The Heights, Jersey City, NJ Robbery Rates and Robbery Maps

Crime Grade's robbery map shows the safest places in The Heights in green. The most dangerous areas in The Heights are in red, with moderately safe areas in yellow. Crime rates on the map are weighted by the type and severity of the crime.

Is The Heights, Jersey City, NJ Safe from Robbery?

The B+ grade means the rate of robbery is lower than the average US neighborhood. The Heights is in the 72nd percentile for safety, meaning 28% of neighborhoods are safer and 72% of neighborhoods are more dangerous. This analysis applies to The Heights's proper boundaries only. See the table on nearby places below for nearby neighborhoods.

The rate of robbery in The Heights is 0.4817 per 1,000 residents during a standard year. People who live in The Heights generally consider the northwest part of the neighborhood to be the safest.

Your chance of being a victim of robbery in The Heights may be as high as 1 in 1,601 in the central neighborhoods, or as low as 1 in 2,901 in the northwest part of the neighborhood.

By a simple count ignoring population, more robbery occurs in the northeast parts of The Heights, Jersey City, NJ: about 5 per year. The northwest part of The Heights has fewer cases of robbery with only 1 in a typical year.

How The Heights's Robbery Rate Compares

The chart below compares the robbery rate in The Heights to the New Jersey state average and the national average. All rates are the number of crimes per 1,000 residents in a standard year.

Considering only the robbery rate, The Heights is as safe as the New Jersey state average and safer than the national average.

See how CrimeGrade calculates these grades and rates on the CrimeGrade methodology page.

The Cost of Robbery in The Heights, Jersey City, NJ

Robbery is projected to cost the residents of The Heights about $969,808 in 2025, or roughly $15 per resident. This is part of The Heights's overall Cost of Crime™. See the full cost-of-crime breakdown for The Heights, including every crime type and how The Heights compares to other neighborhoods.

Interpreting the Robbery Map

Remember that robbery rates are measured per resident. Places with heavy daytime traffic, like shopping districts, airports, and parks, can look more dangerous than they are for the people who live there. See a full guide to reading The Heights's crime maps on the The Heights overall crime page.

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Individual The Heights Crime Maps & Stats

Robbery Maps and Rates for Nearby Neighborhoods

Compared to surrounding neighborhoods, the rate of robbery in The Heights is lower. The table below shows Crime Grades for neighborhoods close to The Heights.

Nearby Neighborhood	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade	Robbery Crime Grade
Journal Square, Jersey City, NJ	B	B+	B	C+
The Waterfront, Jersey City, NJ	B+	A-	A-	B
Downtown Jersey City, Jersey City, NJ	A-	A-	A	B+
McGinley Square, Jersey City, NJ	A-	A-	A	C+
West Village, Manhattan, NY	C	D+	C-	D-
Bergen-Lafayette, Jersey City, NJ	B+	B+	A-	C
Chelsea, Manhattan, NY	C	C-	D+	D-
Soho, Manhattan, NY	D-	D	F	D-
Tribeca, Manhattan, NY	B-	C	C+	D+
Greenwich Village, Manhattan, NY	C	C-	C-	D-

Robbery in Neighborhood with Similar Populations

The Heights is lower versus other neighborhoods of the same size for robbery. The table below compares robbery in neighborhoods with comparable overall population.

Similar Neighborhood	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade	Robbery Crime Grade
Valley Oak, Stockton, CA	B	D-	D-	F
Forest Hills, Queens, NY	A-	A	A	B-
Fresno-High, Fresno, CA	D+	D	D	D-
Germantown, Philadelphia, PA	B-	C-	C-	D
Gramercy, Manhattan, NY	C+	C	C	D
Greater Heights, Houston, TX	C-	B	B	C
Greater Hilltop, Columbus, OH	D	C+	C+	D+
Greenville, Jersey City, NJ	A-	A-	A-	C+
Humboldt Park, Chicago, IL	C	C-	C-	F
McLane, Fresno, CA	C	D+	D+	D

Safety and school performance are separate topics, but both shape moving decisions. Using SchoolGrade data, schools in The Heights, Jersey City, NJ average SchoolGrade of D, with 26% actual proficiency versus 32% projected; overall, schools underperform expectations. See The Heights schools on SchoolGrade

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