham Township | 12 |
| 55 | Fairfield Township, Essex County | 12 |
| 55 | Fair Lawn | 12 |
| 55 | Livingston Township | 12 |
| 55 | Phillipsburg | 12 |
| 55 | South Plainfield | 12 |
| 55 | Teaneck Township | 12 |
| 56 | Burlington Township | 11 |
| 56 | Cinnaminson Township | 11 |
| 56 | Franklin Township, Gloucester County | 11 |
| 56 | Hanover Township | 11 |
| 56 | Lumberton Township | 11 |
| 56 | Manville | 11 |
| 56 | Margate City | 11 |
| 56 | Middletown Township | 11 |
| 56 | Monroe Township, Middlesex County | 11 |
| 56 | Plainsboro Township | 11 |
| 56 | Woodland Park | 11 |
| 57 | Eastampton Township | 10 |
| 57 | Edgewater Park Township | 10 |
| 57 | Freehold Township | 10 |
| 57 | Haddon Township | 10 |
| 57 | Hammonton | 10 |
| 57 | Little Falls Township | 10 |
| 57 | Magnolia | 10 |
| 57 | North Caldwell | 10 |
| 57 | Somerdale | 10 |
| 57 | Wall Township | 10 |
| 57 | West Milford Township | 10 |
| 58 | Carney's Point Township | 9 |
| 58 | Cliffside Park | 9 |
| 58 | Delran Township | 9 |
| 58 | Florence Township | 9 |
| 58 | Fort Lee | 9 |
| 58 | Glassboro | 9 |
| 58 | Kenilworth | 9 |
| 58 | Keyport | 9 |
| 58 | Lacey Township | 9 |
| 58 | Mahwah Township | 9 |
| 58 | Manchester Township | 9 |
| 58 | Millburn Township | 9 |
| 58 | Mount Holly Township | 9 |
| 58 | Saddle Brook Township | 9 |
| 58 | Somerville | 9 |
| 58 | South Amboy | 9 |
| 58 | Summit | 9 |
| 59 | Hillsborough Township | 8 |
| 59 | Manalapan Township | 8 |
| 59 | Mansfield Township, Burlington County | 8 |
| 59 | Mantua Township | 8 |
| 59 | Metuchen | 8 |
| 59 | National Park | 8 |
| 59 | Rockaway Township | 8 |
| 59 | Scotch Plains Township | 8 |
| 59 | Ventnor City | 8 |
| 59 | Verona | 8 |
| 59 | West Caldwell Township | 8 |
| 59 | Woodlynne | 8 |
| 60 | East Hanover Township | 7 |
| 60 | Edgewater | 7 |
| 60 | Hackettstown | 7 |
| 60 | Highland Park | 7 |
| 60 | Jefferson Township | 7 |
| 60 | Lawnside | 7 |
| 60 | Morris Township | 7 |
| 60 | Mountain Lakes | 7 |
| 60 | Neptune City | 7 |
| 60 | Penns Grove | 7 |
| 60 | Rockaway | 7 |
| 60 | Tinton Falls | 7 |
| 60 | Westfield | 7 |
| 61 | Aberdeen Township | 6 |
| 61 | Bogota | 6 |
| 61 | Demarest | 6 |
| 61 | Guttenberg | 6 |
| 61 | Haddonfield | 6 |
| 61 | Hawthorne | 6 |
| 61 | Leonia | 6 |
| 61 | Lincoln Park | 6 |
| 61 | Little Ferry | 6 |
| 61 | Moonachie | 6 |
| 61 | Paulsboro | 6 |
| 61 | Princeton | 6 |
| 61 | Ramsey | 6 |
| 61 | Teterboro | 6 |
| 61 | Upper Saddle River | 6 |
| 61 | Watchung | 6 |
| 62 | Essex Fells | 5 |
| 62 | Fairview | 5 |
| 62 | Freehold | 5 |
