Ranking of New Jersey Cities By Number of Motor Vehicle Theft Crimes in 2020
According to the FBI UCR data, in 2020, the New Jersey city with the highest number of Motor Vehicle Theft Crimes was Newark (1,707), followed by Elizabeth (698), Jersey City (436), Camden County Police Department (365), and Irvington (356).
The chart below shows the top 10 cities with high number of Motor Vehicle Theft crimes in 2020, and the table below shows the ranking of New Jersey cities with high number of Motor Vehicle Theft 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 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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| Rank | City | Number of Crimes |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Newark | 1707 |
| 2 | Elizabeth | 698 |
| 3 | Jersey City | 436 |
| 4 | Camden County Police Department | 365 |
| 5 | Irvington | 356 |
| 6 | Trenton | 283 |
| 7 | Paterson | 252 |
| 8 | East Orange | 172 |
| 9 | Passaic | 123 |
| 10 | Edison Township | 117 |
| 11 | Orange City | 115 |
| 12 | Linden | 109 |
| 12 | Woodbridge Township | 109 |
| 13 | Pennsauken Township | 95 |
| 14 | Clifton | 94 |
| 15 | Atlantic City | 89 |
| 16 | Bloomfield | 83 |
| 17 | Belleville | 78 |
| 18 | New Brunswick | 76 |
| 19 | Hamilton Township, Mercer County | 72 |
| 20 | Hillside Township | 71 |
| 21 | Union City | 70 |
| 22 | West Orange | 69 |
| 23 | Kearny | 67 |
| 23 | Plainfield | 67 |
| 24 | Hackensack | 63 |
| 25 | Cherry Hill Township | 61 |
| 25 | Union Township | 61 |
| 26 | North Bergen Township | 56 |
| 27 | Perth Amboy | 54 |
| 28 | Old Bridge Township | 52 |
| 29 | Bayonne | 49 |
| 30 | Franklin Township, Somerset County | 47 |
| 31 | Bridgeton | 45 |
| 31 | West New York | 45 |
| 32 | Fort Lee | 44 |
| 32 | Millville | 44 |
| 33 | Ewing Township | 43 |
| 34 | Vineland | 41 |
| 35 | Millburn Township | 40 |
| 35 | Rahway | 40 |
| 36 | Maple Shade Township | 39 |
| 37 | Egg Harbor Township | 38 |
| 38 | Harrison | 37 |
| 38 | Hoboken | 37 |
| 38 | Long Branch | 37 |
| 38 | Maplewood Township | 37 |
| 39 | Mount Laurel Township | 36 |
| 39 | Piscataway Township | 36 |
| 39 | Sayreville | 36 |
| 39 | South Orange Village | 36 |
| 40 | Carteret | 35 |
| 40 | Marlboro Township | 35 |
| 41 | Roselle | 34 |
| 42 | Lindenwold | 33 |
| 42 | Middletown Township | 33 |
| 42 | Pemberton Township | 33 |
| 43 | Englewood | 32 |
| 43 | Totowa | 32 |
| 44 | Summit | 31 |
| 44 | Wayne Township | 31 |
| 45 | Toms River Township | 28 |
| 45 | Winslow Township | 28 |
| 46 | Freehold Township | 27 |
| 46 | Lakewood Township | 27 |
| 47 | Elmwood Park | 26 |
| 47 | Gloucester Township | 26 |
| 47 | Ocean Township, Monmouth County | 26 |
| 47 | Paramus | 26 |
| 47 | Teaneck Township | 26 |
| 48 | Livingston Township | 25 |
| 48 | North Brunswick Township | 25 |
| 48 | Pleasantville | 25 |
| 48 | Westfield | 25 |
