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
6/10
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.
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
- 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: Perth Amboy'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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