Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Belleville, NJ Crime Grade
How Belleville grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of New Jersey — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
7/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
New Jersey
9/10
vs. New Jersey cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Belleville, NJ was 242.4 per 100,000 residents (94 incidents over a population of 38,778). That puts Belleville 25% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 25% above the New Jersey statewide rate of 193.8.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Belleville (red), New Jersey (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Belleville vs. U.S., 2025 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2020 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 112.2(41) | 176.7(66) | 230.4(86) | 249.6(95) | 242.4(94) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 5.4(2) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 5.5(2) | 13.4(5) | 16.1(6) | 26.3(10) | 36.1(14) |
| Robbery | 30.1(11) | 29.5(11) | 56.3(21) | 39.4(15) | 49.0(19) |
| Aggravated assault | 76.6(28) | 133.9(50) | 152.7(57) | 183.9(70) | 157.3(61) |
| Property crime | 1428.8(522) | 1874.3(700) | 2022.9(755) | 2017.8(768) | 1867.0(724) |
| Burglary | 112.2(41) | 104.4(39) | 67.0(25) | 139.2(53) | 61.9(24) |
| Larceny | 1103.1(403) | 1403.0(524) | 1551.3(579) | 1489.7(567) | 1518.9(589) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 213.5(78) | 366.8(137) | 404.6(151) | 388.8(148) | 286.2(111) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- Metric: Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- National decile: Belleville's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- State decile: Same calculation restricted to New Jersey cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- Letter grade: 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- Refresh: Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- Limits: The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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