Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2024
Trenton, NJ Crime Grade
How Trenton 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
10/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
New Jersey
10/10
vs. New Jersey cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2024, the violent crime rate in Trenton, NJ was 1025.9 per 100,000 residents (936 incidents over a population of 91,236). That puts Trenton Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 362% above the New Jersey statewide rate of 221.9.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Trenton (red), New Jersey (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Trenton vs. U.S., 2024 — 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 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 1170.0(970) | 1042.4(899) | 1060.8(958) | 1040.1(931) | 1025.9(936) |
| Murder | 48.2(40) | 47.5(41) | 25.5(23) | 30.2(27) | 21.9(20) |
| Rape | 60.3(50) | 55.7(48) | 74.2(67) | 68.1(61) | 58.1(53) |
| Robbery | 317.2(263) | 278.3(240) | 311.1(281) | 264.8(237) | 366.1(334) |
| Aggravated assault | 744.2(617) | 660.9(570) | 650.0(587) | 677.0(606) | 579.8(529) |
| Property crime | 2116.8(1,755) | 1985.0(1,712) | 1883.4(1,701) | 1874.7(1,678) | 2308.3(2,106) |
| Burglary | 496.9(412) | 371.0(320) | 270.2(244) | 311.7(279) | 347.5(317) |
| Larceny | 1250.8(1,037) | 1277.7(1,102) | 1252.3(1,131) | 1216.6(1,089) | 1449.0(1,322) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 341.3(283) | 318.9(275) | 346.6(313) | 338.5(303) | 492.1(449) |
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: Trenton'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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