Ranking of New Jersey Cities By Number of Arson Crimes in 2017
According to the FBI UCR data, in 2017, the New Jersey city with the highest number of Arson Crimes was Newark (72), followed by Camden County Police Department (55), Jersey City (38), Trenton (16), and East Orange (13).
The chart below shows the top 10 cities with high number of Arson crimes in 2017, and the table below shows the ranking of New Jersey cities with high number of Arson crimes.
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Hover over or click on the bars in the chart below, to see the number of Arson 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 | Number of Crimes |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Newark | 72 |
| 2 | Camden County Police Department | 55 |
| 3 | Jersey City | 38 |
| 4 | Trenton | 16 |
| 5 | East Orange | 13 |
| 6 | Vineland | 12 |
| 7 | Paterson | 10 |
| 8 | Elizabeth | 9 |
| 8 | New Brunswick | 9 |
| 8 | Toms River Township | 9 |
| 9 | Bridgeton | 8 |
| 9 | Lindenwold | 8 |
| 9 | West Amwell Township | 8 |
| 10 | Franklin Township, Somerset County | 7 |
| 11 | Deptford Township | 6 |
| 11 | Egg Harbor Township | 6 |
| 11 | Irvington | 6 |
| 11 | Jackson Township | 6 |
| 11 | Little Egg Harbor Township | 6 |
| 11 | Voorhees Township | 6 |
| 11 | Willingboro Township | 6 |
| 12 | Asbury Park | 5 |
| 12 | Brick Township | 5 |
| 12 | Carney's Point Township | 5 |
| 12 | Lakewood Township | 5 |
| 12 | Manchester Township | 5 |
| 12 | Pemberton Township | 5 |
| 12 | Pennsauken Township | 5 |
| 13 | Bayonne | 4 |
| 13 | Clifton | 4 |
| 13 | Edison Township | 4 |
| 13 | Hackensack | 4 |
| 13 | Marlboro Township | 4 |
| 13 | Montclair | 4 |
| 13 | Pine Hill | 4 |
| 13 | Plainfield | 4 |
| 13 | West Orange | 4 |
| 14 | Dunellen | 3 |
| 14 | Evesham Township | 3 |
| 14 | Fair Lawn | 3 |
| 14 | Garfield | 3 |
| 14 | Gloucester Township | 3 |
| 14 | Hamilton Township, Atlantic County | 3 |
| 14 | Hamilton Township, Mercer County | 3 |
| 14 | Howell Township | 3 |
| 14 | Millville | 3 |
| 14 | Monroe Township, Gloucester County | 3 |
| 14 | Mount Laurel Township | 3 |
| 14 | North Plainfield | 3 |
| 14 | Penns Grove | 3 |
| 14 | Phillipsburg | 3 |
| 14 | Princeton | 3 |
| 14 | Washington Township, Gloucester County | 3 |
| 14 | Woodbridge Township | 3 |
| 15 | Atlantic City | 2 |
| 15 | Berkeley Township | 2 |
| 15 | Carteret | 2 |
| 15 | Cherry Hill Township | 2 |
| 15 | Collingswood | 2 |
| 15 | Delaware Township | 2 |
| 15 | East Brunswick Township | 2 |
| 15 | Englishtown | 2 |
| 15 | Ewing Township | 2 |
| 15 | Franklin Township, Gloucester County | 2 |
| 15 | High Bridge | 2 |
| 15 | Hillsborough Township | 2 |
| 15 | Lawrence Township, Mercer County | 2 |
| 15 | Manville | 2 |
| 15 | Middlesex Borough | 2 |
| 15 | Morristown | 2 |
| 15 | Perth Amboy | 2 |
| 15 | Ridgefield Park | 2 |
