Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Woodbury, NJ Crime Grade
How Woodbury 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
7/10
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 Woodbury, NJ was 275.3 per 100,000 residents (28 incidents over a population of 10,169). That puts Woodbury 15% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 42% above the New Jersey statewide rate of 193.8.
That ranks Woodbury #2,520 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 33% of them, and #217 of 242 in New Jersey. Violent crime is up 14% year over year and down 29% over the last five years.
Woodbury, NJ crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (7/10)
- New Jersey Grade
- F (9/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 275.3 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,520 of 3,771
- NJ rank
- #217 of 242
- Safer than
- 33% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 14%
- 5-year change
- down 29%
- Population
- 10,169
- Reporting agency
- Woodbury Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Woodbury Police Department (FBI ORI NJ0082200) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Woodbury, NJ
Also known as
- Piscozackasing
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. Woodbury (red), New Jersey (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Woodbury 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 | 390.0(38) | 356.2(36) | 434.5(44) | 242.3(25) | 275.3(28) |
| Murder | 10.3(1) | 0.0(0) | 29.6(3) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 0.0(0) | 29.7(3) | 29.6(3) | 29.1(3) | 39.3(4) |
| Robbery | 153.9(15) | 158.3(16) | 148.1(15) | 38.8(4) | 39.3(4) |
| Aggravated assault | 225.8(22) | 168.2(17) | 227.1(23) | 174.5(18) | 196.7(20) |
| Property crime | 3397.0(331) | 3512.1(355) | 3535.1(358) | 1802.8(186) | 2320.8(236) |
| Burglary | 451.6(44) | 217.6(22) | 187.6(19) | 222.9(23) | 285.2(29) |
| Larceny | 2729.9(266) | 3027.3(306) | 2962.4(300) | 1386.1(143) | 1819.3(185) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 184.7(18) | 257.2(26) | 345.6(35) | 193.9(20) | 196.7(20) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Woodbury, 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 Woodbury 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 Woodbury calculated?
- Woodbury'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 Woodbury 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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