Ranking of New Jersey Cities By Number of Violent Crimes in 2017

Updated on January 17, 2025.

According to the FBI UCR data, in 2017, the New Jersey city with the highest number of Violent Crimes was Newark (2,543), followed by Camden County Police Department (1,462), Jersey City (1,365), Trenton (1,083), and Elizabeth (1,034).

The chart below shows the top 10 cities with high number of Violent crimes in 2017, 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.

You can also see this information for other states.

You can also find the rate of violent and property crimes for New Jersey cities.

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Related Topics: New Jersey FBI UCR 2017 Topic List.

Data Source: FBI UCR.

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Ranking of New Jersey Cities By Number of Violent Crimes in 2017

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Ranking of New Jersey Cities By Number of Violent Crimes in 2017

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Rank	City	Number of Crimes
1	Newark	2543
2	Camden County Police Department	1462
3	Jersey City	1365
4	Trenton	1083
5	Elizabeth	1034
6	Paterson	1028
7	East Orange	473
8	Irvington	445
9	Atlantic City	425
10	Passaic	390
11	New Brunswick	360
12	Plainfield	321
13	Vineland	298
14	Bridgeton	272
15	Orange City	245
16	Asbury Park	213
17	Clifton	184
18	Perth Amboy	171
19	Union City	164
20	Millville	160
21	Neptune Township	150
22	Bayonne	140
23	Hoboken	131
23	Linden	131
24	Hamilton Township, Mercer County	126
25	Pemberton Township	117
26	Pleasantville	116
27	Edison Township	112
28	Lindenwold	109
29	West New York	108
30	Brick Township	107
31	Woodbridge Township	104
32	Gloucester Township	101
33	Long Branch	99
33	Pennsauken Township	99
34	Cherry Hill Township	96
34	North Bergen Township	96
35	Lakewood Township	95
36	Hackensack	94
37	West Orange	93
38	Willingboro Township	92
39	Belleville	81
40	Ewing Township	76
41	Englewood	75
42	Galloway Township	73
43	Union Township	71
44	Wildwood	65
45	North Plainfield	63
45	Toms River Township	63
46	Voorhees Township	61
47	Deptford Township	60
47	Montclair	60
48	Garfield	59
49	Harrison	58
49	Washington Township, Gloucester County	58
50	Bloomfield	57
51	Egg Harbor Township	55
51	Teaneck Township	55
52	Piscataway Township	54
52	Salem	54
53	Kearny	51
54	North Brunswick Township	49
55	Franklin Township, Somerset County	48
55	Middletown Township	48
56	Hillside Township	47
56	Woodbury	47
57	Burlington City	45
57	Freehold Township	45
58	Carteret	44
58	Monroe Township, Gloucester County	44
58	Old Bridge Township	44
59	Lodi	43
60	Mount Holly Township	42
61	Morristown	40
62	Mount Laurel Township	38
62	Rahway	38
63	Hamilton Township, Atlantic County	37
63	Penns Grove	37
64	Middle Township	36
64	Parsippany-Troy Hills Township	36
65	Howell Township	35
65	Maplewood Township	35
66	Burlington Township	34
66	Seaside Heights	34
67	Secaucus	33
68	Eatontown	32
68	Lower Township	32
68	Pine Hill	32
68	Roselle	32
68	Winslow Township	32
69	Keansburg	31
69	Maple Shade Township	31
70	Ocean Township, Monmouth County	30
71	Dover	29
71	Sayreville	29
71	South Orange Village	29
71	Wayne Township	29
72	Evesham Township	28
72	Paulsboro	28
72	South Plainfield	28
73	Lacey Township	27
74	Fort Lee	26
74	Westampton Township	26
75	Freehold Borough	25
75	South Brunswick Township	25
75	Stafford Township	25
75	West Milford Township	25
76	Berkeley Township	24
76	Collingswood	24
76	East Brunswick Township	24
76	Jackson Township	24
76	Phillipsburg	24
76	Red Bank	24
77	Cliffside Park	23
77	Fair Lawn	23
77	Lumberton Township	23
78	East Windsor Township	22
78	Guttenberg	22
78	Nutley Township	22
