Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Wood-Ridge, NJ Crime Grade
How Wood-Ridge 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
2/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
New Jersey
4/10
vs. New Jersey cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Wood-Ridge, NJ was 57.4 per 100,000 residents (6 incidents over a population of 10,457). That puts Wood-Ridge 82% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 70% below the New Jersey statewide rate of 193.8.
That ranks Wood-Ridge #604 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 84% of them, and #86 of 242 in New Jersey. Violent crime is up 100% year over year and up 435% over the last five years.
Wood-Ridge, NJ crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (2/10)
- New Jersey Grade
- B (4/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 57.4 / 100k
- National rank
- #604 of 3,771
- NJ rank
- #86 of 242
- Safer than
- 84% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 100%
- 5-year change
- up 435%
- Population
- 10,457
- Reporting agency
- Wood-Ridge Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Wood-Ridge Police Department (FBI ORI NJ0026900) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Wood-Ridge, NJ
Also known as
- Woodridge
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. Wood-Ridge (red), New Jersey (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Wood-Ridge 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 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 10.7(1) | 21.1(2) | 39.6(4) | 28.7(3) | 57.4(6) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 0.0(0) | 10.5(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Robbery | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 9.6(1) |
| Aggravated assault | 10.7(1) | 10.5(1) | 39.6(4) | 28.7(3) | 47.8(5) |
| Property crime | 482.4(45) | 505.8(48) | 475.7(48) | 574.2(60) | 506.8(53) |
| Burglary | 10.7(1) | 31.6(3) | 19.8(2) | 47.9(5) | 86.1(9) |
| Larceny | 461.0(43) | 432.1(41) | 366.7(37) | 449.8(47) | 363.4(38) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 10.7(1) | 42.2(4) | 89.2(9) | 76.6(8) | 57.4(6) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Wood-Ridge, 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 Wood-Ridge 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 Wood-Ridge calculated?
- Wood-Ridge'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 Wood-Ridge 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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