Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Perth Amboy, NJ Crime Grade
How Perth Amboy 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
7/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
New Jersey
9/10
vs. New Jersey cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Perth Amboy, NJ was 254.9 per 100,000 residents (146 incidents over a population of 57,269). That puts Perth Amboy Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 32% above the New Jersey statewide rate of 193.8.
That ranks Perth Amboy #2,402 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 36% of them, and #214 of 242 in New Jersey. Violent crime is down 35% year over year and down 4% over the last five years.
Perth Amboy, NJ crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (7/10)
- New Jersey Grade
- F (9/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 254.9 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,402 of 3,771
- NJ rank
- #214 of 242
- Safer than
- 36% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 35%
- 5-year change
- down 4%
- Population
- 57,269
- Reporting agency
- Perth Amboy Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Perth Amboy Police Department (FBI ORI NJ0121600) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Perth Amboy, NJ
Also known as
- Amboy
- Ambo Point
- Ompage
- Perth
- New Perth
- New Point
- Amboy Perth
History
The name is a combination of the name of the Earl of Perth and a corruption of the original Indian name of the town, Ompage.
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. Perth Amboy (red), New Jersey (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Perth Amboy 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 | 2020 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 266.6(137) | 329.5(182) | 367.3(204) | 391.8(221) | 254.9(146) |
| Murder | 1.9(1) | 7.2(4) | 0.0(0) | 5.3(3) | 8.7(5) |
| Rape | 7.8(4) | 10.9(6) | 14.4(8) | 21.3(12) | 21.0(12) |
| Robbery | 44.8(23) | 50.7(28) | 45.0(25) | 39.0(22) | 34.9(20) |
| Aggravated assault | 212.1(109) | 260.7(144) | 307.9(171) | 326.2(184) | 190.3(109) |
| Property crime | 990.6(509) | 1479.3(817) | 1634.7(908) | 1373.9(775) | 740.4(424) |
| Burglary | 118.7(61) | 170.2(94) | 235.8(131) | 166.6(94) | 75.1(43) |
| Larceny | 764.8(393) | 1133.5(626) | 1242.3(690) | 1037.1(585) | 572.7(328) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 105.1(54) | 159.3(88) | 153.0(85) | 164.9(93) | 89.1(51) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Perth Amboy, 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 Perth Amboy 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 Perth Amboy calculated?
- Perth Amboy'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 Perth Amboy 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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