| 49 | Hamilton Township, Atlantic County | 24 |
| 49 | Lawrence Township, Mercer County | 24 |
| 49 | Parsippany-Troy Hills Township | 24 |
| 50 | Brick Township | 23 |
| 50 | Bridgewater Township | 23 |
| 50 | Mansfield Township, Burlington County | 23 |
| 50 | Nutley Township | 23 |
| 50 | Rutherford | 23 |
| 51 | Deptford Township | 22 |
| 51 | Galloway Township | 22 |
| 51 | Monroe Township, Gloucester County | 22 |
| 52 | Garfield | 21 |
| 52 | Glassboro | 21 |
| 52 | Montclair | 21 |
| 52 | Rumson | 21 |
| 53 | Montville Township | 20 |
| 53 | Pine Hill | 20 |
| 54 | Hazlet Township | 19 |
| 54 | Lyndhurst Township | 19 |
| 54 | Manalapan Township | 19 |
| 54 | Secaucus | 19 |
| 55 | Colts Neck Township | 18 |
| 55 | Deal | 18 |
| 55 | Penns Grove | 18 |
| 55 | Salem | 18 |
| 55 | Woodbury | 18 |
| 56 | Absecon | 17 |
| 56 | Edgewater | 17 |
| 56 | Fairview | 17 |
| 56 | Highland Park | 17 |
| 56 | Lumberton Township | 17 |
| 56 | Madison | 17 |
| 56 | Palisades Park | 17 |
| 56 | Wall Township | 17 |
| 56 | Washington Township, Gloucester County | 17 |
| 56 | Willingboro Township | 17 |
| 57 | Bernards Township | 16 |
| 57 | Burlington Township | 16 |
| 57 | Princeton | 16 |
| 57 | Weehawken Township | 16 |
| 58 | Asbury Park | 15 |
| 58 | Carney's Point Township | 15 |
| 58 | Franklin Township, Gloucester County | 15 |
| 58 | Lodi | 15 |
| 58 | Middle Township | 15 |
| 58 | Phillipsburg | 15 |
| 58 | Scotch Plains Township | 15 |
| 58 | Somerville | 15 |
| 58 | Tenafly | 15 |
| 58 | West Deptford Township | 15 |
| 59 | Bordentown Township | 14 |
| 59 | Brigantine | 14 |
| 59 | East Rutherford | 14 |
| 59 | Kenilworth | 14 |
| 59 | Lower Township | 14 |
| 59 | North Plainfield | 14 |
| 59 | South Hackensack Township | 14 |
| 59 | Springfield Township, Union County | 14 |
| 60 | Franklin Lakes | 13 |
| 60 | Green Brook Township | 13 |
| 60 | Monroe Township, Middlesex County | 13 |
| 60 | Ridgefield Park | 13 |
| 60 | Woodlynne | 13 |
| 61 | Alpine | 12 |
| 61 | Bergenfield | 12 |
| 61 | Clark Township | 12 |
| 61 | Haledon | 12 |
| 61 | Mantua Township | 12 |
| 61 | Pennsville Township | 12 |
| 61 | Point Pleasant Beach | 12 |
| 61 | Wallington | 12 |
| 61 | Warren Township | 12 |
| 61 | Woodland Park | 12 |
| 62 | Collingswood | 11 |
| 62 | East Brunswick Township | 11 |
| 62 | Egg Harbor City | 11 |
| 62 | Fair Lawn | 11 |
| 62 | Jackson Township | 11 |
| 62 | Neptune Township | 11 |
| 62 | South Plainfield | 11 |
| 63 | Dover | 10 |
| 63 | East Hanover Township | 10 |
| 63 | Edgewater Park Township | 10 |
| 63 | Essex Fells | 10 |
| 63 | Evesham Township | 10 |
| 63 | Fairfield Township, Essex County | 10 |
| 63 | Hanover Township | 10 |
| 63 | Hillsborough Township | 10 |
| 63 | Moorestown Township | 10 |
| 63 | Morris Township | 10 |
| 63 | New Providence | 10 |
| 63 | Oaklyn | 10 |
| 63 | Paulsboro | 10 |
| 63 | Ramsey | 10 |
