Ranking of New Jersey Cities By Number of Motor Vehicle Theft Crimes in 2021
According to the FBI UCR data, in 2021, the New Jersey city with the highest number of Motor Vehicle Theft Crimes was Newark (1,857), followed by Elizabeth (718), Hamilton Township, Mercer County (117), Hillside Township (108), and Gloucester Township (56).
The chart below shows the top 10 cities with high number of Motor Vehicle Theft crimes in 2021, 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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You can also find the rate of violent and property crimes for New Jersey cities.
| Rank | City | Number of Crimes |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Newark | 1857 |
| 2 | Elizabeth | 718 |
| 3 | Hamilton Township, Mercer County | 117 |
| 4 | Hillside Township | 108 |
| 5 | Gloucester Township | 56 |
| 5 | Montclair | 56 |
| 6 | Hackensack | 50 |
| 7 | Rahway | 41 |
| 8 | Hoboken | 38 |
| 9 | Englewood | 37 |
| 10 | North Plainfield | 33 |
| 11 | South Brunswick Township | 32 |
| 11 | Westfield | 32 |
| 12 | East Brunswick Township | 31 |
| 12 | Lawrence Township, Mercer County | 31 |
| 13 | Springfield Township, Union County | 30 |
| 14 | Secaucus | 29 |
| 15 | Cranford Township | 27 |
| 15 | Lodi | 27 |
| 15 | Lyndhurst Township | 27 |
| 16 | Elmwood Park | 19 |
| 16 | South Amboy | 19 |
| 16 | Woodland Park | 19 |
| 17 | Kenilworth | 18 |
| 17 | Verona | 18 |
| 18 | Madison | 16 |
| 19 | Hillsborough Township | 15 |
| 19 | Princeton | 15 |
| 20 | Bernardsville | 13 |
| 21 | Hanover Township | 12 |
| 22 | Eatontown | 11 |
| 22 | Stafford Township | 11 |
| 23 | Morristown | 9 |
| 24 | Rochelle Park Township | 8 |
| 25 | Absecon | 7 |
| 25 | Hawthorne | 7 |
| 25 | Saddle River | 7 |
| 25 | Wallington | 7 |
| 26 | Pompton Lakes | 5 |
| 27 | Dumont | 4 |
| 27 | South River | 4 |
| 27 | Westwood | 4 |
| 27 | Wyckoff Township | 4 |
| 28 | Franklin | 3 |
| 28 | Island Heights | 3 |
| 28 | Oradell | 3 |
| 28 | Wharton | 3 |
| 28 | Woodcliff Lake | 3 |
| 29 | Rockaway Township | 2 |
| 29 | Roxbury Township | 2 |
| 29 | Shrewsbury | 2 |
| 30 | Bloomingdale | 1 |
| 30 | Emerson | 1 |
| 30 | Jefferson Township | 1 |
| 30 | Lakehurst | 1 |
| 30 | Milltown | 1 |
| 30 | Seaside Park | 1 |
| 31 | Mine Hill Township | 0 |
| 31 | Sparta Township | 0 |
| 31 | Stanhope | 0 |
| 31 | Wanaque | 0 |