Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Carteret, NJ Crime Grade
How Carteret 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
6/10
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 Carteret, NJ was 202.7 per 100,000 residents (53 incidents over a population of 26,151). That puts Carteret 38% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 5% above the New Jersey statewide rate of 193.8.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Carteret (red), New Jersey (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Carteret 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 | 2019 | 2020 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 135.3(32) | 166.4(39) | 230.1(58) | 313.6(81) | 202.7(53) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 4.3(1) | 4.0(1) | 7.7(2) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 21.1(5) | 12.8(3) | 15.9(4) | 19.4(5) | 19.1(5) |
| Robbery | 46.5(11) | 42.7(10) | 31.7(8) | 42.6(11) | 11.5(3) |
| Aggravated assault | 67.7(16) | 106.6(25) | 178.5(45) | 243.9(63) | 172.1(45) |
| Property crime | 1120.7(265) | 1121.8(263) | 1547.1(390) | 1262.2(326) | 803.0(210) |
| Burglary | 169.2(40) | 85.3(20) | 210.3(53) | 158.7(41) | 68.8(18) |
| Larceny | 850.1(201) | 887.2(208) | 1182.2(298) | 948.6(245) | 608.0(159) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 101.5(24) | 149.3(35) | 150.7(38) | 154.9(40) | 122.4(32) |
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: Carteret'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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