Ranking of New Jersey Cities By Number of Violent Crimes in 2019

Updated on January 17, 2025.

According to the FBI UCR data, in 2019, the New Jersey city with the highest number of Violent Crimes was Newark (1,742), followed by Jersey City (1,393), Paterson (1,219), Camden County Police Department (1,159), and Trenton (937).

The chart below shows the top 10 cities with high number of Violent crimes in 2019, 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 2019 Topic List.

Data Source: FBI UCR.

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Ranking of New Jersey Cities By Number of Violent Crimes in 2019

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Ranking of New Jersey Cities By Number of Violent Crimes in 2019

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Rank	City	Number of Crimes
1	Newark	1742
2	Jersey City	1393
3	Paterson	1219
4	Camden County Police Department	1159
5	Trenton	937
6	Elizabeth	926
7	Passaic	369
8	Atlantic City	323
9	Irvington	280
10	East Orange	275
11	New Brunswick	262
12	Bridgeton	223
13	Vineland	211
14	Union City	193
15	Plainfield	192
16	Orange City	190
17	Asbury Park	179
18	Linden	159
19	Lakewood Township	148
20	Perth Amboy	147
21	Bayonne	145
22	Millville	130
23	West New York	128
24	Lindenwold	123
25	Hamilton Township, Mercer County	122
26	Pennsauken Township	111
26	Woodbridge Township	111
27	Long Branch	109
28	Hackensack	103
29	Willingboro Township	102
30	Clifton	95
30	Neptune Township	95
31	West Orange	92
32	North Bergen Township	90
33	Edison Township	84
34	Brick Township	83
35	Hoboken	79
36	Belleville	78
37	Salem	73
38	Pemberton Township	72
38	Toms River Township	72
38	Washington Township, Gloucester County	72
39	Englewood	71
40	Roselle	67
40	Winslow Township	67
41	Pleasantville	65
42	Hillside Township	64
43	Gloucester Township	63
44	Galloway Township	62
45	North Brunswick Township	61
46	Ewing Township	60
47	Cherry Hill Township	59
48	Franklin Township, Somerset County	58
48	Montclair	58
49	Mount Laurel Township	57
50	Teaneck Township	56
51	Kearny	54
51	Maple Shade Township	54
52	Egg Harbor Township	52
53	Burlington City	51
53	Garfield	51
53	Penns Grove	51
54	Hamilton Township, Atlantic County	49
55	Harrison	47
55	North Plainfield	47
55	Piscataway Township	47
56	Lawrence Township, Mercer County	45
57	Berkeley Township	44
57	Paramus	44
58	Union Township	43
59	Lower Township	41
59	Morristown	41
59	Secaucus	41
60	Deptford Township	40
60	Dover	40
61	Old Bridge Township	39
62	Lodi	35
62	South River	35
63	Eatontown	34
63	Freehold Township	34
63	Middle Township	34
63	Sayreville	34
64	Haddon Township	33
65	Bloomfield	32
65	Carteret	32
65	Rahway	32
65	Stafford Township	32
66	Burlington Township	31
66	Glassboro	31
66	Haledon	31
66	Hazlet Township	31
66	Howell Township	31
67	Phillipsburg	30
67	Pine Hill	30
67	South Plainfield	30
67	Voorhees Township	30
67	Wayne Township	30
67	Westampton Township	30
68	Evesham Township	29
68	Wildwood	29
69	Nutley Township	28
69	Woodbury	28
70	East Brunswick Township	27
70	Fairview	27
70	Guttenberg	27
70	Mount Holly Township	27
71	Monroe Township, Gloucester County	26
72	Elmwood Park	25
72	Fort Lee	25
72	Hammonton	25
72	Jackson Township	25
72	Lacey Township	25
73	Parsippany-Troy Hills Township	23
74	Freehold Borough	22
74	Lumberton Township	22
74	Maplewood Township	22
74	Middletown Township	22
74	Wall Township	22
74	Weehawken Township	22
75	Egg Harbor City	21
75	Keansburg	21
76	Gloucester City	20
76	Little Falls Township	20
77	Medford Township	19
77	Monroe Township, Middlesex County	19
77	North Arlington	19
