Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2023
Gloucester City, NJ Crime Grade
How Gloucester City 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 2023, the violent crime rate in Gloucester City, NJ was 200.0 per 100,000 residents (23 incidents over a population of 11,500). That puts Gloucester City 48% below the U.S. rate of 385.9 and 12% below the New Jersey statewide rate of 227.7.
That ranks Gloucester City #2,048 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 46% of them, and #198 of 242 in New Jersey. Violent crime is down 15% year over year and down 34% over the last five years.
Gloucester City, NJ crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (6/10)
- New Jersey Grade
- F (9/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 200.0 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,048 of 3,771
- NJ rank
- #198 of 242
- Safer than
- 46% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 15%
- 5-year change
- down 34%
- Population
- 11,500
- Reporting agency
- Gloucester City Police Department
- Data year
- 2023 · FBI UCR
Reported by Gloucester City Police Department (FBI ORI NJ0041400) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Gloucester City, NJ
Also known as
- Gloucester Point
- Glocester
- Gloucestertown
- Axwamus
Location
City on the east bank of the Delaware River, south of Camden.
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. Gloucester City (red), New Jersey (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Gloucester City vs. U.S., 2023 — 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 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 304.5(34) | 179.1(20) | 134.1(15) | 236.2(27) | 200.0(23) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 17.9(2) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 17.4(2) |
| Rape | 0.0(0) | 9.0(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Robbery | 116.4(13) | 26.9(3) | 44.7(5) | 35.0(4) | 52.2(6) |
| Aggravated assault | 188.1(21) | 125.4(14) | 89.4(10) | 201.2(23) | 130.4(15) |
| Property crime | 2408.9(269) | 2543.0(284) | 2423.5(271) | 2598.4(297) | 1939.1(223) |
| Burglary | 420.9(47) | 367.1(41) | 357.7(40) | 201.2(23) | 182.6(21) |
| Larceny | 1826.8(204) | 2059.5(230) | 1994.3(223) | 2371.0(271) | 1704.3(196) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 161.2(18) | 89.5(10) | 62.6(7) | 26.2(3) | 52.2(6) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Gloucester City, 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 Gloucester City 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 Gloucester City calculated?
- Gloucester City'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 Gloucester City 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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