79	Carney's Point Township	21
79	Fairview	21
79	Gloucester City	21
79	Somers Point	21
79	West Windsor Township	21
80	Brooklawn	20
80	Elmwood Park	20
81	Bridgewater Township	19
81	Florence Township	19
81	Lawrence Township, Mercer County	19
81	Little Falls Township	19
81	Wall Township	19
82	Haledon	18
82	South River	18
83	Beverly	17
83	Bound Brook	17
83	Clementon	17
83	Glassboro	17
83	Hammonton	17
83	Woodland Park	17
84	Keyport	16
84	Medford Township	16
84	North Arlington	16
84	Point Pleasant	16
85	Aberdeen Township	15
85	Egg Harbor City	15
85	Haddon Township	15
85	Palisades Park	15
85	Palmyra	15
85	Weehawken Township	15
86	Buena	14
86	Franklin Township, Gloucester County	14
86	Paramus	14
86	Pennsville Township	14
86	Westville	14
87	East Rutherford	13
87	Edgewater Park Township	13
87	Hazlet Township	13
87	Magnolia	13
87	Manalapan Township	13
87	Mantua Township	13
87	Neptune City	13
87	North Wildwood	13
87	Pompton Lakes	13
88	Bordentown Township	12
88	Clayton	12
88	Holmdel Township	12
88	Little Egg Harbor Township	12
88	Manville	12
88	Metuchen	12
88	Ocean City	12
88	West Deptford Township	12
89	Absecon	11
89	Carlstadt	11
89	Delran Township	11
89	Hopatcong	11
89	Little Ferry	11
89	Manchester Township	11
89	Rockaway Township	11
89	Rutherford	11
89	Springfield Township, Union County	11
90	Bellmawr	10
90	Berlin	10
90	Berlin Township	10
90	Dunellen	10
90	Edgewater	10
90	Moorestown Township	10
90	Newton	10
90	Scotch Plains Township	10
90	Somerville	10
90	South Hackensack Township	10
90	Totowa	10
91	Belmar	9
91	Englishtown	9
91	Flemington	9
91	Hillsborough Township	9
91	Lawnside	9
91	Livingston Township	9
91	Lyndhurst Township	9
91	Mahwah Township	9
91	Merchantville	9
91	Mount Ephraim	9
91	Mount Olive Township	9
91	Riverside Township	9
91	Saddle Brook Township	9
91	Sparta Township	9
91	Westwood	9
91	Wildwood Crest	9
92	Audubon	8
92	Barnegat Township	8
92	Caldwell	8
92	Cinnaminson Township	8
92	Jamesburg	8
92	Kenilworth	8
92	Middlesex Borough	8
92	Oakland	8
92	Plainsboro Township	8
92	Ridgefield Park	8
92	Summit	8
92	Vernon Township	8
92	West Caldwell Township	8
92	Woodlynne	8
92	Wyckoff Township	8
93	East Greenwich Township	7
93	Glen Ridge	7
93	Hanover Township	7
93	Hopewell Township	7
93	Marlboro Township	7
93	Millburn Township	7
93	Milltown	7
93	Princeton	7
93	Runnemede	7
93	West Long Branch	7
94	Beachwood	6
94	Byram Township	6
94	Colts Neck Township	6
94	Elk Township	6
94	Florham Park	6
94	Greenwich Township, Gloucester County	6
94	Harrison Township	6
94	Jefferson Township	6
94	Logan Township	6
94	Montgomery Township	6
94	Ridgewood	6
94	Somerdale	6
94	South Toms River	6
94	Stratford	6
94	Ventnor City	6
94	Wallington	6
94	Wanaque	6
95	Clark Township	5
95	Haddonfield	5
95	Highland Park	5
95	Hightstown	5
95	Kinnelon	5
95	Lambertville	5
95	Manasquan	5
95	Mansfield Township, Burlington County	5
95	Monmouth Beach	5
95	Netcong	5
95	Ramsey	5
95	Raritan Township	5
95	Roxbury Township	5
95	Teterboro	5
95	Washington Township, Warren County	5
96	Belvidere	4
96	Cedar Grove Township	4
96	Delanco Township	4
96	Dumont	4
96	East Hanover Township	4
96	Fairfield Township, Essex County	4
96	Highlands	4
96	Hi-Nella	4
96	Lake Como	4
96	Lincoln Park	4
96	Madison	4
96	Mansfield Township, Warren County	4
96	Margate City	4
96	Maywood	4
96	Midland Park	4
96	Monroe Township, Middlesex County	4
96	Morris Plains	4
96	National Park	4
96	Oceanport	4
96	Randolph Township	4
96	Raritan	4
96	Seaside Park	4
96	Union Beach	4
96	Verona	4
96	Wharton	4
96	Woolwich Township	4
97	Barrington	3
97	Berkeley Heights Township	3
97	Boonton	3
97	Boonton Township	3
97	Bradley Beach	3
97	Branchburg Township	3
97	Butler	3
97	Chesilhurst	3
97	Cranford Township	3