| 62 | Glen Ridge | 5 |
| 62 | Middlesex | 5 |
| 62 | Ridgefield Park | 5 |
| 62 | Saddle River | 5 |
| 62 | Springfield | 5 |
| 62 | Stafford Township | 5 |
| 62 | Wildwood | 5 |
| 63 | Belmar | 4 |
| 63 | Berlin | 4 |
| 63 | Beverly | 4 |
| 63 | Boonton | 4 |
| 63 | Butler | 4 |
| 63 | Cape May | 4 |
| 63 | Chatham | 4 |
| 63 | Clementon | 4 |
| 63 | Dunellen | 4 |
| 63 | Florham Park | 4 |
| 63 | Glen Rock | 4 |
| 63 | Gloucester City | 4 |
| 63 | Green Brook Township | 4 |
| 63 | Hazlet Township | 4 |
| 63 | Little Egg Harbor Township | 4 |
| 63 | Logan Township | 4 |
| 63 | Manasquan | 4 |
| 63 | Montville Township | 4 |
| 63 | Moorestown Township | 4 |
| 63 | North Wildwood | 4 |
| 63 | Point Pleasant | 4 |
| 63 | Robbinsville Township | 4 |
| 63 | South Toms River | 4 |
| 63 | Westampton Township | 4 |
| 63 | West Long Branch | 4 |
| 63 | Westville | 4 |
| 63 | West Windsor Township | 4 |
| 64 | Andover Township | 3 |
| 64 | Bay Head | 3 |
| 64 | Bergenfield | 3 |
| 64 | Berkeley Heights Township | 3 |
| 64 | Berkeley Township | 3 |
| 64 | Bernards Township | 3 |
| 64 | Bound Brook | 3 |
| 64 | Bradley Beach | 3 |
| 64 | Buena | 3 |
| 64 | Clinton Township | 3 |
| 64 | Closter | 3 |
| 64 | Cresskill | 3 |
| 64 | Delanco Township | 3 |
| 64 | Englewood Cliffs | 3 |
| 64 | Fanwood | 3 |
| 64 | Flemington | 3 |
| 64 | Franklin | 3 |
| 64 | Franklin Lakes | 3 |
| 64 | Holland Township | 3 |
| 64 | Hopatcong | 3 |
| 64 | Hopewell Township | 3 |
| 64 | Keansburg | 3 |
| 64 | Linwood | 3 |
| 64 | Little Silver | 3 |
| 64 | Madison | 3 |
| 64 | Mansfield Township, Warren County | 3 |
| 64 | Merchantville | 3 |
| 64 | Monmouth Beach | 3 |
| 64 | Montvale | 3 |
| 64 | Morris Plains | 3 |
| 64 | Mount Ephraim | 3 |
| 64 | Mount Olive Township | 3 |
| 64 | New Providence | 3 |
| 64 | Palisades Park | 3 |
| 64 | Pitman | 3 |
| 64 | Plumsted Township | 3 |
| 64 | Point Pleasant Beach | 3 |
| 64 | Red Bank | 3 |
| 64 | Ridgefield | 3 |
| 64 | Riverdale | 3 |
| 64 | Roxbury Township | 3 |
| 64 | Somers Point | 3 |
| 64 | South Bound Brook | 3 |
| 64 | Sparta Township | 3 |
| 64 | Tenafly | 3 |
| 64 | Warren Township | 3 |
| 64 | Washington Township, Morris County | 3 |
| 64 | Washington Township, Warren County | 3 |
| 64 | Waterford Township | 3 |
| 64 | Wenonah | 3 |
| 64 | West Amwell Township | 3 |
| 64 | Wharton | 3 |
| 65 | Barnegat Township | 2 |
| 65 | Barrington | 2 |
| 65 | Bloomingdale | 2 |
| 65 | Bordentown | 2 |
| 65 | Branchburg Township | 2 |
| 65 | Brigantine | 2 |
| 65 | Cedar Grove Township | 2 |
| 65 | Clayton | 2 |