| 15 | Roselle | 2 |
| 15 | South River | 2 |
| 15 | South Toms River | 2 |
| 15 | West New York | 2 |
| 16 | Aberdeen Township | 1 |
| 16 | Barnegat Township | 1 |
| 16 | Berlin | 1 |
| 16 | Beverly | 1 |
| 16 | Bloomfield | 1 |
| 16 | Brigantine | 1 |
| 16 | Buena | 1 |
| 16 | Burlington Township | 1 |
| 16 | Cinnaminson Township | 1 |
| 16 | Clayton | 1 |
| 16 | Cliffside Park | 1 |
| 16 | Colts Neck Township | 1 |
| 16 | Denville Township | 1 |
| 16 | Elmwood Park | 1 |
| 16 | Fieldsboro | 1 |
| 16 | Florham Park | 1 |
| 16 | Galloway Township | 1 |
| 16 | Glassboro | 1 |
| 16 | Greenwich Township, Warren County | 1 |
| 16 | Haddonfield | 1 |
| 16 | Haddon Township | 1 |
| 16 | Hanover Township | 1 |
| 16 | Hazlet Township | 1 |
| 16 | Holmdel Township | 1 |
| 16 | Jamesburg | 1 |
| 16 | Keansburg | 1 |
| 16 | Lambertville | 1 |
| 16 | Laurel Springs | 1 |
| 16 | Linden | 1 |
| 16 | Lower Township | 1 |
| 16 | Madison | 1 |
| 16 | Margate City | 1 |
| 16 | Medford Township | 1 |
| 16 | Middletown Township | 1 |
| 16 | Morris Township | 1 |
| 16 | Mount Olive Township | 1 |
| 16 | Mullica Township | 1 |
| 16 | Neptune Township | 1 |
| 16 | North Bergen Township | 1 |
| 16 | Nutley Township | 1 |
| 16 | Ocean Township, Monmouth County | 1 |
| 16 | Old Bridge Township | 1 |
| 16 | Orange City | 1 |
| 16 | Passaic | 1 |
| 16 | Paulsboro | 1 |
| 16 | Pleasantville | 1 |
| 16 | Rahway | 1 |
| 16 | Randolph Township | 1 |
| 16 | Readington Township | 1 |
| 16 | Sayreville | 1 |
| 16 | Seaside Park | 1 |
| 16 | South Amboy | 1 |
| 16 | South Plainfield | 1 |
| 16 | Stanhope | 1 |
| 16 | Swedesboro | 1 |
| 16 | Teaneck Township | 1 |
| 16 | Totowa | 1 |
| 16 | Union City | 1 |
| 16 | Union Township | 1 |
| 16 | Ventnor City | 1 |
| 16 | Verona | 1 |
| 16 | West Cape May | 1 |
| 16 | West Milford Township | 1 |
| 16 | Winslow Township | 1 |
| 17 | Absecon | 0 |
| 17 | Allendale | 0 |
| 17 | Allenhurst | 0 |
| 17 | Allentown | 0 |
| 17 | Alpha | 0 |
| 17 | Alpine | 0 |
| 17 | Andover Township | 0 |
| 17 | Atlantic Highlands | 0 |
| 17 | Audubon | 0 |
| 17 | Audubon Park | 0 |
| 17 | Avalon | 0 |
| 17 | Avon-by-the-Sea | 0 |
| 17 | Barnegat Light | 0 |
| 17 | Barrington | 0 |
| 17 | Bay Head | 0 |
| 17 | Beach Haven | 0 |
| 17 | Beachwood | 0 |
| 17 | Bedminster Township | 0 |
| 17 | Belleville | 0 |
| 17 | Bellmawr | 0 |
| 17 | Belmar | 0 |
| 17 | Belvidere | 0 |
| 17 | Bergenfield | 0 |
| 17 | Berkeley Heights Township | 0 |
| 17 | Berlin Township | 0 |
| 17 | Bernards Township | 0 |
| 17 | Bernardsville | 0 |
| 17 | Blairstown Township | 0 |
| 17 | Bloomingdale | 0 |
| 17 | Bogota | 0 |
| 17 | Boonton | 0 |
| 17 | Boonton Township | 0 |
| 17 | Bordentown City | 0 |
| 17 | Bordentown Township | 0 |
| 17 | Bound Brook | 0 |
| 17 | Bradley Beach | 0 |
| 17 | Branchburg Township | 0 |
