Crime Grade · New Jersey

Most Dangerous Cities in New Jersey

242 reporting New Jersey cities ranked from highest violent crime rate down, by FBI violent crime rate per 100,000 residents. Data from the FBI Crime Data Explorer.

State median violent crime rate: 84.2 per 100,000. Cities with population ≥ 10,000. Letter grade is the national decile against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities — same grade everywhere on this site.

Rank	City	Population	Violent / 100k	Grade
1	Atlantic City	39,096	1498.9	F10/10
2	Camden County	72,435	1380.5	F9/10
3	Trenton	91,236	1025.9	D8/10
4	Paterson	160,567	826.4	D8/10
5	Bridgeton	27,867	732.0	C7/10
6	Asbury Park	15,551	688.1	C7/10
7	Passaic	70,744	585.2	C6/10
8	Newark	318,638	516.6	C6/10
9	Jersey City	305,249	486.2	C6/10
10	Burlington	10,249	439.1	B5/10
11	East Orange	72,390	425.5	B5/10
12	Orange	35,247	419.9	B5/10
13	Plainfield	55,975	410.9	B5/10
14	Mount Holly Township	10,222	410.9	B5/10
15	Irvington	62,004	395.1	B5/10
16	Vineland	62,434	394.0	B5/10
17	New Brunswick	57,980	381.2	B5/10
18	Willingboro Township	32,676	379.5	B5/10
19	Millville	27,945	375.7	B5/10
20	Lindenwold	21,966	373.3	B5/10
21	Elizabeth	141,194	343.5	B4/10
22	Maple Shade Township	20,415	328.2	B4/10
23	Pemberton Township	27,452	316.9	B4/10
24	Pleasantville	21,008	295.1	B4/10
25	Neptune Township	28,227	287.0	B4/10
26	Woodbury	10,169	275.3	B4/10
27	Mount Laurel Township	47,855	271.7	B4/10
28	Bayonne	68,762	266.1	B4/10
29	Perth Amboy	57,269	254.9	A3/10
30	Pennsauken Township	38,189	251.4	A3/10
31	Union City	66,539	248.0	A3/10
32	Belleville	38,778	242.4	A3/10
33	Long Branch	33,113	241.6	A3/10
34	Middle Township	19,855	236.7	A3/10
35	West New York	53,036	235.7	A3/10
36	Hackensack	46,753	235.3	A3/10
37	Harrison	21,337	234.3	A3/10
38	Englewood	30,436	230.0	A3/10
39	Somers Point	10,650	225.4	A3/10
40	Galloway Township	38,491	220.8	A3/10
41	Hillside Township	22,751	219.8	A3/10
42	Elmwood Park	21,733	216.3	A3/10
43	Red Bank	12,737	204.1	A3/10
44	Carteret	26,151	202.7	A3/10
45	Gloucester City	11,500	200.0	A3/10
46	Hoboken	58,889	198.7	A3/10
47	Roselle	23,152	194.4	A3/10
48	Lodi	26,385	189.5	A3/10
49	Rahway	31,004	187.1	A3/10
50	Pennsville Township	12,899	186.1	A3/10
51	Deptford Township	32,673	183.6	A3/10
52	Pine Hill	10,915	183.2	A3/10
53	Garfield	33,737	180.8	A3/10
54	Eatontown	13,583	176.7	A2/10
55	Edison Township	109,086	175.1	A2/10
56	Collingswood	14,372	173.9	A2/10
57	Ewing Township	35,484	171.9	A2/10
58	Linden	45,814	165.9	A2/10
59	Kearny	39,111	163.6	A2/10
60	Brick Township	77,471	162.6	A2/10
61	Clifton	90,406	162.6	A2/10
62	Hamilton Township, Mercer County	94,259	160.2	A2/10
63	Burlington Township	24,499	159.2	A2/10
64	Freehold Township	35,576	157.4	A2/10
65	Phillipsburg	15,363	156.2	A2/10
66	Aberdeen Township	19,211	156.2	A2/10
67	Monroe Township, Gloucester County	38,222	154.4	A2/10
68	Cherry Hill Township	80,020	151.2	A2/10
69	Egg Harbor Township	48,731	149.8	A2/10
70	Sayreville	47,610	142.8	A2/10
71	Guttenberg	11,918	142.6	A2/10
72	Lower Township	21,631	138.7	A2/10
73	North Brunswick Township	45,184	137.2	A2/10
74	Woodbridge Township	106,592	135.1	A2/10
75	South Plainfield	25,232	134.7	A2/10
76	Florence Township	13,360	134.7	A2/10
77	Berkeley Township	46,319	131.7	A2/10
78	Lumberton Township	13,102	129.8	A2/10
79	North Plainfield	23,202	129.3	A2/10
