Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Cedar Grove Township, NJ Crime Grade
How Cedar Grove Township 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
1/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
New Jersey
1/10
vs. New Jersey cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Cedar Grove Township, NJ was 7.2 per 100,000 residents (1 incidents over a population of 13,928). That puts Cedar Grove Township 98% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 96% below the New Jersey statewide rate of 193.8.
That ranks Cedar Grove Township #45 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 99% of them, and #11 of 242 in New Jersey. Violent crime is down 51% year over year and down 70% over the last five years.
Cedar Grove Township, NJ crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (1/10)
- New Jersey Grade
- A (1/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 7.2 / 100k
- National rank
- #45 of 3,771
- NJ rank
- #11 of 242
- Safer than
- 99% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 51%
- 5-year change
- down 70%
- Population
- 13,928
- Reporting agency
- Cedar Grove Township Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Cedar Grove Township Police Department (FBI ORI NJ0070500) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Cedar Grove Township, NJ
Also known as
- Cedarville
Name history sourced from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) — public-domain federal geographic-names data.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Cedar Grove Township (red), New Jersey (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Cedar Grove Township 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 | 24.0(3) | 28.9(4) | 37.1(5) | 14.6(2) | 7.2(1) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 7.4(1) | 7.3(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Robbery | 0.0(0) | 7.2(1) | 7.4(1) | 0.0(0) | 7.2(1) |
| Aggravated assault | 24.0(3) | 21.7(3) | 22.2(3) | 7.3(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Property crime | 632.9(79) | 564.3(78) | 696.6(94) | 634.8(87) | 359.0(50) |
| Burglary | 64.1(8) | 50.6(7) | 96.3(13) | 131.3(18) | 28.7(4) |
| Larceny | 536.7(67) | 397.9(55) | 518.7(70) | 459.7(63) | 294.4(41) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 32.0(4) | 115.8(16) | 81.5(11) | 43.8(6) | 35.9(5) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Cedar Grove Township, NJ Crime Grade?
- FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- What metric does the Cedar Grove Township Crime Grade use?
- Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- How is the national decile for Cedar Grove Township calculated?
- Cedar Grove Township's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the New Jersey state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to New Jersey cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- How do decile scores convert to a letter grade?
- 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- How often is the Cedar Grove Township Crime Grade refreshed?
- Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- What are the limits of this Crime Grade?
- The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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