Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2024
Hackettstown, NJ Crime Grade
How Hackettstown 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 2024, the violent crime rate in Hackettstown, NJ was 9.9 per 100,000 residents (1 incidents over a population of 10,090). That puts Hackettstown 97% below the U.S. rate of 364.7 and 96% below the New Jersey statewide rate of 221.9.
That ranks Hackettstown #66 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 98% of them, and #19 of 242 in New Jersey. Violent crime is down 50% year over year and down 69% over the last five years.
Hackettstown, NJ crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (1/10)
- New Jersey Grade
- A (1/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 9.9 / 100k
- National rank
- #66 of 3,771
- NJ rank
- #19 of 242
- Safer than
- 98% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 50%
- 5-year change
- down 69%
- Population
- 10,090
- Reporting agency
- Hackettstown Police Department
- Data year
- 2024 · FBI UCR
Reported by Hackettstown Police Department (FBI ORI NJ0210800) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Hackettstown, NJ
Also known as
- Hacket's Town
- Hacket Town
- Halketstown
- Helms Mills
- Helm's Mills
- Musconetcong
- Hacketstown
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. Hackettstown (red), New Jersey (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Hackettstown vs. U.S., 2024 — 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 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 31.8(3) | 64.4(6) | 28.9(3) | 19.8(2) | 9.9(1) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Robbery | 0.0(0) | 10.7(1) | 19.3(2) | 9.9(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Aggravated assault | 31.8(3) | 53.7(5) | 9.6(1) | 9.9(1) | 9.9(1) |
| Property crime | 307.5(29) | 440.1(41) | 433.2(45) | 644.7(65) | 515.4(52) |
| Burglary | 21.2(2) | 42.9(4) | 57.8(6) | 69.4(7) | 49.6(5) |
| Larceny | 265.1(25) | 375.7(35) | 346.5(36) | 535.6(54) | 436.1(44) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 10.6(1) | 21.5(2) | 28.9(3) | 39.7(4) | 29.7(3) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Hackettstown, 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 Hackettstown 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 Hackettstown calculated?
- Hackettstown'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 Hackettstown 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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