78	Cliffside Park	18
78	Little Egg Harbor Township	18
78	Manalapan Township	18
78	Moorestown Township	18
78	Pennsville Township	18
79	Carney's Point Township	17
79	Florence Township	17
79	Holmdel Township	17
79	Ocean Township, Monmouth County	17
79	South Brunswick Township	17
79	Wildwood Crest	17
80	Bound Brook	16
80	Brooklawn	16
80	Cinnaminson Township	16
80	Collingswood	16
80	East Windsor Township	16
80	Edgewater Park Township	16
80	Palisades Park	16
80	West Deptford Township	16
81	Aberdeen Township	15
81	Bergenfield	15
81	Franklin Township, Gloucester County	15
81	Point Pleasant	15
81	Totowa	15
81	Ventnor City	15
82	Clark Township	14
82	Dunellen	14
82	Highland Park	14
82	Mount Olive Township	14
82	Newton	14
82	Paulsboro	14
82	Riverside Township	14
82	Scotch Plains Township	14
82	Woodland Park	14
83	Bellmawr	13
83	Clayton	13
83	Clementon	13
83	Hillsborough Township	13
83	Lyndhurst Township	13
83	Magnolia	13
83	Red Bank	13
83	Ridgewood	13
83	Rockaway Township	13
83	South Hackensack Township	13
83	South Orange Village	13
83	West Milford Township	13
84	Barnegat Township	12
84	Hanover Township	12
84	Keyport	12
84	Manchester Township	12
84	Oceanport	12
84	Rutherford	12
84	Seaside Heights	12
84	Somerdale	12
84	Washington Township, Morris County	12
84	Waterford Township	12
84	Woodlynne	12
85	Beverly	11
85	Boonton	11
85	Bordentown Township	11
85	Metuchen	11
85	Neptune City	11
85	Netcong	11
85	Readington Township	11
85	Somers Point	11
85	Somerville	11
85	Union Beach	11
85	West Windsor Township	11
86	Berlin	10
86	Byram Township	10
86	Flemington	10
86	Franklin	10
86	Jamesburg	10
86	Jefferson Township	10
86	Kenilworth	10
86	Long Beach Township	10
86	Princeton	10
86	Stratford	10
86	Wharton	10
87	Little Ferry	9
87	Marlboro Township	9
87	Plainsboro Township	9
87	Wallington	9
87	Westville	9
88	Absecon	8
88	Belmar	8
88	Belvidere	8
88	Carlstadt	8
88	Delran Township	8
88	Hopatcong	8
88	Mahwah Township	8
88	Mansfield Township, Burlington County	8
88	Morris Township	8
88	Palmyra	8
88	Pompton Lakes	8
88	Randolph Township	8
88	Raritan Township	8
88	Tinton Falls	8
88	Washington	8
89	Bridgewater Township	7
89	Caldwell	7
89	Fair Lawn	7
89	Hopewell Township	7
89	Manasquan	7
89	Pequannock Township	7
89	Ridgefield Park	7
89	Runnemede	7
89	South Toms River	7
90	Bradley Beach	6
90	Cedar Grove Township	6
90	Denville Township	6
90	Dumont	6
90	Hightstown	6
90	Lawnside	6
90	Livingston Township	6
90	Manville	6
90	Margate City	6
90	Maywood	6
90	Middlesex Borough	6
90	Millburn Township	6
90	North Wildwood	6
90	Ocean City	6
90	Raritan	6
90	Ridgefield	6
90	Shrewsbury	6
90	Washington Township, Warren County	6
91	Audubon	5
91	Avalon	5
91	Beachwood	5
91	Blairstown Township	5
91	Bloomingdale	5
91	Closter	5
91	Franklin Lakes	5
91	Haddonfield	5
91	Lakehurst	5
91	Logan Township	5
91	Montgomery Township	5
91	Mount Ephraim	5
91	North Caldwell	5
91	Oakland	5
91	Oaklyn	5
91	Plumsted Township	5
91	Point Pleasant Beach	5
91	Prospect Park	5
91	Ringwood	5
91	Wyckoff Township	5
92	Berkeley Heights Township	4
92	Branchburg Township	4
92	Buena	4
92	Cape May	4
92	Chesilhurst	4
92	Clinton	4
92	Colts Neck Township	4
92	Cranford Township	4
92	East Rutherford	4
92	Edgewater	4
92	Glen Ridge	4
92	Lopatcong Township	4
92	Merchantville	4
92	Montville Township	4
92	Northfield	4
92	Ocean Township, Ocean County	4
92	Pitman	4
92	Rochelle Park Township	4
92	Sparta Township	4
92	Wanaque	4
92	Westfield	4
93	Atlantic Highlands	3
93	Barrington	3
93	Berlin Township	3
93	Chesterfield Township	3
93	Cranbury Township	3
93	Eastampton Township	3
93	East Hanover Township	3
