Ranking of New Jersey Cities By Total Crime Rate Per 100K in 2020
According to the FBI UCR data, in 2020, among New Jersey cities with a population of at least 10K, Asbury Park had the highest Total Crime Rate per 100K residents (4,663.75), followed by Bridgeton (4,048.77), Millville (4,048.11), Camden County Police Department (3,813.91), and Neptune Township (3,733.53).
The chart below shows the top 10 cities with high Total crime rate in 2020, 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 | Asbury Park | 4663.75 |
| 2 | Bridgeton | 4048.77 |
| 3 | Millville | 4048.11 |
| 4 | Camden County Police Department | 3813.91 |
| 5 | Neptune Township | 3733.53 |
| 6 | Atlantic City | 3525.97 |
| 7 | Deptford Township | 3488.03 |
| 8 | Trenton | 3286.74 |
| 9 | Ocean City | 3148.81 |
| 10 | Lindenwold | 3074.51 |
| 11 | Linden | 2942.49 |
| 12 | Pennsauken Township | 2860.10 |
| 13 | Elizabeth | 2841.30 |
| 14 | Hillside Township | 2714.25 |
| 15 | Collingswood | 2611.08 |
| 16 | Gloucester City | 2557.68 |
| 17 | Maple Shade Township | 2521.47 |
| 18 | Paterson | 2489.19 |
| 19 | Vineland | 2481.11 |
| 20 | Somers Point | 2413.93 |
| 21 | Cinnaminson Township | 2319.07 |
| 22 | Pennsville Township | 2289.89 |
| 23 | Cherry Hill Township | 2287.28 |
| 24 | Irvington | 2279.67 |
| 25 | New Brunswick | 2247.72 |
| 26 | Orange City | 2233.06 |
| 27 | Long Branch | 2160.73 |
| 28 | Newark | 2157.01 |
| 29 | Ocean Township, Monmouth County | 2135.14 |
| 30 | Haddon Township | 2081.32 |
| 31 | Union City | 2046.87 |
| 32 | Egg Harbor Township | 2009.02 |
| 33 | Secaucus | 2005.77 |
| 34 | Eatontown | 1963.05 |
| 35 | Hamilton Township, Atlantic County | 1956.81 |
| 36 | Jersey City | 1943.23 |
| 37 | Phillipsburg | 1938.31 |
| 38 | Pine Hill | 1927.69 |
| 39 | Plainfield | 1915.24 |
| 40 | Weehawken Township | 1882.48 |
| 41 | Passaic | 1879.04 |
| 42 | Hamilton Township, Mercer County | 1872.01 |
| 43 | Totowa | 1837.25 |
| 44 | Paramus | 1822.90 |
| 45 | Haddonfield | 1818.34 |
| 46 | East Orange | 1725.75 |
| 47 | Freehold Borough | 1674.83 |
| 48 | Clifton | 1664.75 |
| 49 | Bellmawr | 1661.07 |
| 50 | Pemberton Township | 1644.65 |
| 51 | Lumberton Township | 1637.46 |
| 52 | Hoboken | 1589.73 |
| 53 | Harrison | 1571.38 |
| 54 | West Orange | 1558.76 |
| 55 | Middle Township | 1547.56 |
| 56 | North Plainfield | 1546.13 |
| 57 | Belleville | 1541.07 |
| 58 | Millburn Township | 1540.92 |
| 59 | Hammonton | 1538.46 |
| 60 | Glassboro | 1524.85 |
| 61 | Pleasantville | 1460.14 |
| 62 | Burlington Township | 1438.37 |
| 63 | Metuchen | 1427.69 |
| 64 | Tinton Falls | 1426.27 |
| 65 | Hackensack | 1416.50 |
| 66 | Galloway Township | 1416.32 |
| 67 | Maplewood Township | 1398.30 |
| 68 | Elmwood Park | 1395.42 |
| 69 | Saddle Brook Township | 1389.20 |
| 70 | Mount Laurel Township | 1386.63 |
| 71 | North Brunswick Township | 1374.96 |
| 72 | Woodbridge Township | 1367.37 |
