Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
New Brunswick, NJ Crime Grade
How New Brunswick 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
8/10
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 New Brunswick, NJ was 381.2 per 100,000 residents (221 incidents over a population of 57,980). That puts New Brunswick Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 97% above the New Jersey statewide rate of 193.8.
That ranks New Brunswick #2,963 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 21% of them, and #226 of 242 in New Jersey. Violent crime is down 48% year over year and down 38% over the last five years.
New Brunswick, NJ crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- D (8/10)
- New Jersey Grade
- F (10/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 381.2 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,963 of 3,771
- NJ rank
- #226 of 242
- Safer than
- 21% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 48%
- 5-year change
- down 38%
- Population
- 57,980
- Reporting agency
- New Brunswick Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by New Brunswick Police Department (FBI ORI NJ0121400) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About New Brunswick, NJ
Also known as
- Brunswick
- The River
- Inians Ferry
- Inian
- Middlesex
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. New Brunswick (red), New Jersey (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
New Brunswick 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 | 613.4(360) | 861.2(482) | 947.6(536) | 738.7(423) | 381.2(221) |
| Murder | 17.0(10) | 7.1(4) | 3.5(2) | 7.0(4) | 3.4(2) |
| Rape | 71.6(42) | 85.8(48) | 70.7(40) | 59.4(34) | 37.9(22) |
| Robbery | 197.6(116) | 387.7(217) | 427.8(242) | 282.9(162) | 96.6(56) |
| Aggravated assault | 327.1(192) | 380.6(213) | 445.5(252) | 389.5(223) | 243.2(141) |
| Property crime | 1852.1(1,087) | 2170.8(1,215) | 2984.3(1,688) | 2721.0(1,558) | 1598.8(927) |
| Burglary | 286.2(168) | 271.6(152) | 358.9(203) | 302.1(173) | 179.4(104) |
| Larceny | 1358.0(797) | 1713.4(959) | 2402.7(1,359) | 2230.2(1,277) | 1259.1(730) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 204.5(120) | 180.5(101) | 213.9(121) | 176.4(101) | 153.5(89) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the New Brunswick, 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 New Brunswick 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 New Brunswick calculated?
- New Brunswick'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 New Brunswick 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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