Crime Grade · New Jersey

Safest Cities in New Jersey

242 reporting New Jersey cities ranked safest to least safe, by FBI violent crime rate per 100,000 residents. Data from the FBI Crime Data Explorer.

State median violent crime rate: 84.2 per 100,000. Cities with population ≥ 10,000. Letter grade is the national decile against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities — same grade everywhere on this site.

Rank	City	Population	Violent / 100k	Grade
1	Hillsdale	10,264	0.0	A1/10
2	Madison	16,456	0.0	A1/10
3	Westfield	32,308	0.0	A1/10
4	Waterford Township	10,559	0.0	A1/10
5	Woolwich Township	14,573	0.0	A1/10
6	Bernards Township	29,020	3.4	A1/10
7	Randolph Township	27,159	3.7	A1/10
8	Pequannock Township	15,964	6.3	A1/10
9	Tenafly	15,451	6.5	A1/10
10	Saddle Brook Township	14,730	6.8	A1/10
11	Cedar Grove Township	13,928	7.2	A1/10
12	Morris Township	23,877	8.4	A1/10
13	Roxbury Township	23,460	8.5	A1/10
14	Vernon Township	23,028	8.7	A1/10
15	Millburn Township	23,019	8.7	A1/10
16	Lincoln Park	11,052	9.0	A1/10
17	East Rutherford	10,776	9.3	A1/10
18	Kinnelon	10,135	9.9	A1/10
19	Hackettstown	10,090	9.9	A1/10
20	Hawthorne	20,096	10.0	A1/10
21	Monroe Township, Middlesex County	49,652	12.1	A1/10
22	Harrison Township	13,975	14.3	A1/10
23	Haddonfield	12,732	15.7	A1/10
24	River Edge	12,265	16.3	A1/10
25	Ridgefield	11,704	17.1	A1/10
26	Wyckoff Township	17,556	17.1	A1/10
27	Denville Township	17,546	17.1	A1/10
28	Montville Township	23,015	17.4	A1/10
29	Warren Township	17,097	17.5	A1/10
30	Branchburg Township	15,837	18.9	A1/10
31	Jefferson Township	20,732	19.3	A1/10
32	Hanover Township	15,187	19.8	A1/10
33	Raritan Township	25,018	20.0	A1/10
34	Ramsey	15,009	20.0	A1/10
35	Union Township	63,958	20.3	A1/10
36	Roselle Park	14,470	20.7	A1/10
37	Dumont	18,778	21.3	A1/10
38	New Providence	14,004	21.4	A1/10
39	Holmdel Township	17,407	23.0	A1/10
40	New Milford	17,297	23.1	A1/10
41	Palisades Park	20,477	24.4	A1/10
42	Hasbrouck Heights	12,272	24.4	A1/10
43	Readington Township	16,307	24.5	A1/10
44	Franklin Township, Somerset County	70,400	28.4	A1/10
45	River Vale Township	10,412	28.8	A1/10
46	Waldwick	10,351	29.0	A1/10
47	Maywood	10,250	29.3	A1/10
48	Lyndhurst Township	22,663	30.9	A1/10
49	Rutherford	19,298	31.1	A1/10
50	Scotch Plains Township	25,285	31.6	A1/10
51	Washington Township, Morris County	18,629	32.2	A1/10
52	Glen Rock	12,393	32.3	A1/10
53	Ridgewood	26,873	33.5	A1/10
54	Paramus	26,799	33.6	A1/10
55	Berkeley Heights Township	14,845	33.7	A1/10
56	Mount Olive Township	29,633	33.7	A1/10
57	Lawrence Township, Mercer County	32,186	34.2	A1/10
58	Manalapan Township	40,430	34.6	A1/10
59	East Hanover Township	11,254	35.5	A1/10
60	West Caldwell Township	10,975	36.4	A1/10
61	Plainsboro Township	24,663	36.5	A1/10
62	Cranford Township	24,660	36.5	A1/10
63	Ridgefield Park	13,435	37.2	A1/10
64	Clinton Township	13,381	37.4	A1/10
65	Middlesex	14,928	40.2	A1/10
66	Princeton	31,613	41.1	A1/10
67	Bridgewater Township	47,220	42.4	A1/10
68	Jackson Township	61,301	42.4	A1/10
69	Ringwood	11,766	42.5	A1/10
70	Fair Lawn	36,579	43.7	A1/10
71	Chatham Township	11,349	44.1	A1/10
72	Woodland Park	13,477	44.5	A1/10
73	East Greenwich Township	12,759	47.0	A1/10
74	Bergenfield	28,879	48.5	A1/10
75	Little Egg Harbor Township	22,244	49.5	A1/10
76	Rockaway Township	27,254	51.4	A1/10
77	West Windsor Township	32,916	51.6	A1/10
