Teaneck is a township of 41,600 in Bergen County, about 9 miles north of Midtown Manhattan · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Teaneck?
Teaneck earns an A for property crime, safer than the neighborhoods where 55% of Americans live. Theft makes up 56% 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 847 of 1,000About as much property crime as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
55% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Teaneck as a whole, and 45% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Teaneck scores 847.
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 Teaneck, NJ at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Teaneck, 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 Teaneck
Thefts from cars happen in the morning far more often than nationally. In Teaneck, 62% of reported thefts from cars happen in the morning (6 am to noon), against 23% nationally.
Burglaries and thefts both run low. In Teaneck, each runs at about half the US rate: 1.1 burglaries and 6.4 thefts a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.4 and 13.1 nationally.
Where property crime is lowest and highest in Teaneck
Every part of Teaneck where people live grades A or B for property crime on the national scale. Property crime grades across Teaneck 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.
1Colonial Village, southeastThefts run at about half the rate in the rest of Teaneck.A883
2West Englewood, northeastThefts run about 40% higher here than in the rest of Teaneck.A-818
3Queen Anne Park, westThefts run about 50% higher here than in the rest of Teaneck.A-811
Neighborhood areas of Teaneck, 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 Teaneck?
Reported property crime in Teaneck has fallen 11% since 2019. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 9.0 to 8.0 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 30%.
Property crime, change since 2019
TeaneckUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Teaneck. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Teaneck
Property, US
2016
+16%
+15%
2017
+6%
+12%
2018
+15%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
+7%
-8%
2021
-23%
-10%
2022
+18%
-6%
2023
+26%
-7%
2024
-11%
-15%
Property crime rates and types in Teaneck
CrimeGrade™ estimates Teaneck has about 11 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 52% less than the US as a whole and 38% 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 Teaneck, about 56% 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.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Where and when property crime happens in Teaneck
Teaneck has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Teaneck, 74% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Car thefts happen most often on streets and sidewalks: 49% of them, against 27% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (74%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Car theft
Streets and sidewalks (49%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Theft from cars
Streets and sidewalks (44%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Streets and sidewalks (30%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
Property crime in Teaneck and nearby cities
Teaneck has less property crime than 5 of its 10 nearest cities.
Parking lots, empty homes and walkability in Teaneck
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set Teaneck apart: it has 0.4 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally, and 2.5% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally. Places like that tend to report less theft, and it runs low here.
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.0.4 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 94% of US city residents
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.2.5% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 92% 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.C+ (41 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 88% of US city residents
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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
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Teaneck: C- (32 of 100).16 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 89% 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.48% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 82% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Teaneck 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 Teaneck
Property crime costs Teaneck about $3.1 million a year, or $75 per resident and about $225 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
$430,000
$10
Theft
$1.4 million
$33
Vehicle theft
$280,000
$7
Arson
$49,000
$1
Vandalism
$980,000
$24
Total
$3.1 million
$75
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.
