Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
River Edge, NJ Crime Grade
How River Edge 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
1/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
New Jersey
1/10
vs. New Jersey cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in River Edge, NJ was 16.3 per 100,000 residents (2 incidents over a population of 12,265). That puts River Edge 95% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 92% below the New Jersey statewide rate of 193.8.
That ranks River Edge #105 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 97% of them, and #24 of 242 in New Jersey. Violent crime is roughly flat year over year and up 86% over the last five years.
River Edge, NJ crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (1/10)
- New Jersey Grade
- A (1/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 16.3 / 100k
- National rank
- #105 of 3,771
- NJ rank
- #24 of 242
- Safer than
- 97% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- roughly flat
- 5-year change
- up 86%
- Population
- 12,265
- Reporting agency
- River Edge Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by River Edge Police Department (FBI ORI NJ0025200) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About River Edge, NJ
Also known as
- Riverside
- Riveredge
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. River Edge (red), New Jersey (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
River Edge 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 | 8.7(1) | 8.4(1) | 41.7(5) | 16.3(2) | 16.3(2) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 8.4(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 8.3(1) | 0.0(0) | 8.2(1) |
| Robbery | 8.7(1) | 0.0(0) | 25.0(3) | 8.2(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Aggravated assault | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 8.3(1) | 8.2(1) | 8.2(1) |
| Property crime | 734.8(84) | 836.8(100) | 942.2(113) | 768.2(94) | 424.0(52) |
| Burglary | 43.7(5) | 41.8(5) | 58.4(7) | 106.2(13) | 48.9(6) |
| Larceny | 682.4(78) | 711.3(85) | 833.8(100) | 621.1(76) | 366.9(45) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 8.7(1) | 83.7(10) | 50.0(6) | 40.9(5) | 8.2(1) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the River Edge, 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 River Edge 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 River Edge calculated?
- River Edge'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 River Edge 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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