| 63 | Rockaway Township | 10 |
| 63 | Stafford Township | 10 |
| 63 | Upper Saddle River | 10 |
| 63 | Westampton Township | 10 |
| 64 | Bellmawr | 9 |
| 64 | Burlington City | 9 |
| 64 | Chatham Township | 9 |
| 64 | Cinnaminson Township | 9 |
| 64 | Holmdel Township | 9 |
| 64 | Howell Township | 9 |
| 64 | Little Ferry | 9 |
| 64 | Manchester Township | 9 |
| 64 | Metuchen | 9 |
| 64 | Middlesex Borough | 9 |
| 64 | Mount Olive Township | 9 |
| 64 | North Arlington | 9 |
| 64 | Pequannock Township | 9 |
| 64 | Ridgewood | 9 |
| 64 | Wyckoff Township | 9 |
| 65 | Aberdeen Township | 8 |
| 65 | Chatham | 8 |
| 65 | Cresskill | 8 |
| 65 | Englewood Cliffs | 8 |
| 65 | Glen Ridge | 8 |
| 65 | Hawthorne | 8 |
| 65 | Leonia | 8 |
| 65 | Little Falls Township | 8 |
| 65 | Mahwah Township | 8 |
| 65 | Mountainside | 8 |
| 65 | Ocean City | 8 |
| 65 | Ridgefield | 8 |
| 65 | South Brunswick Township | 8 |
| 66 | Berkeley Township | 7 |
| 66 | Bernardsville | 7 |
| 66 | Brooklawn | 7 |
| 66 | Delran Township | 7 |
| 66 | Denville Township | 7 |
| 66 | East Windsor Township | 7 |
| 66 | Freehold Borough | 7 |
| 66 | Glen Rock | 7 |
| 66 | Gloucester City | 7 |
| 66 | Haddon Township | 7 |
| 66 | Hammonton | 7 |
| 66 | Harrison Township | 7 |
| 66 | Manville | 7 |
| 66 | Mendham | 7 |
| 66 | Montgomery Township | 7 |
| 66 | Morristown | 7 |
| 66 | Mount Ephraim | 7 |
| 66 | Plainsboro Township | 7 |
| 66 | Point Pleasant | 7 |
| 66 | Randolph Township | 7 |
| 66 | Raritan | 7 |
| 66 | Red Bank | 7 |
| 66 | Rockaway | 7 |
| 66 | Roseland | 7 |
| 66 | Runnemede | 7 |
| 66 | Seaside Heights | 7 |
| 66 | Tewksbury Township | 7 |
| 66 | Voorhees Township | 7 |
| 66 | West Windsor Township | 7 |
| 67 | Berkeley Heights Township | 6 |
| 67 | Carlstadt | 6 |
| 67 | Chesilhurst | 6 |
| 67 | Closter | 6 |
| 67 | Cranford Township | 6 |
| 67 | Dumont | 6 |
| 67 | East Greenwich Township | 6 |
| 67 | Guttenberg | 6 |
| 67 | Haddonfield | 6 |
| 67 | Jefferson Township | 6 |
| 67 | Keansburg | 6 |
| 67 | Keyport | 6 |
| 67 | Little Silver | 6 |
| 67 | Lopatcong Township | 6 |
| 67 | Mendham Township | 6 |
| 67 | Monmouth Beach | 6 |
| 67 | Mountain Lakes | 6 |
| 67 | Northfield | 6 |
| 67 | Old Tappan | 6 |
| 67 | Readington Township | 6 |
| 67 | Somers Point | 6 |
| 67 | Spring Lake | 6 |
| 67 | Ventnor City | 6 |
| 68 | Allendale | 5 |
| 68 | Barrington | 5 |
| 68 | Belmar | 5 |
| 68 | Boonton | 5 |
| 68 | Bound Brook | 5 |
| 68 | Branchburg Township | 5 |
| 68 | Demarest | 5 |
| 68 | Eastampton Township | 5 |
| 68 | Eatontown | 5 |
| 68 | Harding Township | 5 |
| 68 | Kinnelon | 5 |
| 68 | Lacey Township | 5 |
| 68 | Logan Township | 5 |
| 68 | Margate City | 5 |
| 68 | Montvale | 5 |
| 68 | North Haledon | 5 |
| 68 | North Wildwood | 5 |
| 68 | Prospect Park | 5 |
| 68 | Rochelle Park Township | 5 |
| 68 | Saddle Brook Township | 5 |
| 68 | Saddle River | 5 |