| 65 | Colts Neck Township | 2 |
| 65 | Cranford Township | 2 |
| 65 | Denville Township | 2 |
| 65 | East Greenwich Township | 2 |
| 65 | Fair Haven | 2 |
| 65 | Highlands | 2 |
| 65 | Holmdel Township | 2 |
| 65 | Jamesburg | 2 |
| 65 | Lake Como | 2 |
| 65 | Lambertville | 2 |
| 65 | Lopatcong Township | 2 |
| 65 | Mullica Township | 2 |
| 65 | Netcong | 2 |
| 65 | New Milford | 2 |
| 65 | Newton | 2 |
| 65 | North Hanover Township | 2 |
| 65 | Oakland | 2 |
| 65 | Ocean City | 2 |
| 65 | Ocean Township, Ocean County | 2 |
| 65 | Palmyra | 2 |
| 65 | Pemberton | 2 |
| 65 | Pompton Lakes | 2 |
| 65 | Raritan | 2 |
| 65 | Raritan Township | 2 |
| 65 | Ridgewood | 2 |
| 65 | Ringwood | 2 |
| 65 | River Vale Township | 2 |
| 65 | Rochelle Park Township | 2 |
| 65 | Roseland | 2 |
| 65 | Sea Girt | 2 |
| 65 | South River | 2 |
| 65 | Springfield Township | 2 |
| 65 | Vernon Township | 2 |
| 65 | Woodstown | 2 |
| 65 | Woolwich Township | 2 |
| 65 | Wyckoff Township | 2 |
| 66 | Absecon | 1 |
| 66 | Alpine | 1 |
| 66 | Audubon Park | 1 |
| 66 | Avon-by-the-Sea | 1 |
| 66 | Beach Haven | 1 |
| 66 | Berlin Township | 1 |
| 66 | Bordentown Township | 1 |
| 66 | Caldwell | 1 |
| 66 | Chatham Township | 1 |
| 66 | Chesilhurst | 1 |
| 66 | Chester Township | 1 |
| 66 | Clark Township | 1 |
| 66 | Dumont | 1 |
| 66 | East Newark | 1 |
| 66 | Elmer | 1 |
| 66 | Englishtown | 1 |
| 66 | Franklin Township, Hunterdon County | 1 |
| 66 | Greenwich Township, Gloucester County | 1 |
| 66 | Hardyston Township | 1 |
| 66 | Harrison Township | 1 |
| 66 | High Bridge | 1 |
| 66 | Hightstown | 1 |
| 66 | Hillsdale | 1 |
| 66 | Hi-Nella | 1 |
| 66 | Ho-Ho-Kus | 1 |
| 66 | Independence Township | 1 |
| 66 | Kinnelon | 1 |
| 66 | Lebanon Township | 1 |
| 66 | Loch Arbour | 1 |
| 66 | Matawan | 1 |
| 66 | Maywood | 1 |
| 66 | Medford Township | 1 |
| 66 | Mendham | 1 |
| 66 | Mendham Township | 1 |
| 66 | Mine Hill Township | 1 |
| 66 | Mount Arlington | 1 |
| 66 | New Hanover Township | 1 |
| 66 | Northfield | 1 |
| 66 | North Haledon | 1 |
| 66 | Oaklyn | 1 |
| 66 | Oceanport | 1 |
| 66 | Old Tappan | 1 |
| 66 | Oradell | 1 |
| 66 | Pennsville Township | 1 |
| 66 | Pohatcong Township | 1 |
| 66 | Randolph Township | 1 |
| 66 | Readington Township | 1 |
| 66 | Riverton | 1 |
| 66 | Roselle Park | 1 |
| 66 | Seaside Heights | 1 |
| 66 | Seaside Park | 1 |
| 66 | Shrewsbury | 1 |
| 66 | South Harrison Township | 1 |
| 66 | Spotswood | 1 |
| 66 | Stanhope | 1 |
| 66 | Stratford | 1 |
| 66 | Swedesboro | 1 |
| 66 | Tewksbury Township | 1 |
| 66 | Tuckerton | 1 |