| 73 | Union Township | 1330.76 |
| 74 | Englewood | 1325.67 |
| 75 | Wayne Township | 1324.25 |
| 76 | South Plainfield | 1315.35 |
| 77 | Freehold Township | 1311.82 |
| 78 | West New York | 1310.00 |
| 79 | Gloucester Township | 1297.15 |
| 80 | South Orange Village | 1290.94 |
| 81 | Carteret | 1288.18 |
| 82 | Kearny | 1264.71 |
| 83 | Mantua Township | 1259.40 |
| 84 | Perth Amboy | 1257.20 |
| 85 | Wallington | 1252.28 |
| 86 | Ridgefield Park | 1247.68 |
| 87 | Ewing Township | 1247.08 |
| 88 | Edison Township | 1244.18 |
| 89 | West Deptford Township | 1240.54 |
| 90 | Hazlet Township | 1240.24 |
| 91 | Lawrence Township, Mercer County | 1239.08 |
| 92 | Garfield | 1228.53 |
| 93 | Roselle | 1216.45 |
| 94 | Red Bank | 1198.76 |
| 95 | Manville | 1196.13 |
| 96 | Delran Township | 1185.84 |
| 97 | Bayonne | 1178.23 |
| 98 | Little Egg Harbor Township | 1176.58 |
| 99 | Monroe Township, Gloucester County | 1168.24 |
| 100 | Bloomfield | 1158.88 |
| 101 | Toms River Township | 1144.23 |
| 102 | Edgewater | 1127.24 |
| 103 | Highland Park | 1126.88 |
| 104 | Teaneck Township | 1121.87 |
| 105 | Winslow Township | 1073.84 |
| 106 | Hanover Township | 1070.68 |
| 107 | Fort Lee | 1063.69 |
| 108 | Woodland Park | 1059.04 |
| 109 | Franklin Township, Somerset County | 1049.32 |
| 110 | Fairview | 1041.59 |
| 111 | Rutherford | 1021.47 |
| 112 | East Hanover Township | 1010.94 |
| 113 | Bound Brook | 982.90 |
| 114 | Brick Township | 978.70 |
| 115 | Washington Township, Gloucester County | 975.79 |
| 116 | Voorhees Township | 968.07 |
| 117 | West Windsor Township | 944.75 |
| 118 | Franklin Township, Gloucester County | 942.93 |
| 119 | Summit | 939.91 |
| 120 | Wall Township | 933.74 |
| 121 | Lakewood Township | 933.14 |
| 122 | Medford Township | 930.31 |
| 123 | Springfield Township, Union County | 924.09 |
| 124 | Clark Township | 917.26 |
| 125 | Somerville | 902.02 |
| 126 | Morristown | 884.32 |
| 127 | Hawthorne | 875.69 |
| 128 | Evesham Township | 861.61 |
| 129 | Madison | 851.54 |
| 130 | Roselle Park | 845.34 |
| 131 | Willingboro Township | 842.49 |
| 132 | Lodi | 842.13 |
| 133 | Livingston Township | 839.59 |
| 134 | Guttenberg | 837.84 |
| 135 | Howell Township | 830.00 |
| 136 | South Brunswick Township | 819.58 |
| 137 | Rahway | 809.10 |
| 138 | Montville Township | 795.92 |
| 139 | Marlboro Township | 795.60 |
| 140 | Moorestown Township | 795.47 |
| 141 | Lower Township | 793.31 |
| 142 | Montclair | 792.32 |
| 143 | East Greenwich Township | 784.57 |
| 144 | Piscataway Township | 784.25 |
| 145 | Fair Lawn | 777.88 |
| 146 | East Windsor Township | 762.88 |
| 147 | East Brunswick Township | 752.53 |
| 148 | Ridgefield | 751.95 |
| 149 | Lyndhurst Township | 751.00 |
| 150 | Waterford Township | 749.42 |
| 151 | Point Pleasant | 748.33 |
| 152 | River Edge | 743.59 |
| 153 | Holmdel Township | 741.36 |
| 154 | Franklin Lakes | 734.37 |
| 155 | Little Falls Township | 732.91 |
