Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Jersey City, NJ Crime Grade
How Jersey 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
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 Jersey City, NJ was 486.2 per 100,000 residents (1,484 incidents over a population of 305,249). That puts Jersey City Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 151% above the New Jersey statewide rate of 193.8.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Jersey City (red), New Jersey (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Jersey City 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 | 371.0(1,021) | 448.4(1,239) | 497.7(1,419) | 562.9(1,677) | 486.2(1,484) |
| Murder | 8.4(23) | 4.3(12) | 3.9(11) | 2.3(7) | 3.9(12) |
| Rape | 19.3(53) | 19.2(53) | 15.4(44) | 30.2(90) | 27.8(85) |
| Robbery | 110.5(304) | 109.7(303) | 144.9(413) | 173.2(516) | 129.4(395) |
| Aggravated assault | 232.9(641) | 315.2(871) | 333.5(951) | 357.1(1,064) | 325.0(992) |
| Property crime | 1275.4(3,510) | 1869.0(5,164) | 1940.3(5,532) | 2035.4(6,064) | 1829.7(5,585) |
| Burglary | 100.3(276) | 148.4(410) | 185.5(529) | 206.1(614) | 152.7(466) |
| Larceny | 955.6(2,630) | 1416.6(3,914) | 1474.5(4,204) | 1529.9(4,558) | 1383.5(4,223) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 217.3(598) | 302.6(836) | 276.7(789) | 297.4(886) | 290.3(886) |
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: Jersey City'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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