ZIP 07103 is among the higher-crime places in the US: an overall CrimeGrade™ of F, with more crime than the neighborhoods where 96% of Americans live. Violent and property crime both grade F here. Newark as a whole grades D+. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within ZIP 07103 run from C+ to F, so check the map below.
F
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 0 of 1,000Less safe than nearly all US neighborhoodsi What this means
4% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than ZIP 07103 as a whole, and 96% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. ZIP 07103 scores 0.
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 crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its crime with the people, homes and cars there, on one national scale, from green for the least crime 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 ZIP 07103, Newark, NJ at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in ZIP 07103 in Newark, 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 in ZIP 07103
Burglaries are less common than the crime level suggests. Crime overall in ZIP 07103 runs 66% above the US rate, but burglaries run 25% below it: 1.8 a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.4 nationally.
Theft is a strength. ZIP 07103 grades F for property crime, but theft grades B.
How ZIP 07103 compares within Newark
High crime is widespread across ZIP 07103: 91% of residents live in areas graded D or F, and the rest in areas graded C. Grades across ZIP 07103 run from C+ to F; every part of ZIP 07103 has more crime than the typical US neighborhood.
91%
C 9%D or F 91%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
ZIP 07103 has less crime than 1 of the 9 ZIP codes in Newark.
Is crime going up in Newark?
Reported violent crime in Newark as a whole peaked in 2021 and has fallen 10% since, back near its 2019 level. Property crime is up 17% from 2019. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 6.2 to 5.7 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 16 to 19 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime rose 18% and property crime fell 13%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
NewarkUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments that serve Newark. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Newark
Violent, US
Property, Newark
Property, US
2016
+53%
+4%
+38%
+15%
2017
+47%
+4%
+48%
+12%
2018
+19%
+0%
+23%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-21%
+4%
-10%
-8%
2021
+3%
+6%
+18%
-10%
2022
-16%
+5%
+11%
-6%
2023
-22%
+2%
+34%
-7%
2024
-8%
-4%
+17%
-15%
Crime rates and types in ZIP 07103
CrimeGrade™ estimates ZIP 07103 has about 62 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 66% more than the US as a whole and 43% more than Newark as a whole.
Overall crime
Violent crime
Property crime
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. These figures include simple assaults and vandalism, which the FBI's violent and property crime rates leave out.
Assault is the most common crime in ZIP 07103, about 38% of everything reported.
Each CrimeGrade™ compares a crime with what it affects: people for assaults and robbery, homes for burglary, parked cars for vehicle theft. 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 crime happens in Newark
The Newark Police Department polices ZIP 07103; these figures cover Newark as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Newark as a whole, 67% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often on streets and sidewalks: 97% of them, against 18% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (67%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Car theft
Streets and sidewalks (99%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Theft from cars
Streets and sidewalks (97%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Streets and sidewalks (70%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Robbery
Streets and sidewalks (75%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (47%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
How ZIP 07103 compares with nearby ZIP codes
ZIP 07103 has more crime than 8 of its 10 nearest ZIP codes. ZIP 07029 and ZIP 07114 have the least crime nearby.
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs ZIP 07103 about $3,302 a year per household, more than double the US figure of $1,205.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost comes to about $176 million a year, or $4,752 per resident.
How CrimeGrade™ works
A CrimeGrade™ shows how much crime an area has compared with the rest of the country, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most. Every neighborhood in the US is graded on the same scale, so a B in ZIP 07103 means the same as a B anywhere else.
CrimeGrade™ starts from the crimes people report to police and measures each kind of crime against what it affects: people for assaults, homes for burglaries, parked cars for car thefts.
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
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.
Schools in ZIP 07103, Newark, NJ average a SchoolGrade of F: 21% of students test proficient, against 16% projected for schools like them. Overall, they don't meet expectations. See schools in ZIP 07103 on SchoolGrade