78	Edgewater	15,258	52.4	A1/10
79	Livingston Township	32,351	52.5	A1/10
80	Maplewood Township	26,239	53.4	A1/10
81	Ocean City	11,217	53.5	A1/10
82	Sparta Township	20,552	53.5	A1/10
83	Oakland	12,963	54.0	A1/10
84	Nutley Township	30,592	55.6	A1/10
85	Summit	22,731	57.2	A1/10
86	Wood-Ridge	10,457	57.4	A1/10
87	Bellmawr	11,991	58.4	A1/10
88	Middletown Township	66,307	60.3	A1/10
89	Westwood	11,466	61.1	A1/10
90	Hopewell Township	18,013	61.1	A1/10
91	Mahwah Township	25,873	61.8	A1/10
92	Verona	14,552	61.8	A1/10
93	Parsippany-Troy Hills Township	56,828	63.3	A1/10
94	Lacey Township	30,417	65.8	A1/10
95	Old Bridge Township	70,143	68.4	A1/10
96	Robbinsville Township	16,032	68.6	A1/10
97	Bogota	10,067	69.5	A1/10
98	Marlboro Township	41,344	70.1	A1/10
99	Beachwood	11,351	70.5	A1/10
100	Wanaque	11,351	70.5	A1/10
101	Morristown	20,860	71.9	A1/10
102	Manville	11,079	72.2	A1/10
103	Pompton Lakes	11,037	72.5	A1/10
104	East Windsor Township	30,343	72.5	A1/10
105	Medford Township	25,504	74.5	A1/10
106	Point Pleasant	20,068	74.7	A1/10
107	Hazlet Township	20,776	77.0	A1/10
108	Montclair	41,340	77.4	A1/10
109	Montgomery Township	24,462	77.7	A1/10
110	Cinnaminson Township	17,881	78.3	A1/10
111	Delran Township	18,939	79.2	A1/10
112	Voorhees Township	31,547	79.2	A1/10
113	West Milford Township	25,014	80.0	A1/10
114	Stafford Township	31,111	80.4	A1/10
115	Little Ferry	11,138	80.8	A1/10
116	Gloucester Township	67,054	82.0	A1/10
117	Bloomfield	56,009	82.1	A1/10
118	Evesham Township	49,635	82.6	A1/10
119	Wallington	12,099	82.7	A1/10
120	Howell Township	53,988	83.4	A1/10
121	Cliffside Park	26,287	83.7	A1/10
122	Dover	19,011	84.2	A1/10
123	Springfield Township, Union County	17,743	84.5	A1/10
124	Wall Township	26,547	86.6	A1/10
125	Moorestown Township	21,904	86.7	A1/10
126	Haddon Township	15,647	89.5	A1/10
127	Hamilton Township, Atlantic County	28,970	89.7	A1/10
128	Manchester Township	46,585	90.2	A1/10
129	Wayne Township	53,903	92.8	A1/10
130	Hopatcong	14,857	94.2	A1/10
131	Clark Township	15,754	95.2	A1/10
132	Mantua Township	15,626	96.0	A1/10
133	Metuchen	15,557	96.4	A1/10
134	Tinton Falls	19,556	97.2	A1/10
135	Hillsborough Township	46,078	97.7	A1/10
136	South Orange	18,790	101.1	A1/10
137	Little Falls Township	14,758	101.6	A1/10
138	North Arlington	16,715	101.7	A1/10
139	Highland Park	15,457	103.5	A1/10
140	Washington Township, Gloucester County	49,956	104.1	A1/10
141	Secaucus	22,862	105.0	A1/10
142	Piscataway Township	62,342	107.5	A1/10
143	Fort Lee	40,646	108.3	A1/10
144	South River	16,459	109.4	A1/10
145	West Orange	49,285	111.6	A1/10
146	Fairview	15,232	111.6	A1/10
147	West Deptford Township	22,734	114.4	A1/10
148	Bordentown Township	12,980	115.6	A1/10
149	Weehawken Township	18,053	116.3	A1/10
150	East Brunswick Township	51,415	116.7	A1/10
151	Ocean Township, Monmouth County	28,072	117.6	A1/10
152	South Brunswick Township	48,091	120.6	A2/10
153	Winslow Township	40,547	123.3	A2/10
154	Toms River Township	101,100	123.6	A2/10
155	Bound Brook	12,850	124.5	A2/10
156	North Bergen Township	61,290	125.6	A2/10
157	Teaneck Township	42,875	125.9	A2/10
158	Somerville	15,033	126.4	A2/10
159	Totowa	10,941	128.0	A2/10
160	Hammonton	14,832	128.1	A2/10
161	South Amboy	10,862	128.9	A2/10
162	Lakewood Township	143,902	129.3	A2/10
163	Barnegat Township	26,304	129.3	A2/10
164	North Plainfield	23,202	129.3	A2/10