| 68 | Shrewsbury | 5 |
| 68 | South Amboy | 5 |
| 68 | Tinton Falls | 5 |
| 68 | Vernon Township | 5 |
| 68 | Washington Township, Morris County | 5 |
| 68 | Wharton | 5 |
| 68 | Wildwood | 5 |
| 69 | Audubon | 4 |
| 69 | Bay Head | 4 |
| 69 | Bedminster Township | 4 |
| 69 | Brielle | 4 |
| 69 | Caldwell | 4 |
| 69 | Cedar Grove Township | 4 |
| 69 | Chester Township | 4 |
| 69 | Clayton | 4 |
| 69 | Fair Haven | 4 |
| 69 | Florence Township | 4 |
| 69 | Greenwich Township, Gloucester County | 4 |
| 69 | Hillsdale | 4 |
| 69 | Hopewell Township | 4 |
| 69 | Mantoloking | 4 |
| 69 | Maywood | 4 |
| 69 | Neptune City | 4 |
| 69 | New Milford | 4 |
| 69 | North Caldwell | 4 |
| 69 | Oceanport | 4 |
| 69 | Roselle Park | 4 |
| 69 | Somerdale | 4 |
| 69 | Surf City | 4 |
| 69 | Verona | 4 |
| 69 | Waterford Township | 4 |
| 69 | West Caldwell Township | 4 |
| 69 | West Long Branch | 4 |
| 69 | Westville | 4 |
| 69 | Wood-Ridge | 4 |
| 70 | Boonton Township | 3 |
| 70 | Buena | 3 |
| 70 | Butler | 3 |
| 70 | Byram Township | 3 |
| 70 | Dunellen | 3 |
| 70 | Emerson | 3 |
| 70 | Fanwood | 3 |
| 70 | Flemington | 3 |
| 70 | Florham Park | 3 |
| 70 | Greenwich Township, Warren County | 3 |
| 70 | Ho-Ho-Kus | 3 |
| 70 | Long Hill Township | 3 |
| 70 | Manasquan | 3 |
| 70 | Mullica Township | 3 |
| 70 | North Hanover Township | 3 |
| 70 | Oakland | 3 |
| 70 | Oradell | 3 |
| 70 | Palmyra | 3 |
| 70 | Roxbury Township | 3 |
| 70 | Sea Girt | 3 |
| 70 | South River | 3 |
| 70 | Stratford | 3 |
| 70 | Waldwick | 3 |
| 70 | Watchung | 3 |
| 70 | West Amwell Township | 3 |
| 70 | West Milford Township | 3 |
| 70 | Wildwood Crest | 3 |
| 70 | Woodcliff Lake | 3 |
| 71 | Barnegat Township | 2 |
| 71 | Belvidere | 2 |
| 71 | Berlin | 2 |
| 71 | Berlin Township | 2 |
| 71 | Bradley Beach | 2 |
| 71 | Chesterfield Township | 2 |
| 71 | Clinton Township | 2 |
| 71 | Elk Township | 2 |
| 71 | Far Hills | 2 |
| 71 | Hackettstown | 2 |
| 71 | Haworth | 2 |
| 71 | Hopatcong | 2 |
| 71 | Lincoln Park | 2 |
| 71 | Little Egg Harbor Township | 2 |
| 71 | Merchantville | 2 |
| 71 | Morris Plains | 2 |
| 71 | Mount Arlington | 2 |
| 71 | Newton | 2 |
| 71 | Norwood | 2 |
| 71 | Plumsted Township | 2 |
| 71 | Raritan Township | 2 |
| 71 | Robbinsville Township | 2 |
| 71 | South Toms River | 2 |
| 71 | Sparta Township | 2 |
| 71 | Stanhope | 2 |
| 71 | Stone Harbor | 2 |
| 71 | Swedesboro | 2 |
| 71 | Tuckerton | 2 |
| 71 | Wanaque | 2 |
| 71 | Washington Township, Bergen County | 2 |
| 71 | Washington Township, Warren County | 2 |
| 71 | Woolwich Township | 2 |
| 72 | Alpha | 1 |
| 72 | Atlantic Highlands | 1 |
| 72 | Avon-by-the-Sea | 1 |
| 72 | Blairstown Township | 1 |
| 72 | Bloomingdale | 1 |
| 72 | Bogota | 1 |
| 72 | Bordentown City | 1 |
| 72 | Cape May | 1 |
| 72 | Chester | 1 |
| 72 | Clementon | 1 |
| 72 | Cliffside Park | 1 |
| 72 | Delanco Township | 1 |
