Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Metuchen, NJ Crime Grade
How Metuchen 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
3/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
New Jersey
6/10
vs. New Jersey cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Metuchen, NJ was 96.4 per 100,000 residents (15 incidents over a population of 15,557). That puts Metuchen 70% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 50% below the New Jersey statewide rate of 193.8.
That ranks Metuchen #1,094 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 71% of them, and #133 of 242 in New Jersey. Violent crime is up 110% year over year and up 87% over the last five years.
Metuchen, NJ crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (3/10)
- New Jersey Grade
- C (6/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 96.4 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,094 of 3,771
- NJ rank
- #133 of 242
- Safer than
- 71% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 110%
- 5-year change
- up 87%
- Population
- 15,557
- Reporting agency
- Metuchen Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Metuchen Police Department (FBI ORI NJ0121000) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Metuchen, NJ
Also known as
- Matochshoning
- Matouchin
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. Metuchen (red), New Jersey (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Metuchen 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 | 51.5(8) | 47.1(7) | 40.0(6) | 45.8(7) | 96.4(15) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 12.9(2) | 0.0(0) | 6.7(1) | 13.1(2) | 0.0(0) |
| Robbery | 6.4(1) | 6.7(1) | 6.7(1) | 6.5(1) | 19.3(3) |
| Aggravated assault | 32.2(5) | 40.3(6) | 26.7(4) | 26.2(4) | 77.1(12) |
| Property crime | 992.2(154) | 934.5(139) | 1232.7(185) | 988.3(151) | 829.2(129) |
| Burglary | — | — | — | — | — |
| Larceny | — | — | — | — | — |
| Motor vehicle theft | — | — | — | — | — |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Metuchen, 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 Metuchen 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 Metuchen calculated?
- Metuchen'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 Metuchen 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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