Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Dover, NJ Crime Grade
How Dover 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
3/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
New Jersey
5/10
vs. New Jersey cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Dover, NJ was 84.2 per 100,000 residents (16 incidents over a population of 19,011). That puts Dover 74% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 57% below the New Jersey statewide rate of 193.8.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Dover (red), New Jersey (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Dover 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 | 135.9(24) | 238.7(44) | 183.9(34) | 222.9(42) | 84.2(16) |
| Murder | 5.7(1) | 0.0(0) | 5.4(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 11.3(2) | 32.5(6) | 32.4(6) | 26.5(5) | 5.3(1) |
| Robbery | 39.7(7) | 38.0(7) | 32.4(6) | 42.5(8) | 21.0(4) |
| Aggravated assault | 79.3(14) | 168.2(31) | 113.6(21) | 153.9(29) | 57.9(11) |
| Property crime | 589.1(104) | 618.4(114) | 448.8(83) | 875.6(165) | 568.1(108) |
| Burglary | 107.6(19) | 70.5(13) | 32.4(6) | 63.7(12) | 31.6(6) |
| Larceny | 407.8(72) | 477.4(88) | 367.7(68) | 727.0(137) | 473.4(90) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 56.6(10) | 70.5(13) | 43.3(8) | 79.6(15) | 63.1(12) |
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: Dover'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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