80	Barnegat Township	26,304	129.3	A2/10
81	Lakewood Township	143,902	129.3	A2/10
82	South Amboy	10,862	128.9	A2/10
83	Hammonton	14,832	128.1	A2/10
84	Totowa	10,941	128.0	A2/10
85	Somerville	15,033	126.4	A2/10
86	Teaneck Township	42,875	125.9	A2/10
87	North Bergen Township	61,290	125.6	A2/10
88	Bound Brook	12,850	124.5	A2/10
89	Toms River Township	101,100	123.6	A2/10
90	Winslow Township	40,547	123.3	A2/10
91	South Brunswick Township	48,091	120.6	A2/10
92	Ocean Township, Monmouth County	28,072	117.6	A1/10
93	East Brunswick Township	51,415	116.7	A1/10
94	Weehawken Township	18,053	116.3	A1/10
95	Bordentown Township	12,980	115.6	A1/10
96	West Deptford Township	22,734	114.4	A1/10
97	Fairview	15,232	111.6	A1/10
98	West Orange	49,285	111.6	A1/10
99	South River	16,459	109.4	A1/10
100	Fort Lee	40,646	108.3	A1/10
101	Piscataway Township	62,342	107.5	A1/10
102	Secaucus	22,862	105.0	A1/10
103	Washington Township, Gloucester County	49,956	104.1	A1/10
104	Highland Park	15,457	103.5	A1/10
105	North Arlington	16,715	101.7	A1/10
106	Little Falls Township	14,758	101.6	A1/10
107	South Orange	18,790	101.1	A1/10
108	Hillsborough Township	46,078	97.7	A1/10
109	Tinton Falls	19,556	97.2	A1/10
110	Metuchen	15,557	96.4	A1/10
111	Mantua Township	15,626	96.0	A1/10
112	Clark Township	15,754	95.2	A1/10
113	Hopatcong	14,857	94.2	A1/10
114	Wayne Township	53,903	92.8	A1/10
115	Manchester Township	46,585	90.2	A1/10
116	Hamilton Township, Atlantic County	28,970	89.7	A1/10
117	Haddon Township	15,647	89.5	A1/10
118	Moorestown Township	21,904	86.7	A1/10
119	Wall Township	26,547	86.6	A1/10
120	Springfield Township, Union County	17,743	84.5	A1/10
121	Dover	19,011	84.2	A1/10
122	Cliffside Park	26,287	83.7	A1/10
123	Howell Township	53,988	83.4	A1/10
124	Wallington	12,099	82.7	A1/10
125	Evesham Township	49,635	82.6	A1/10
126	Bloomfield	56,009	82.1	A1/10
127	Gloucester Township	67,054	82.0	A1/10
128	Little Ferry	11,138	80.8	A1/10
129	Stafford Township	31,111	80.4	A1/10
130	West Milford Township	25,014	80.0	A1/10
131	Voorhees Township	31,547	79.2	A1/10
132	Delran Township	18,939	79.2	A1/10
133	Cinnaminson Township	17,881	78.3	A1/10
134	Montgomery Township	24,462	77.7	A1/10
135	Montclair	41,340	77.4	A1/10
136	Hazlet Township	20,776	77.0	A1/10
137	Point Pleasant	20,068	74.7	A1/10
138	Medford Township	25,504	74.5	A1/10
139	East Windsor Township	30,343	72.5	A1/10
140	Pompton Lakes	11,037	72.5	A1/10
141	Manville	11,079	72.2	A1/10
142	Morristown	20,860	71.9	A1/10
143	Beachwood	11,351	70.5	A1/10
144	Wanaque	11,351	70.5	A1/10
145	Marlboro Township	41,344	70.1	A1/10
146	Bogota	10,067	69.5	A1/10
147	Robbinsville Township	16,032	68.6	A1/10
148	Old Bridge Township	70,143	68.4	A1/10
149	Lacey Township	30,417	65.8	A1/10
150	Parsippany-Troy Hills Township	56,828	63.3	A1/10
151	Verona	14,552	61.8	A1/10
152	Mahwah Township	25,873	61.8	A1/10
153	Hopewell Township	18,013	61.1	A1/10
154	Westwood	11,466	61.1	A1/10
155	Middletown Township	66,307	60.3	A1/10
156	Bellmawr	11,991	58.4	A1/10
157	Wood-Ridge	10,457	57.4	A1/10
158	Summit	22,731	57.2	A1/10
159	Nutley Township	30,592	55.6	A1/10
160	Oakland	12,963	54.0	A1/10
161	Sparta Township	20,552	53.5	A1/10
162	Ocean City	11,217	53.5	A1/10
163	Maplewood Township	26,239	53.4	A1/10
164	Livingston Township	32,351	52.5	A1/10
165	Edgewater	15,258	52.4	A1/10
166	West Windsor Township	32,916	51.6	A1/10
167	Rockaway Township	27,254	51.4	A1/10
