ZIP 07107 is among the higher-crime places in the US: an overall CrimeGrade™ of F, with more crime than the neighborhoods where 95% of Americans live. Violent crime grades C- and property crime F. Newark as a whole grades D+. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within ZIP 07107 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
5% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than ZIP 07107 as a whole, and 95% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. ZIP 07107 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 07107, Newark, NJ at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in ZIP 07107 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 07107
Burglary is a strength. ZIP 07107 grades F for property crime, but burglary grades A.
Thefts from cars happen on streets and sidewalks far more often than nationally. In Newark as a whole, 97% of reported thefts from cars happen on streets and sidewalks, against 18% nationally.
How ZIP 07107 compares within Newark
High crime is widespread across ZIP 07107: 96% of residents live in areas graded D or F, and the rest in areas graded C. Grades across ZIP 07107 run from C to F; every part of ZIP 07107 has more crime than the typical US neighborhood.
96%
C 4%D or F 96%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
ZIP 07107 has less crime than 3 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 07107
CrimeGrade™ estimates ZIP 07107 has about 35 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, about the same as the US as a whole and 18% less 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 07107, about 37% 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 07107; these figures cover Newark as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Newark as a whole, 67% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% 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 07107 compares with nearby ZIP codes
Of the 10 ZIP codes closest to ZIP 07107, 8 have less crime. ZIP 07032 and ZIP 07029 have the least.
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs ZIP 07107 about $1,803 a year per household, 50% more than 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 $96 million a year, or $2,242 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 07107 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 07107, Newark, NJ average a SchoolGrade of D-: 24% of students test proficient, against 17% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in ZIP 07107 on SchoolGrade