165	Lumberton Township	13,102	129.8	A2/10
166	Berkeley Township	46,319	131.7	A2/10
167	Florence Township	13,360	134.7	A2/10
168	South Plainfield	25,232	134.7	A2/10
169	Woodbridge Township	106,592	135.1	A2/10
170	North Brunswick Township	45,184	137.2	A2/10
171	Lower Township	21,631	138.7	A2/10
172	Guttenberg	11,918	142.6	A2/10
173	Sayreville	47,610	142.8	A2/10
174	Egg Harbor Township	48,731	149.8	A2/10
175	Cherry Hill Township	80,020	151.2	A2/10
176	Monroe Township, Gloucester County	38,222	154.4	A2/10
177	Aberdeen Township	19,211	156.2	A2/10
178	Phillipsburg	15,363	156.2	A2/10
179	Freehold Township	35,576	157.4	A2/10
180	Burlington Township	24,499	159.2	A2/10
181	Hamilton Township, Mercer County	94,259	160.2	A2/10
182	Clifton	90,406	162.6	A2/10
183	Brick Township	77,471	162.6	A2/10
184	Kearny	39,111	163.6	A2/10
185	Linden	45,814	165.9	A2/10
186	Ewing Township	35,484	171.9	A2/10
187	Collingswood	14,372	173.9	A2/10
188	Edison Township	109,086	175.1	A2/10
189	Eatontown	13,583	176.7	A2/10
190	Garfield	33,737	180.8	A3/10
191	Pine Hill	10,915	183.2	A3/10
192	Deptford Township	32,673	183.6	A3/10
193	Pennsville Township	12,899	186.1	A3/10
194	Rahway	31,004	187.1	A3/10
195	Lodi	26,385	189.5	A3/10
196	Roselle	23,152	194.4	A3/10
197	Hoboken	58,889	198.7	A3/10
198	Gloucester City	11,500	200.0	A3/10
199	Carteret	26,151	202.7	A3/10
200	Red Bank	12,737	204.1	A3/10
201	Elmwood Park	21,733	216.3	A3/10
202	Hillside Township	22,751	219.8	A3/10
203	Galloway Township	38,491	220.8	A3/10
204	Somers Point	10,650	225.4	A3/10
205	Englewood	30,436	230.0	A3/10
206	Harrison	21,337	234.3	A3/10
207	Hackensack	46,753	235.3	A3/10
208	West New York	53,036	235.7	A3/10
209	Middle Township	19,855	236.7	A3/10
210	Long Branch	33,113	241.6	A3/10
211	Belleville	38,778	242.4	A3/10
212	Union City	66,539	248.0	A3/10
213	Pennsauken Township	38,189	251.4	A3/10
214	Perth Amboy	57,269	254.9	A3/10
215	Bayonne	68,762	266.1	B4/10
216	Mount Laurel Township	47,855	271.7	B4/10
217	Woodbury	10,169	275.3	B4/10
218	Neptune Township	28,227	287.0	B4/10
219	Pleasantville	21,008	295.1	B4/10
220	Pemberton Township	27,452	316.9	B4/10
221	Maple Shade Township	20,415	328.2	B4/10
222	Elizabeth	141,194	343.5	B4/10
223	Lindenwold	21,966	373.3	B5/10
224	Millville	27,945	375.7	B5/10
225	Willingboro Township	32,676	379.5	B5/10
226	New Brunswick	57,980	381.2	B5/10
227	Vineland	62,434	394.0	B5/10
228	Irvington	62,004	395.1	B5/10
229	Mount Holly Township	10,222	410.9	B5/10
230	Plainfield	55,975	410.9	B5/10
231	Orange	35,247	419.9	B5/10
232	East Orange	72,390	425.5	B5/10
233	Burlington	10,249	439.1	B5/10
234	Jersey City	305,249	486.2	C6/10
235	Newark	318,638	516.6	C6/10
236	Passaic	70,744	585.2	C6/10
237	Asbury Park	15,551	688.1	C7/10
238	Bridgeton	27,867	732.0	C7/10
239	Paterson	160,567	826.4	D8/10
240	Trenton	91,236	1025.9	D8/10
241	Camden County	72,435	1380.5	F9/10
242	Atlantic City	39,096	1498.9	F10/10

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Cities are ranked by the FBI's reported violent crime rate per 100,000 residents for the most recent fully-reported year (see individual city pages for the year shown). The list is restricted to cities with population ≥ 10,000 that report to the FBI's National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS). Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer. Refreshed every six months.