168	Little Egg Harbor Township	22,244	49.5	A1/10
169	Bergenfield	28,879	48.5	A1/10
170	East Greenwich Township	12,759	47.0	A1/10
171	Woodland Park	13,477	44.5	A1/10
172	Chatham Township	11,349	44.1	A1/10
173	Fair Lawn	36,579	43.7	A1/10
174	Ringwood	11,766	42.5	A1/10
175	Jackson Township	61,301	42.4	A1/10
176	Bridgewater Township	47,220	42.4	A1/10
177	Princeton	31,613	41.1	A1/10
178	Middlesex	14,928	40.2	A1/10
179	Clinton Township	13,381	37.4	A1/10
180	Ridgefield Park	13,435	37.2	A1/10
181	Cranford Township	24,660	36.5	A1/10
182	Plainsboro Township	24,663	36.5	A1/10
183	West Caldwell Township	10,975	36.4	A1/10
184	East Hanover Township	11,254	35.5	A1/10
185	Manalapan Township	40,430	34.6	A1/10
186	Lawrence Township, Mercer County	32,186	34.2	A1/10
187	Mount Olive Township	29,633	33.7	A1/10
188	Berkeley Heights Township	14,845	33.7	A1/10
189	Paramus	26,799	33.6	A1/10
190	Ridgewood	26,873	33.5	A1/10
191	Glen Rock	12,393	32.3	A1/10
192	Washington Township, Morris County	18,629	32.2	A1/10
193	Scotch Plains Township	25,285	31.6	A1/10
194	Rutherford	19,298	31.1	A1/10
195	Lyndhurst Township	22,663	30.9	A1/10
196	Maywood	10,250	29.3	A1/10
197	Waldwick	10,351	29.0	A1/10
198	River Vale Township	10,412	28.8	A1/10
199	Franklin Township, Somerset County	70,400	28.4	A1/10
200	Readington Township	16,307	24.5	A1/10
201	Hasbrouck Heights	12,272	24.4	A1/10
202	Palisades Park	20,477	24.4	A1/10
203	New Milford	17,297	23.1	A1/10
204	Holmdel Township	17,407	23.0	A1/10
205	New Providence	14,004	21.4	A1/10
206	Dumont	18,778	21.3	A1/10
207	Roselle Park	14,470	20.7	A1/10
208	Union Township	63,958	20.3	A1/10
209	Ramsey	15,009	20.0	A1/10
210	Raritan Township	25,018	20.0	A1/10
211	Hanover Township	15,187	19.8	A1/10
212	Jefferson Township	20,732	19.3	A1/10
213	Branchburg Township	15,837	18.9	A1/10
214	Warren Township	17,097	17.5	A1/10
215	Montville Township	23,015	17.4	A1/10
216	Denville Township	17,546	17.1	A1/10
217	Ridgefield	11,704	17.1	A1/10
218	Wyckoff Township	17,556	17.1	A1/10
219	River Edge	12,265	16.3	A1/10
220	Haddonfield	12,732	15.7	A1/10
221	Harrison Township	13,975	14.3	A1/10
222	Monroe Township, Middlesex County	49,652	12.1	A1/10
223	Hawthorne	20,096	10.0	A1/10
224	Hackettstown	10,090	9.9	A1/10
225	Kinnelon	10,135	9.9	A1/10
226	East Rutherford	10,776	9.3	A1/10
227	Lincoln Park	11,052	9.0	A1/10
228	Millburn Township	23,019	8.7	A1/10
229	Vernon Township	23,028	8.7	A1/10
230	Roxbury Township	23,460	8.5	A1/10
231	Morris Township	23,877	8.4	A1/10
232	Cedar Grove Township	13,928	7.2	A1/10
233	Saddle Brook Township	14,730	6.8	A1/10
234	Tenafly	15,451	6.5	A1/10
235	Pequannock Township	15,964	6.3	A1/10
236	Randolph Township	27,159	3.7	A1/10
237	Bernards Township	29,020	3.4	A1/10
238	Hillsdale	10,264	0.0	A1/10
239	Madison	16,456	0.0	A1/10
240	Westfield	32,308	0.0	A1/10
241	Waterford Township	10,559	0.0	A1/10
242	Woolwich Township	14,573	0.0	A1/10

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Cities are ranked by the FBI's reported violent crime rate per 100,000 residents for the most recent fully-reported year (see individual city pages for the year shown). The list is restricted to cities with population ≥ 10,000 that report to the FBI's National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS). Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer. Refreshed every six months.