| 17 | Bridgewater Township | 0 |
| 17 | Brielle | 0 |
| 17 | Brooklawn | 0 |
| 17 | Burlington City | 0 |
| 17 | Butler | 0 |
| 17 | Byram Township | 0 |
| 17 | Caldwell | 0 |
| 17 | Califon | 0 |
| 17 | Cape May | 0 |
| 17 | Cape May Point | 0 |
| 17 | Carlstadt | 0 |
| 17 | Cedar Grove Township | 0 |
| 17 | Chatham | 0 |
| 17 | Chatham Township | 0 |
| 17 | Chesilhurst | 0 |
| 17 | Chester | 0 |
| 17 | Chesterfield Township | 0 |
| 17 | Chester Township | 0 |
| 17 | Clark Township | 0 |
| 17 | Clementon | 0 |
| 17 | Clinton | 0 |
| 17 | Clinton Township | 0 |
| 17 | Closter | 0 |
| 17 | Cranbury Township | 0 |
| 17 | Cranford Township | 0 |
| 17 | Cresskill | 0 |
| 17 | Deal | 0 |
| 17 | Delanco Township | 0 |
| 17 | Delran Township | 0 |
| 17 | Demarest | 0 |
| 17 | Dover | 0 |
| 17 | Dumont | 0 |
| 17 | Eastampton Township | 0 |
| 17 | East Greenwich Township | 0 |
| 17 | East Hanover Township | 0 |
| 17 | East Newark | 0 |
| 17 | East Rutherford | 0 |
| 17 | East Windsor Township | 0 |
| 17 | Eatontown | 0 |
| 17 | Edgewater | 0 |
| 17 | Edgewater Park Township | 0 |
| 17 | Egg Harbor City | 0 |
| 17 | Elk Township | 0 |
| 17 | Elmer | 0 |
| 17 | Elsinboro Township | 0 |
| 17 | Emerson | 0 |
| 17 | Englewood | 0 |
| 17 | Englewood Cliffs | 0 |
| 17 | Essex Fells | 0 |
| 17 | Fairfield Township, Essex County | 0 |
| 17 | Fair Haven | 0 |
| 17 | Fairview | 0 |
| 17 | Fanwood | 0 |
| 17 | Far Hills | 0 |
| 17 | Flemington | 0 |
| 17 | Florence Township | 0 |
| 17 | Fort Lee | 0 |
| 17 | Franklin | 0 |
| 17 | Franklin Lakes | 0 |
| 17 | Franklin Township, Hunterdon County | 0 |
| 17 | Freehold Borough | 0 |
| 17 | Freehold Township | 0 |
| 17 | Frenchtown | 0 |
| 17 | Garwood | 0 |
| 17 | Gibbsboro | 0 |
| 17 | Glen Ridge | 0 |
| 17 | Glen Rock | 0 |
| 17 | Gloucester City | 0 |
| 17 | Green Brook Township | 0 |
| 17 | Greenwich Township, Gloucester County | 0 |
| 17 | Guttenberg | 0 |
| 17 | Hackettstown | 0 |
| 17 | Haddon Heights | 0 |
| 17 | Haledon | 0 |
| 17 | Hamburg | 0 |
| 17 | Hammonton | 0 |
| 17 | Harding Township | 0 |
| 17 | Hardyston Township | 0 |
| 17 | Harrington Park | 0 |
| 17 | Harrison | 0 |
| 17 | Harrison Township | 0 |
| 17 | Harvey Cedars | 0 |
| 17 | Hasbrouck Heights | 0 |
| 17 | Haworth | 0 |
| 17 | Hawthorne | 0 |
| 17 | Helmetta | 0 |
| 17 | Highland Park | 0 |
| 17 | Highlands | 0 |
| 17 | Hightstown | 0 |
| 17 | Hillsdale | 0 |
| 17 | Hillside Township | 0 |
| 17 | Hi-Nella | 0 |
| 17 | Hoboken | 0 |
| 17 | Ho-Ho-Kus | 0 |
| 17 | Holland Township | 0 |
| 17 | Hopatcong | 0 |
| 17 | Hopewell Burough | 0 |
| 17 | Hopewell Township | 0 |
| 17 | Independence Township | 0 |
| 17 | Interlaken | 0 |
| 17 | Island Heights | 0 |
| 17 | Jefferson Township | 0 |
| 17 | Kearny | 0 |
| 17 | Kenilworth | 0 |
| 17 | Keyport | 0 |
| 17 | Kinnelon | 0 |
| 17 | Lacey Township | 0 |
