Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Elizabeth, NJ Crime Grade
How Elizabeth 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 Elizabeth, NJ was 343.5 per 100,000 residents (485 incidents over a population of 141,194). That puts Elizabeth Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 77% above the New Jersey statewide rate of 193.8.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Elizabeth (red), New Jersey (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Elizabeth 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 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 479.4(643) | 481.9(646) | 557.7(745) | 411.6(570) | 343.5(485) |
| Murder | 7.5(10) | 1.5(2) | 7.5(10) | 5.1(7) | 0.7(1) |
| Rape | 50.7(68) | 37.3(50) | 32.9(44) | 32.5(45) | 26.9(38) |
| Robbery | 180.4(242) | 170.1(228) | 188.7(252) | 112.6(156) | 77.2(109) |
| Aggravated assault | 240.8(323) | 273.0(366) | 328.6(439) | 261.4(362) | 238.7(337) |
| Property crime | 2229.2(2,990) | 2558.5(3,430) | 2986.3(3,989) | 2661.4(3,686) | 2409.5(3,402) |
| Burglary | 217.0(291) | 223.8(300) | 200.6(268) | 148.0(205) | 111.2(157) |
| Larceny | 1467.2(1,968) | 1812.6(2,430) | 2157.5(2,882) | 1909.0(2,644) | 1818.8(2,568) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 536.0(719) | 518.4(695) | 626.6(837) | 601.4(833) | 477.4(674) |
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: Elizabeth'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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