93	Englishtown	3
93	Hackettstown	3
93	Haddon Heights	3
93	Harding Township	3
93	Hasbrouck Heights	3
93	Leonia	3
93	Long Hill Township	3
93	Mansfield Township, Warren County	3
93	Mantua Township	3
93	Medford Lakes	3
93	Mountainside	3
93	National Park	3
93	North Haledon	3
93	North Hanover Township	3
93	Pemberton Borough	3
93	Ramsey	3
93	Roxbury Township	3
93	Seaside Park	3
93	Springfield Township, Union County	3
93	Summit	3
93	Vernon Township	3
94	Bedminster Township	2
94	Bernardsville	2
94	Bogota	2
94	Boonton Township	2
94	Bordentown City	2
94	Brielle	2
94	Clinton Township	2
94	Cresskill	2
94	Delanco Township	2
94	Demarest	2
94	Elsinboro Township	2
94	Fanwood	2
94	Greenwich Township, Gloucester County	2
94	Highlands	2
94	Hillsdale	2
94	Hi-Nella	2
94	Holland Township	2
94	Independence Township	2
94	Laurel Springs	2
94	Lebanon Township	2
94	Lincoln Park	2
94	Linwood	2
94	Little Silver	2
94	Midland Park	2
94	Milltown	2
94	Mine Hill Township	2
94	Monmouth Beach	2
94	Morris Plains	2
94	Mullica Township	2
94	Newfield	2
94	Oradell	2
94	Riverdale	2
94	River Edge	2
94	Robbinsville Township	2
94	Roseland	2
94	Roselle Park	2
94	Saddle River	2
94	Sea Bright	2
94	South Amboy	2
94	Spotswood	2
94	Springfield Township, Burlington County	2
94	Stone Harbor	2
94	Surf City	2
94	Tewksbury Township	2
94	Upper Saddle River	2
94	Waldwick	2
94	West Caldwell Township	2
94	West Wildwood	2
94	Woodcliff Lake	2
94	Woolwich Township	2
95	Alpha	1
95	Alpine	1
95	Audubon Park	1
95	Avon-by-the-Sea	1
95	Brigantine	1
95	Butler	1
95	East Newark	1
95	Elmer	1
95	Emerson	1
95	Englewood Cliffs	1
95	Fair Haven	1
95	Florham Park	1
95	Garwood	1
95	Gibbsboro	1
95	Green Brook Township	1
95	Greenwich Township, Warren County	1
95	Hardyston Township	1
95	Harrison Township	1
95	Haworth	1
95	High Bridge	1
95	Kinnelon	1
95	Lake Como	1
95	Lambertville	1
95	Longport	1
95	Lower Alloways Creek Township	1
95	Madison	1
95	Mendham Township	1
95	Montvale	1
95	New Hanover Township	1
95	New Milford	1
95	Norwood	1
95	Ocean Gate	1
95	Oxford Township	1
95	Park Ridge	1
95	Pine Beach	1
95	Rockaway	1
95	Saddle Brook Township	1
95	Sea Girt	1
95	South Bound Brook	1
95	South Harrison Township	1
95	Spring Lake Heights	1
95	Stanhope	1
95	Tenafly	1
95	Tuckerton	1
95	Verona	1
95	Washington Township, Bergen County	1
95	Watchung	1
95	Wenonah	1
95	West Amwell Township	1
95	West Cape May	1
95	Woodbury Heights	1
95	Wood-Ridge	1
95	Woodstown	1
96	Allendale	0
96	Allenhurst	0
96	Allentown	0
96	Andover Township	0
96	Barnegat Light	0
96	Bay Head	0
96	Beach Haven	0
96	Bernards Township	0
96	Califon	0
96	Cape May Point	0
96	Chatham	0
96	Chatham Township	0
96	Chester	0
96	Chester Township	0
96	Deal	0
96	Delaware Township	0
96	East Greenwich Township	0
96	Elk Township	0
96	Essex Fells	0
96	Fairfield Township, Essex County	0
96	Far Hills	0
96	Fieldsboro	0
96	Franklin Township, Hunterdon County	0
96	Frenchtown	0
96	Glen Rock	0
96	Hamburg	0
96	Harrington Park	0
96	Harvey Cedars	0
96	Hawthorne	0
96	Helmetta	0
96	Ho-Ho-Kus	0
96	Hopewell Borough	0
96	Interlaken	0
96	Island Heights	0
96	Lavallette	0
96	Loch Arbour	0
96	Mantoloking	0
96	Matawan	0
96	Mendham	0
96	Moonachie	0
96	Mountain Lakes	0
96	Mount Arlington	0
96	New Providence	0
96	Northvale	0
96	Ogdensburg	0
96	Old Tappan	0
96	Peapack-Gladstone	0
96	Pennington	0
96	Pine Valley	0
96	Pohatcong Township	0
96	Riverton	0
96	River Vale Township	0
96	Rockleigh	0
96	Rumson	0
96	Sea Isle City	0
96	Ship Bottom	0
96	Spring Lake	0
96	Swedesboro	0
96	Tavistock	0
96	Teterboro	0
96	Warren Township	0
96	West Long Branch	0
96	Westwood	0
96	Winfield Township	0