Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
East Orange, NJ Crime Grade
How East Orange 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
9/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
New Jersey
10/10
vs. New Jersey cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in East Orange, NJ was 425.5 per 100,000 residents (308 incidents over a population of 72,390). That puts East Orange Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 120% above the New Jersey statewide rate of 193.8.
That ranks East Orange #3,113 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 17% of them, and #232 of 242 in New Jersey. Violent crime is down 13% year over year and roughly flat over the last five years.
East Orange, NJ crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (9/10)
- New Jersey Grade
- F (10/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 425.5 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,113 of 3,771
- NJ rank
- #232 of 242
- Safer than
- 17% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 13%
- 5-year change
- roughly flat
- Population
- 72,390
- Reporting agency
- East Orange Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by East Orange Police Department (FBI ORI NJ0070600) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About East Orange, NJ
Also known as
- Doddtown
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. East Orange (red), New Jersey (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
East Orange 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 | 428.3(275) | 457.1(294) | 485.1(331) | 490.6(349) | 425.5(308) |
| Murder | 4.7(3) | 9.3(6) | 4.4(3) | 8.4(6) | 9.7(7) |
| Rape | 40.5(26) | 28.0(18) | 36.6(25) | 38.0(27) | 24.9(18) |
| Robbery | 158.9(102) | 118.2(76) | 149.5(102) | 115.3(82) | 110.5(80) |
| Aggravated assault | 224.3(144) | 301.6(194) | 294.6(201) | 328.9(234) | 280.4(203) |
| Property crime | 1409.7(905) | 1268.7(816) | 1991.8(1,359) | 1962.4(1,396) | 1936.7(1,402) |
| Burglary | 235.2(151) | 111.9(72) | 156.8(107) | 106.8(76) | 135.4(98) |
| Larceny | 905.0(581) | 880.0(566) | 1159.3(791) | 1239.8(882) | 1331.7(964) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 252.3(162) | 267.4(172) | 666.9(455) | 608.7(433) | 466.9(338) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the East Orange, 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 East Orange 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 East Orange calculated?
- East Orange'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 East Orange 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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