Property Crime per Capita in New Jersey
Property crime covers theft, burglary, vehicle theft, and arson, offenses against belongings rather than people. The map below shows the property crime rate per 1,000 New Jersey residents.
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Property Crime Grade |
A- |
Other Crime Grade |
A+ |
$870.2 million
Cost of Crime™ for New Jersey
In 2025, property crime will cost $243 per household.
On the map, green marks the parts of New Jersey with the least property crime and red marks the most, weighted by the type and severity of each offense. Property crime is the most common category of crime, so these maps track closely with where stores, parking, and daytime foot traffic sit. The Interpreting the Crime Maps section below explains why busy commercial blocks can look worse than the neighborhoods around them.
The A- grade reflects how often theft, burglary, vehicle theft, and arson happen in New Jersey against the average US state, where the rate is lower than the norm. New Jersey sits in the 80th percentile for property-crime safety, ahead of 80% of states and behind 20%. The grade covers only New Jersey's official city boundaries. See the table below for nearby states.
The property crime rate in New Jersey is 12.88 per 1,000 residents in a typical year. Residents generally point to the southeast part of the state as the safest for their belongings. Your odds of a property-crime loss range from 1 in 66 in the northeast cities to 1 in 115 in the southeast.
Counting total incidents instead of per-capita rates, the northeast parts of New Jersey report the most property crime, about 44,832 cases per year. The southeast part reports the fewest, around 2,072 per year.
The Cost of Crime™ in New Jersey
Property crime in New Jersey is projected to cost $870,232,952 in 2025, about $88 per resident and $243 per household. That equals 0.2% of the median household income. All of it is measurable loss: replaced vehicles, repaired break-ins, stolen goods, and the policing and courts that respond. Because property crime leaves a repair bill rather than a lasting injury, these tangible costs make up its full economic toll. They split into:- Criminal justice system costs (law enforcement, courts, and imprisonment): 67.1%
- Direct costs to victims (damaged property, medical expenses, and lost wages): 27.2%
- Lost economic contribution from offenders (time in prison or repeat offenses): 5.7%
How Much Does Property Crime Cost in New Jersey Compared to Other States?
| New Jersey: | $88 |
|---|---|
| Washington: | $259 |
| New Hampshire: | $64 |
| USA: | $136 |
Property crime costs $88 per resident each year in New Jersey, which is $48 less than the national average. The comparison below uses states similar to New Jersey:
- In Washington, crime costs $259 per person, which is $171 more than in New Jersey.
- In New Hampshire, crime costs $64 per person, which is $25 less than in New Jersey
2025 Projected Property Crime Cost by Type
The table below breaks the property-crime total into its four offenses for New Jersey, with the projected cost per resident.Crime |
Cost to New Jersey |
Cost per New Jersey Resident |
|---|---|---|
Vehicle Theft |
$231.0 million |
$23 |
Burglary |
$120.4 million |
$12 |
Theft |
$509.5 million |
$52 |
Arson |
$9.38 million |
$1 |
Total Cost of Property Crime |
$870,232,952 |
$88 |
How the Property Crime Cost Is Estimated
Property crime carries no pain-and-suffering figure in this model. Its cost is the replacement and repair value of what was taken or damaged, plus the policing, courts, and lost offender productivity that follow. Stolen and damaged property has a market price, which is why this total is easier to pin down than the human cost of violent crime in New Jersey. All Cost of Crime figures come from scholarly research on the cost of crime. Read more about our methodology here.Interpreting the Property Crime Maps
Property crime rates are measured per resident, so places where shoppers and commuters outnumber residents read high. Stores are where shoplifting, theft, and vehicle break-ins happen, yet almost nobody lives there, so the per-capita rate climbs. How strongly this shows on the map depends on retail density; the northeast part of the state has more retail establishments. A red commercial strip does not mean the homes nearby are unsafe.
Parking lots and transit stops follow the same pattern: heavy daytime traffic, few residents, so per-capita property crime reads high. Major airports, of which New Jersey has 1, are the extreme case. To judge a residential block, weigh both the per-capita rate and the total number of incidents, and note what sits nearby.
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The table below shows which non-violent crimes are used to calculate the Crime Grade above. All property crime rates are shown as the number of crimes per 1,000 New Jersey residents in a standard year.
Crime Type |
Crime Rate |
|---|---|
Theft |
9.984 |
Vehicle Theft |
1.514 |
Burglary |
1.347 |
Arson |
0.0394 |
Total Property Crime |
12.88 (A-) |
Individual New Jersey Crime Maps & Stats
Crime Maps and Rates for Nearby States
Compared to surrounding states, the rate of property crime in New Jersey is lower. The table below shows Crime Grades for states close to New Jersey.
Nearby State | Overall Crime Grade | Violent Crime Grade | Property Crime Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
D | C- | C- | |
B+ | A+ | B | |
A- | C | B- | |
C | C- | C+ | |
A | A- | A- | |
F | F | F | |
A | A | A- | |
A+ | C+ | A+ | |
A | A+ | A+ | |
B+ | A- | C+ |
Crime Maps and Rates for State with Similar Populations
New Jersey is lower versus other states of the same size for property crime. The table below compares crime in states with comparable overall population in the state‘s boundaries.
Similar State | Overall Crime Grade | Violent Crime Grade | Property Crime Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
C | D | D | |
D- | D- | D- | |
A | A+ | A+ | |
D+ | D- | D- | |
D+ | C- | C- | |
B+ | B | B | |
A- | B- | B- | |
B | B+ | B+ | |
A- | B | B | |
B | A | A |
Considering only the property crime rate, New Jersey is as safe as the national average.
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