Mahwah is a township of 24,500 in Bergen County, about 25 miles north of Midtown Manhattan · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Mahwah?
Mahwah has less property crime than most US neighborhoods: an A+, safer than the neighborhoods where 81% of Americans live. Theft makes up 53% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades A+, and vehicle theft grades A+.
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Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 938 of 1,000Less property crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
81% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Mahwah as a whole, and 19% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Mahwah scores 938.
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 Mahwah, NJ at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Mahwah, 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 Mahwah
Thefts run high in Cragmere Park. In this part of northeast Mahwah, they run at about double the rate in the rest of Mahwah.
Where property crime is lowest and highest in Mahwah
Every part of Mahwah where people live grades A or B for property crime on the national scale. Property crime grades across Mahwah run from A+ to A.
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A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
1Masonicus, eastActs of vandalism run about 30% lower here than in the rest of Mahwah.A+939
2West Mahwah, northActs of vandalism run at about double the rate in the rest of Mahwah.A900
3Cragmere Park, northeastClose to the rest of Mahwah on most crimes.A898
Neighborhood areas of Mahwah, ranked by property crime CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer). Each one combines several of the smaller areas on the map.
Is property crime going up in Mahwah?
Reported property crime in Mahwah has held about steady since 2019, within 3%. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 4.4 to 4.3 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 42%.
Property crime, change since 2019
MahwahUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Mahwah. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Mahwah
Property, US
2016
+30%
+15%
2017
+26%
+12%
2018
-15%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-10%
-8%
2021
-21%
-10%
2022
-8%
-6%
2023
+67%
-7%
2024
-3%
-15%
Property crime rates and types in Mahwah
CrimeGrade™ estimates Mahwah has about 6.8 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 71% less than the US as a whole and 63% 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 Mahwah, about 53% 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 Mahwah Township Police Department reports to the FBI in a format that leaves out vandalism, 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 Mahwah and nearby cities
Mahwah has the least property crime of its 9 nearest cities.
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, one sets Mahwah apart: it has 2.7% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally. Places like that tend to report less burglary, vandalism and arson, and vandalism runs low here.
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.2.7% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 90% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.7.4 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 78% 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. 90% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D- (12 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 70% of US city residents
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JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft.56 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 71% 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.20% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 58% 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 Mahwah: D (12 of 100).1 trips an hourUS: noneLower than for 53% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Mahwah on shops, parks, home prices, getting around and more.
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 Mahwah
Property crime costs Mahwah about $1.1 million a year, or $45 per resident and about $117 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
$89,000
$4
Theft
$450,000
$18
Vehicle theft
$130,000
$5
Arson
$11,000
under $1
Vandalism
$420,000
$17
Total
$1.1 million
$45
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. Mahwah 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.