| 72 | East Newark | 1 |
| 72 | Elsinboro Township | 1 |
| 72 | Franklin | 1 |
| 72 | Garwood | 1 |
| 72 | Haddon Heights | 1 |
| 72 | Hardyston Township | 1 |
| 72 | Helmetta | 1 |
| 72 | High Bridge | 1 |
| 72 | Hightstown | 1 |
| 72 | Hi-Nella | 1 |
| 72 | Hopewell Borough | 1 |
| 72 | Independence Township | 1 |
| 72 | Interlaken | 1 |
| 72 | Jamesburg | 1 |
| 72 | Lavallette | 1 |
| 72 | Long Beach Township | 1 |
| 72 | Magnolia | 1 |
| 72 | Mansfield Township, Warren County | 1 |
| 72 | Matawan | 1 |
| 72 | Medford Lakes | 1 |
| 72 | Medford Township | 1 |
| 72 | Midland Park | 1 |
| 72 | Mine Hill Township | 1 |
| 72 | Moonachie | 1 |
| 72 | Mount Holly Township | 1 |
| 72 | Newfield | 1 |
| 72 | Park Ridge | 1 |
| 72 | Peapack-Gladstone | 1 |
| 72 | Pine Beach | 1 |
| 72 | Pitman | 1 |
| 72 | Pohatcong Township | 1 |
| 72 | Pompton Lakes | 1 |
| 72 | Ringwood | 1 |
| 72 | River Edge | 1 |
| 72 | Riverton | 1 |
| 72 | River Vale Township | 1 |
| 72 | South Bound Brook | 1 |
| 72 | Spotswood | 1 |
| 72 | Springfield Township, Burlington County | 1 |
| 72 | Teterboro | 1 |
| 72 | Washington | 1 |
| 72 | Wenonah | 1 |
| 72 | West Wildwood | 1 |
| 72 | Westwood | 1 |
| 72 | Woodbury Heights | 1 |
| 72 | Woodstown | 1 |
| 73 | Allenhurst | 0 |
| 73 | Allentown | 0 |
| 73 | Andover Township | 0 |
| 73 | Audubon Park | 0 |
| 73 | Avalon | 0 |
| 73 | Barnegat Light | 0 |
| 73 | Beach Haven | 0 |
| 73 | Beachwood | 0 |
| 73 | Beverly | 0 |
| 73 | Califon | 0 |
| 73 | Cape May Point | 0 |
| 73 | Clinton | 0 |
| 73 | Cranbury Township | 0 |
| 73 | Delaware Township | 0 |
| 73 | Elmer | 0 |
| 73 | Englishtown | 0 |
| 73 | Fieldsboro | 0 |
| 73 | Franklin Township, Hunterdon County | 0 |
| 73 | Frenchtown | 0 |
| 73 | Gibbsboro | 0 |
| 73 | Hamburg | 0 |
| 73 | Harrington Park | 0 |
| 73 | Harvey Cedars | 0 |
| 73 | Hasbrouck Heights | 0 |
| 73 | Highlands | 0 |
| 73 | Holland Township | 0 |
| 73 | Island Heights | 0 |
| 73 | Lake Como | 0 |
| 73 | Lakehurst | 0 |
| 73 | Lambertville | 0 |
| 73 | Laurel Springs | 0 |
| 73 | Lawnside | 0 |
| 73 | Lebanon Township | 0 |
| 73 | Linwood | 0 |
| 73 | Loch Arbour | 0 |
| 73 | Longport | 0 |
| 73 | Lower Alloways Creek Township | 0 |
| 73 | Milltown | 0 |
| 73 | National Park | 0 |
| 73 | Netcong | 0 |
| 73 | New Hanover Township | 0 |
| 73 | Northvale | 0 |
| 73 | Ocean Gate | 0 |
| 73 | Ocean Township, Ocean County | 0 |
| 73 | Ogdensburg | 0 |
| 73 | Oxford Township | 0 |
| 73 | Pemberton Borough | 0 |
| 73 | Pennington | 0 |
| 73 | Pine Valley | 0 |
| 73 | Riverdale | 0 |
| 73 | Riverside Township | 0 |
| 73 | Rockleigh | 0 |
| 73 | Sea Bright | 0 |
| 73 | Sea Isle City | 0 |
| 73 | Seaside Park | 0 |
| 73 | Ship Bottom | 0 |
| 73 | South Harrison Township | 0 |
| 73 | Spring Lake Heights | 0 |
| 73 | Tavistock | 0 |
| 73 | Union Beach | 0 |
| 73 | West Cape May | 0 |
| 73 | Winfield Township | 0 |