The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Camden, NJ
Camden is the ninth-largest city in New Jersey, with 68,800 residents in Camden County, about 3 miles east of downtown Philadelphia · Updated November 2026
Is Camden, NJ safe?
Camden 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 F and property crime D+. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Camden run from B to F, so check the map or the safest and least safe neighborhoods below.
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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 Camden as a whole, and 95% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Camden 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 Camden, NJ at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Camden, 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 Camden
Car thefts run high in Marlton & Stockton. In this part of east Camden, they run at about double the rate in the rest of Camden.
Reported rapes run high for an F-graded city. Camden has 0.79 reported rapes a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of an F-graded US city, the figure is 0.34.
The safest and most dangerous neighborhoods in Camden
High crime is widespread across Camden: 98% of residents live in areas graded D or F, and 2% in areas graded A or B. Grades across Camden run from B to F; every part of Camden has more crime than the typical US neighborhood.
98%
A or B 2%D or F 98%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
1Pyne Poynt, Cooper Point & Cooper Grant, northwestRobberies run about 40% lower here than in the rest of Camden.D-108
2Lanning Square & Bergen Square, westRobberies run at less than half the rate in the rest of Camden.F42
3Cramer Hill, northClose to the rest of Camden on most crimes.F31
4Parkside, centralAggravated assaults run about 60% higher here than in the rest of Camden.F0
5Biedeman, Dudley & Rosedale, northeastAggravated assaults run about 40% lower here than in the rest of Camden.F0
6Marlton & Stockton, eastThefts run at about double the rate in the rest of Camden.F0
8Waterfront South, southwestCar thefts run at less than half the rate in the rest of Camden.F0
Neighborhood areas of Camden, ranked by overall 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 crime going up in Camden?
Since 2019, reported violent crime in Camden is down 12%, while property crime has held about steady. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 16 to 14 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 29 to 31 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime fell 17%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
CamdenUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Camden. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Camden
Violent, US
Property, Camden
Property, US
2016
+35%
+4%
+25%
+15%
2017
+26%
+4%
+20%
+12%
2018
+3%
+0%
+5%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+4%
+4%
-22%
-8%
2021
+10%
+6%
-23%
-10%
2022
+1%
+5%
-3%
-6%
2023
+6%
+2%
+11%
-7%
2024
-12%
-4%
+8%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Camden
CrimeGrade™ estimates Camden has about 98 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, more than double the rate for the US as a whole and more than triple the rate for New Jersey.
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 Camden, about 51% of everything reported, and it also accounts for the largest share of what crime costs here.
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.
The Camden County 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.
How Camden compares with nearby cities
Camden has the most crime of its 10 nearest cities.
Two things set Camden apart: it has a Walk Grade of B (60 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole, and 84% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. Places like that tend to report more theft and assault, and they run 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 and assault.B (60 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 94% of US city residents
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.84% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 93% 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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Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft and robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Camden: C- (30 of 100).20 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 91% 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.10.4% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 87% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.6.3 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 86% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Camden 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 crime costs Camden
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Camden about $4,638 a year per household, more than triple 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 $426 million a year, or $6,195 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$34 million
$494
Rape
$3.3 million
$47
Robbery
$5.5 million
$80
Assault
$40 million
$582
Burglary
$2.5 million
$37
Theft
$5.8 million
$84
Vehicle theft
$11 million
$155
Arson
$850,000
$12
Vandalism
$6.5 million
$94
Total
$109 million
$1,585
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 Camden 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
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.
Schools in Camden, NJ average a SchoolGrade of F: 19% of students test proficient, against 18% projected for schools like them. Overall, they underperform expectations. See schools in Camden on SchoolGrade
