Cliffside Park is a borough of 25,200 in Bergen County, about 4 miles north of Midtown Manhattan · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Cliffside Park?
Cliffside Park earns a B+ for property crime, with more property crime than the neighborhoods where 65% of Americans live. Theft makes up 65% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades A+, and vehicle theft grades B-.
B+
Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 716 of 1,000More property crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
35% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Cliffside Park as a whole, and 65% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Cliffside Park scores 716.
Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more property crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its property crime with the homes, parked cars and people there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy shopping center can show red while the homes beside it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in Cliffside Park, NJ at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Cliffside Park, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.
Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports
What stands out about property crime in Cliffside Park
Burglary is a strength. Cliffside Park grades B+ for property crime, but burglary grades A+, better than in the neighborhoods where 66% of Americans live.
Thefts are uncommon. Cliffside Park has thefts at less than half the US rate: 5.2 a year per 1,000 residents, against 13.1 nationally.
Where property crime is lowest and highest in Cliffside Park
Most of Cliffside Park grades well for property crime: 81% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and the rest in areas graded C. Property crime grades across Cliffside Park run from A- to C+.
81%19%
A or B 81%C 19%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Is property crime going up in Cliffside Park?
Reported property crime in Cliffside Park has risen 64% since 2019. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 3.9 to 6.4 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 11%.
Property crime, change since 2019
Cliffside ParkUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Cliffside Park. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Cliffside Park
Property, US
2016
+91%
+15%
2017
+87%
+12%
2018
+49%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-13%
-8%
2021
+15%
-10%
2022
+7%
-6%
2023
+84%
-7%
2024
+64%
-15%
Property crime rates and types in Cliffside Park
CrimeGrade™ estimates Cliffside Park has about 8.0 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 67% less than the US as a whole and 57% less than New Jersey.
All property crime
Burglary
Vehicle theft
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Property crime here includes vandalism, which the FBI's property crime rate leaves out.
Theft is the most common property crime in Cliffside Park, about 65% of the total, followed by vandalism and burglary.
Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a property crime with what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for vehicle theft, people and parking for theft, homes and businesses for vandalism. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
The Cliffside Park Police Department counts vandalism differently from the national definition, so CrimeGrade™ makes its own vandalism estimate.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Property crime in Cliffside Park and nearby cities
Of the 10 cities closest to Cliffside Park, 7 have less property crime. Ridgefield and Leonia have the least.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Cliffside Park. Beside each property crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with cities of similar size and density, Cliffside Park is safer than 61% of them.
Parking lots, density and walkability in Cliffside Park
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set Cliffside Park apart: it has 0.1 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally, and 97% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. Places with little parking-lot space tend to report less theft, yet theft runs higher here than that would suggest.
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.0.1 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 99% of US city residents
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more car theft.97% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 98% of US city residents
Walk GradeBestNeighborhood's grade for getting through daily life on foot, traced along real walking routes to shops, schools and parks. Walkable places tend to report more theft. 70% of residents here live in walkable areas.A- (77 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 98% of US city residents
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JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft.11 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 96% of US city residents
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Cliffside Park: C (34 of 100).22 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 92% of US city residents
Lit at nightSatellite images show which neighborhoods are lit at night, a sign of busy streets and businesses. Brightly lit places tend to report more theft and vandalism.100% where people liveUS: 78%Higher than for 92% of US city residents
These traits tend to go with more or less crime; none of them causes it on its own. Sources: Census job counts and housing figures, OpenStreetMap and Overture business listings, CrimeGrade™ parking estimates, NASA night-light imagery, US Forest Service tree cover, EPA transit data and BestNeighborhood's Walk Grade.
What property crime costs Cliffside Park
Property crime costs Cliffside Park about $1.3 million a year, or $53 per resident and about $129 per household: the value of what is stolen or damaged, plus the police, courts and prisons that respond.
Cost of property crime per resident, per year
How the cost breaks down
Pain and suffering add little to the cost of property crime, so this is close to its full cost.
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Burglary
$190,000
$7
Theft
$670,000
$27
Vehicle theft
$240,000
$10
Arson
$13,000
$1
Vandalism
$230,000
$9
Total
$1.3 million
$53
How CrimeGrade™ works
The property crime CrimeGrade™ covers burglary, theft, car theft, arson and vandalism, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.
It weighs each property crime against what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for car theft, and the people and parking around stores for theft.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them. Cliffside Park is the other kind of example: few people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks lower than its CrimeGrade™ suggests.
Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.
Where the numbers come from
Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.