| 66 | Union Beach | 1 |
| 66 | Wanaque | 1 |
| 66 | West Wildwood | 1 |
| 66 | Westwood | 1 |
| 66 | Woodbury Heights | 1 |
| 66 | Woodcliff Lake | 1 |
| 67 | Allendale | 0 |
| 67 | Allenhurst | 0 |
| 67 | Allentown | 0 |
| 67 | Alpha | 0 |
| 67 | Atlantic Highlands | 0 |
| 67 | Audubon | 0 |
| 67 | Avalon | 0 |
| 67 | Barnegat Light | 0 |
| 67 | Beachwood | 0 |
| 67 | Bedminster Township | 0 |
| 67 | Belvidere | 0 |
| 67 | Bernardsville | 0 |
| 67 | Blairstown Township | 0 |
| 67 | Boonton Township | 0 |
| 67 | Brielle | 0 |
| 67 | Brooklawn | 0 |
| 67 | Byram Township | 0 |
| 67 | Califon | 0 |
| 67 | Cape May Point | 0 |
| 67 | Chester | 0 |
| 67 | Chesterfield Township | 0 |
| 67 | Clinton | 0 |
| 67 | Cranbury Township | 0 |
| 67 | Deal | 0 |
| 67 | Delaware Township | 0 |
| 67 | Egg Harbor City | 0 |
| 67 | Elk Township | 0 |
| 67 | Elsinboro Township | 0 |
| 67 | Emerson | 0 |
| 67 | Far Hills | 0 |
| 67 | Fieldsboro | 0 |
| 67 | Frenchtown | 0 |
| 67 | Garwood | 0 |
| 67 | Gibbsboro | 0 |
| 67 | Greenwich Township, Warren County | 0 |
| 67 | Haddon Heights | 0 |
| 67 | Hamburg | 0 |
| 67 | Harding Township | 0 |
| 67 | Harrington Park | 0 |
| 67 | Harvey Cedars | 0 |
| 67 | Hasbrouck Heights | 0 |
| 67 | Haworth | 0 |
| 67 | Helmetta | 0 |
| 67 | Hopewell | 0 |
| 67 | Interlaken | 0 |
| 67 | Island Heights | 0 |
| 67 | Lakehurst | 0 |
| 67 | Laurel Springs | 0 |
| 67 | Lavallette | 0 |
| 67 | Long Beach Township | 0 |
| 67 | Long Hill Township | 0 |
| 67 | Longport | 0 |
| 67 | Lower Alloways Creek Township | 0 |
| 67 | Mantoloking | 0 |
| 67 | Medford Lakes | 0 |
| 67 | Midland Park | 0 |
| 67 | Milltown | 0 |
| 67 | Montgomery Township | 0 |
| 67 | Mountainside | 0 |
| 67 | Newfield | 0 |
| 67 | Northvale | 0 |
| 67 | Norwood | 0 |
| 67 | Ocean Gate | 0 |
| 67 | Ogdensburg | 0 |
| 67 | Oxford Township | 0 |
| 67 | Park Ridge | 0 |
| 67 | Peapack and Gladstone | 0 |
| 67 | Pennington | 0 |
| 67 | Pequannock Township | 0 |
| 67 | Pine Beach | 0 |
| 67 | Pine Valley | 0 |
| 67 | River Edge | 0 |
| 67 | Riverside Township | 0 |
| 67 | Rockleigh | 0 |
| 67 | Rumson | 0 |
| 67 | Sea Bright | 0 |
| 67 | Sea Isle City | 0 |
| 67 | Ship Bottom | 0 |
| 67 | South Hackensack Township | 0 |
| 67 | Spring Lake | 0 |
| 67 | Spring Lake Heights | 0 |
| 67 | Stone Harbor | 0 |
| 67 | Surf City | 0 |
| 67 | Tavistock | 0 |
| 67 | Waldwick | 0 |
| 67 | Washington | 0 |
| 67 | Washington Township, Bergen County | 0 |
| 67 | West Cape May | 0 |
| 67 | Wildwood Crest | 0 |
| 67 | Winfield Township | 0 |
| 67 | Wood-Ridge | 0 |