| 17 | Lake Como | 0 |
| 17 | Lakehurst | 0 |
| 17 | Lavallette | 0 |
| 17 | Lawnside | 0 |
| 17 | Lebanon Township | 0 |
| 17 | Leonia | 0 |
| 17 | Lincoln Park | 0 |
| 17 | Linwood | 0 |
| 17 | Little Falls Township | 0 |
| 17 | Little Ferry | 0 |
| 17 | Little Silver | 0 |
| 17 | Livingston Township | 0 |
| 17 | Loch Arbour | 0 |
| 17 | Lodi | 0 |
| 17 | Logan Township | 0 |
| 17 | Long Beach Township | 0 |
| 17 | Long Branch | 0 |
| 17 | Long Hill Township | 0 |
| 17 | Longport | 0 |
| 17 | Lopatcong Township | 0 |
| 17 | Lower Alloways Creek Township | 0 |
| 17 | Lumberton Township | 0 |
| 17 | Lyndhurst Township | 0 |
| 17 | Magnolia | 0 |
| 17 | Mahwah Township | 0 |
| 17 | Manalapan Township | 0 |
| 17 | Manasquan | 0 |
| 17 | Mansfield Township, Burlington County | 0 |
| 17 | Mansfield Township, Warren County | 0 |
| 17 | Mantoloking | 0 |
| 17 | Mantua Township | 0 |
| 17 | Maple Shade Township | 0 |
| 17 | Maplewood Township | 0 |
| 17 | Matawan | 0 |
| 17 | Maywood | 0 |
| 17 | Medford Lakes | 0 |
| 17 | Mendham | 0 |
| 17 | Mendham Township | 0 |
| 17 | Merchantville | 0 |
| 17 | Metuchen | 0 |
| 17 | Middle Township | 0 |
| 17 | Midland Park | 0 |
| 17 | Millburn Township | 0 |
| 17 | Milltown | 0 |
| 17 | Mine Hill Township | 0 |
| 17 | Monmouth Beach | 0 |
| 17 | Monroe Township, Middlesex County | 0 |
| 17 | Montgomery Township | 0 |
| 17 | Montvale | 0 |
| 17 | Montville Township | 0 |
| 17 | Moonachie | 0 |
| 17 | Moorestown Township | 0 |
| 17 | Morris Plains | 0 |
| 17 | Mountain Lakes | 0 |
| 17 | Mountainside | 0 |
| 17 | Mount Arlington | 0 |
| 17 | Mount Ephraim | 0 |
| 17 | Mount Holly Township | 0 |
| 17 | National Park | 0 |
| 17 | Neptune City | 0 |
| 17 | Netcong | 0 |
| 17 | Newfield | 0 |
| 17 | New Hanover Township | 0 |
| 17 | New Milford | 0 |
| 17 | New Providence | 0 |
| 17 | Newton | 0 |
| 17 | North Arlington | 0 |
| 17 | North Brunswick Township | 0 |
| 17 | North Caldwell | 0 |
| 17 | Northfield | 0 |
| 17 | North Haledon | 0 |
| 17 | North Hanover Township | 0 |
| 17 | Northvale | 0 |
| 17 | North Wildwood | 0 |
| 17 | Norwood | 0 |
| 17 | Oakland | 0 |
| 17 | Oaklyn | 0 |
| 17 | Ocean City | 0 |
| 17 | Ocean Gate | 0 |
| 17 | Oceanport | 0 |
| 17 | Ocean Township, Ocean County | 0 |
| 17 | Ogdensburg | 0 |
| 17 | Old Tappan | 0 |
| 17 | Oradell | 0 |
| 17 | Oxford Township | 0 |
| 17 | Palisades Park | 0 |
| 17 | Palmyra | 0 |
| 17 | Paramus | 0 |
| 17 | Park Ridge | 0 |
| 17 | Parsippany-Troy Hills Township | 0 |
| 17 | Peapack-Gladstone | 0 |
| 17 | Pemberton Borough | 0 |
| 17 | Pennington | 0 |
| 17 | Pennsville Township | 0 |
| 17 | Pequannock Township | 0 |
| 17 | Pine Beach | 0 |
| 17 | Pine Valley | 0 |
| 17 | Piscataway Township | 0 |
| 17 | Pitman | 0 |
| 17 | Plainsboro Township | 0 |
| 17 | Plumsted Township | 0 |
| 17 | Pohatcong Township | 0 |
