Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Union City, NJ Crime Grade
How Union City 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
8/10
vs. New Jersey cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Union City, NJ was 248.0 per 100,000 residents (165 incidents over a population of 66,539). That puts Union City Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 28% above the New Jersey statewide rate of 193.8.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Union City (red), New Jersey (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Union City 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 | 2019 | 2020 | 2022 | 2023 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 281.9(193) | 298.3(203) | 334.8(212) | 314.4(202) | 248.0(165) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 1.6(1) | 1.6(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 17.5(12) | 14.7(10) | 0.0(0) | 10.9(7) | 9.0(6) |
| Robbery | 76.0(52) | 61.7(42) | 80.6(51) | 59.1(38) | 61.6(41) |
| Aggravated assault | 188.4(129) | 221.9(151) | 252.7(160) | 242.8(156) | 177.3(118) |
| Property crime | 1582.0(1,083) | 1748.6(1,190) | 1742.2(1,103) | 1688.5(1,085) | 1402.2(933) |
| Burglary | 147.5(101) | 144.0(98) | 109.0(69) | 104.3(67) | 63.1(42) |
| Larceny | 1301.5(891) | 1494.4(1,017) | 1500.5(950) | 1484.7(954) | 1233.9(821) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 128.5(88) | 102.9(70) | 129.5(82) | 96.5(62) | 105.2(70) |
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: Union City'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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