97	Cresskill	3
97	Eastampton Township	3
97	Hackettstown	3
97	Haddon Heights	3
97	Holland Township	3
97	Independence Township	3
97	Leonia	3
97	Long Beach Township	3
97	Lopatcong Township	3
97	Mine Hill Township	3
97	Montville Township	3
97	Morris Township	3
97	Mullica Township	3
97	North Hanover Township	3
97	Peapack-Gladstone	3
97	Prospect Park	3
97	Ringwood	3
97	Roseland	3
97	Roselle Park	3
97	South Bound Brook	3
97	Stanhope	3
97	Tinton Falls	3
97	Tuckerton	3
97	Waldwick	3
97	Warren Township	3
97	Washington	3
97	Washington Township, Bergen County	3
97	Washington Township, Morris County	3
97	Waterford Township	3
97	Westfield	3
97	Wood-Ridge	3
98	Beach Haven	2
98	Bergenfield	2
98	Bloomingdale	2
98	Brielle	2
98	Brigantine	2
98	Chatham	2
98	Clinton	2
98	Deal	2
98	Emerson	2
98	Fanwood	2
98	Franklin	2
98	Glen Rock	2
98	Green Brook Township	2
98	Greenwich Township, Warren County	2
98	Hamburg	2
98	Harding Township	2
98	Hasbrouck Heights	2
98	Hawthorne	2
98	Ho-Ho-Kus	2
98	Hopewell Burough	2
98	Laurel Springs	2
98	Longport	2
98	New Milford	2
98	North Caldwell	2
98	Oaklyn	2
98	Ocean Township, Ocean County	2
98	Oradell	2
98	Pitman	2
98	Readington Township	2
98	Ridgefield	2
98	River Edge	2
98	Rochelle Park Township	2
98	Rockleigh	2
98	Shrewsbury	2
98	Upper Saddle River	2
98	West Amwell Township	2
98	West Wildwood	2
98	Woodbury Heights	2
98	Woodstown	2
99	Alpha	1
99	Andover Township	1
99	Atlantic Highlands	1
99	Avalon	1
99	Barnegat Light	1
99	Bedminster Township	1
99	Bernards Township	1
99	Bernardsville	1
99	Bogota	1
99	Clinton Township	1
99	Delaware Township	1
99	Demarest	1
99	Denville Township	1
99	East Newark	1
99	Elsinboro Township	1
99	Franklin Lakes	1
99	Frenchtown	1
99	Gibbsboro	1
99	Hardyston Township	1
99	Harrington Park	1
99	Harvey Cedars	1
99	Helmetta	1
99	Lavallette	1
99	Lebanon Township	1
99	Linwood	1
99	Long Hill Township	1
99	Lower Alloways Creek Township	1
99	Mendham	1
99	Montvale	1
99	Moonachie	1
99	Mountainside	1
99	Mount Arlington	1
99	North Haledon	1
99	Park Ridge	1
99	Pemberton Borough	1
99	Pequannock Township	1
99	Point Pleasant Beach	1
99	Riverdale	1
99	River Vale Township	1
99	Robbinsville Township	1
99	Rockaway	1
99	Sea Girt	1
99	Sea Isle City	1
99	Ship Bottom	1
99	South Amboy	1
99	Spotswood	1
99	Spring Lake Heights	1
99	Stone Harbor	1
99	Surf City	1
99	Swedesboro	1
99	Tavistock	1
99	Tenafly	1
99	Watchung	1
99	Woodcliff Lake	1
100	Allendale	0
100	Allenhurst	0
100	Allentown	0
100	Alpine	0
100	Audubon Park	0
100	Avon-by-the-Sea	0
100	Bay Head	0
100	Blairstown Township	0
100	Bordentown City	0
100	Califon	0
100	Cape May	0
100	Cape May Point	0
100	Chatham Township	0
100	Chester	0
100	Chesterfield Township	0
100	Chester Township	0
100	Closter	0
100	Cranbury Township	0
100	Elmer	0
100	Englewood Cliffs	0
100	Essex Fells	0
100	Fair Haven	0
100	Far Hills	0
100	Fieldsboro	0
100	Franklin Township, Hunterdon County	0
100	Garwood	0
100	Haworth	0
100	High Bridge	0
100	Hillsdale	0
100	Interlaken	0
100	Island Heights	0
100	Lakehurst	0
100	Little Silver	0
100	Loch Arbour	0
100	Mantoloking	0
100	Matawan	0
100	Medford Lakes	0
100	Mendham Township	0
100	Mountain Lakes	0
100	Newfield	0
100	New Hanover Township	0
100	New Providence	0
100	Northfield	0
100	Northvale	0
100	Norwood	0
100	Ocean Gate	0
100	Ogdensburg	0
100	Old Tappan	0
100	Oxford Township	0
100	Pennington	0
100	Pine Beach	0
100	Pine Valley	0
100	Plumsted Township	0
100	Pohatcong Township	0
100	Riverton	0
100	Rumson	0
100	Saddle River	0
100	Sea Bright	0
100	South Harrison Township	0
100	Springfield Township, Burlington County	0
100	Spring Lake	0
100	Tewksbury Township	0
100	Wenonah	0
100	West Cape May	0
100	Winfield Township	0