| 17 | Point Pleasant | 0 |
| 17 | Point Pleasant Beach | 0 |
| 17 | Pompton Lakes | 0 |
| 17 | Prospect Park | 0 |
| 17 | Ramsey | 0 |
| 17 | Raritan | 0 |
| 17 | Raritan Township | 0 |
| 17 | Red Bank | 0 |
| 17 | Ridgefield | 0 |
| 17 | Ridgewood | 0 |
| 17 | Ringwood | 0 |
| 17 | Riverdale | 0 |
| 17 | River Edge | 0 |
| 17 | Riverside Township | 0 |
| 17 | Riverton | 0 |
| 17 | River Vale Township | 0 |
| 17 | Robbinsville Township | 0 |
| 17 | Rochelle Park Township | 0 |
| 17 | Rockaway | 0 |
| 17 | Rockaway Township | 0 |
| 17 | Rockleigh | 0 |
| 17 | Roseland | 0 |
| 17 | Roselle Park | 0 |
| 17 | Roxbury Township | 0 |
| 17 | Rumson | 0 |
| 17 | Runnemede | 0 |
| 17 | Rutherford | 0 |
| 17 | Saddle Brook Township | 0 |
| 17 | Saddle River | 0 |
| 17 | Salem | 0 |
| 17 | Scotch Plains Township | 0 |
| 17 | Sea Bright | 0 |
| 17 | Sea Girt | 0 |
| 17 | Sea Isle City | 0 |
| 17 | Seaside Heights | 0 |
| 17 | Secaucus | 0 |
| 17 | Ship Bottom | 0 |
| 17 | Shrewsbury | 0 |
| 17 | Somerdale | 0 |
| 17 | Somers Point | 0 |
| 17 | Somerville | 0 |
| 17 | South Bound Brook | 0 |
| 17 | South Brunswick Township | 0 |
| 17 | South Hackensack Township | 0 |
| 17 | South Harrison Township | 0 |
| 17 | South Orange Village | 0 |
| 17 | Sparta Township | 0 |
| 17 | Spotswood | 0 |
| 17 | Springfield Township, Burlington County | 0 |
| 17 | Springfield Township, Union County | 0 |
| 17 | Spring Lake | 0 |
| 17 | Spring Lake Heights | 0 |
| 17 | Stafford Township | 0 |
| 17 | Stone Harbor | 0 |
| 17 | Stratford | 0 |
| 17 | Summit | 0 |
| 17 | Surf City | 0 |
| 17 | Tavistock | 0 |
| 17 | Tenafly | 0 |
| 17 | Teterboro | 0 |
| 17 | Tewksbury Township | 0 |
| 17 | Tinton Falls | 0 |
| 17 | Tuckerton | 0 |
| 17 | Union Beach | 0 |
| 17 | Upper Saddle River | 0 |
| 17 | Vernon Township | 0 |
| 17 | Waldwick | 0 |
| 17 | Wallington | 0 |
| 17 | Wall Township | 0 |
| 17 | Wanaque | 0 |
| 17 | Warren Township | 0 |
| 17 | Washington | 0 |
| 17 | Washington Township, Bergen County | 0 |
| 17 | Washington Township, Morris County | 0 |
| 17 | Washington Township, Warren County | 0 |
| 17 | Watchung | 0 |
| 17 | Waterford Township | 0 |
| 17 | Wayne Township | 0 |
| 17 | Weehawken Township | 0 |
| 17 | Wenonah | 0 |
| 17 | Westampton Township | 0 |
| 17 | West Caldwell Township | 0 |
| 17 | West Deptford Township | 0 |
| 17 | Westfield | 0 |
| 17 | West Long Branch | 0 |
| 17 | Westville | 0 |
| 17 | West Wildwood | 0 |
| 17 | West Windsor Township | 0 |
| 17 | Westwood | 0 |
| 17 | Wharton | 0 |
| 17 | Wildwood | 0 |
| 17 | Wildwood Crest | 0 |
| 17 | Winfield Township | 0 |
| 17 | Woodbury | 0 |
| 17 | Woodbury Heights | 0 |
| 17 | Woodcliff Lake | 0 |
| 17 | Woodland Park | 0 |
| 17 | Woodlynne | 0 |
| 17 | Wood-Ridge | 0 |
| 17 | Woodstown | 0 |
| 17 | Woolwich Township | 0 |
| 17 | Wyckoff Township | 0 |