Perth Amboy is a city of 59,500 in Middlesex County, about 20 miles southwest of Midtown Manhattan · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Perth Amboy?
Property crime in Perth Amboy runs higher than in most US neighborhoods: a B, with more property crime than the neighborhoods where 69% of Americans live. Theft makes up 55% 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 664 of 1,000More property crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
31% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Perth Amboy as a whole, and 69% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Perth Amboy scores 664.
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 Perth Amboy, NJ at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Perth Amboy, 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 Perth Amboy
Crime per resident runs lower than the grade suggests. Few people come to Perth Amboy to work or shop: it has only 29 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. With few visitors, its crime per resident looks lower than its CrimeGrade™ suggests. The CrimeGrade™ weighs each crime against the people, homes and parked cars actually here.
Where property crime is lowest and highest in Perth Amboy
In Perth Amboy, 44% of residents live in areas graded A or B for property crime, 44% in areas graded C and 12% in areas graded D or F. Property crime grades across Perth Amboy run from A- to D.
44%44%12%
A or B 44%C 44%D or F 12%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Is property crime going up in Perth Amboy?
Reported property crime in Perth Amboy has held about steady since 2019, within 1%. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts stayed at about 14 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 16%.
Property crime, change since 2019
Perth AmboyUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Perth Amboy. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Perth Amboy
Property, US
2016
+15%
+15%
2017
+20%
+12%
2018
+3%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-32%
-8%
2021
-11%
-10%
2022
+7%
-6%
2023
+19%
-7%
2024
-0%
-15%
Property crime rates and types in Perth Amboy
CrimeGrade™ estimates Perth Amboy has about 19 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 19% less than the US as a whole and close to 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 Perth Amboy, about 55% 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 Perth Amboy 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 Perth Amboy and nearby cities
Perth Amboy has the most property crime of its 10 nearest cities.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Perth Amboy. 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, Perth Amboy is safer than 65% of them.
Walkability, density and night lighting in Perth Amboy
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set Perth Amboy apart: it has a Walk Grade of B (63 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole, and 89% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. Places like that tend to report more theft, and it runs high here.
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. 57% of residents here live in walkable areas.B (63 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 95% 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.89% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 95% 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
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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
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Perth Amboy: C- (27 of 100).8 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 81% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.0.9 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 78% 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 Perth Amboy
Property crime costs Perth Amboy about $8.0 million a year, or $134 per resident and about $443 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
$900,000
$15
Theft
$3.3 million
$55
Vehicle theft
$1.5 million
$25
Arson
$73,000
$1
Vandalism
$2.2 million
$37
Total
$8.0 million
$134
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.
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.