| 156 | South River | 731.04 |
| 157 | Oakland | 727.05 |
| 158 | Dover | 725.05 |
| 159 | North Arlington | 719.98 |
| 160 | Rockaway Township | 717.96 |
| 161 | Sayreville | 711.35 |
| 162 | Scotch Plains Township | 695.10 |
| 163 | Bordentown Township | 693.17 |
| 164 | Harrison Township | 690.55 |
| 165 | Stafford Township | 681.44 |
| 166 | Verona | 680.73 |
| 167 | Nutley Township | 675.87 |
| 168 | Princeton | 658.02 |
| 169 | Cedar Grove Township | 656.89 |
| 170 | Bridgewater Township | 649.91 |
| 171 | Aberdeen Township | 647.12 |
| 172 | Lacey Township | 636.77 |
| 173 | Berkeley Township | 630.81 |
| 174 | Westfield | 612.47 |
| 175 | Ramsey | 610.57 |
| 176 | Wyckoff Township | 601.77 |
| 177 | Middlesex Borough | 599.90 |
| 178 | West Caldwell Township | 599.58 |
| 179 | Florham Park | 593.63 |
| 180 | North Bergen Township | 589.43 |
| 181 | Old Bridge Township | 582.88 |
| 182 | Barnegat Township | 579.22 |
| 183 | Parsippany-Troy Hills Township | 574.86 |
| 184 | Middletown Township | 573.88 |
| 185 | Ridgewood | 571.18 |
| 186 | Waldwick | 571.09 |
| 187 | Manchester Township | 570.05 |
| 188 | New Milford | 566.49 |
| 189 | Morris Township | 565.61 |
| 190 | Branchburg Township | 557.62 |
| 191 | Little Ferry | 549.55 |
| 192 | Palisades Park | 538.00 |
| 193 | Lincoln Park | 527.31 |
| 194 | Manalapan Township | 518.39 |
| 195 | Westwood | 505.46 |
| 196 | Readington Township | 499.59 |
| 197 | Cranford Township | 487.89 |
| 198 | Hillsborough Township | 487.44 |
| 199 | Tenafly | 485.20 |
| 200 | Washington Township, Morris County | 481.04 |
| 201 | Pequannock Township | 476.93 |
| 202 | Florence Township | 455.02 |
| 203 | Hopewell Township | 453.49 |
| 204 | Beachwood | 440.26 |
| 205 | Plainsboro Township | 433.32 |
| 206 | New Providence | 422.09 |
| 207 | Glen Rock | 418.63 |
| 208 | Chatham Township | 417.04 |
| 209 | Vernon Township | 412.49 |
| 210 | Jackson Township | 409.50 |
| 211 | Mount Olive Township | 400.37 |
| 212 | Montgomery Township | 399.69 |
| 213 | West Milford Township | 395.29 |
| 214 | Pompton Lakes | 392.30 |
| 215 | Roxbury Township | 392.17 |
| 216 | Cliffside Park | 386.36 |
| 217 | Hillsdale | 378.35 |
| 218 | Randolph Township | 375.33 |
| 219 | Mahwah Township | 370.22 |
| 220 | Warren Township | 369.69 |
| 221 | Woolwich Township | 361.50 |
| 222 | Raritan Township | 357.11 |
| 223 | Bergenfield | 354.70 |
| 224 | Denville Township | 353.66 |
| 225 | Clinton Township | 352.99 |
| 226 | Dumont | 342.72 |
| 227 | Robbinsville Township | 321.30 |
| 228 | Hopatcong | 305.27 |
| 229 | Bernards Township | 302.25 |
| 230 | Jefferson Township | 290.90 |
| 231 | Monroe Township, Middlesex County | 269.42 |
| 232 | Berkeley Heights Township | 254.28 |
| 233 | Wanaque | 253.64 |
| 234 | River Vale Township | 249.83 |
| 235 | Hasbrouck Heights | 241.91 |
| 236 | Ringwood | 221.73 |
| 237 | Sparta Township | 119.13 |