The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Fair Lawn, NJ: Crime Maps and Statistics

B+

Overall Crime Grade™

Violent Crime Grade	B+
Property Crime Grade	C
Other Crime Grade	A

Which crimes are included?

$9.53 million

Cost of Crime™ for Fair Lawn, NJ

In 2025, crime will cost $750 per household.

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On the map, green marks the parts of Fair Lawn with the least crime overall and red marks the most. Each area is weighted by the type and severity of every offense, so a place with rare but serious violent crime can grade differently from one with frequent petty theft. The Interpreting the Crime Maps section below explains how to read the colors.

Is Fair Lawn, NJ Safe?

The B+ overall grade blends the violent, property, and other grades shown above into one measure, set against the average US city, where Fair Lawn's combined rate is slightly lower than the norm. Fair Lawn sits in the 70th percentile, ahead of 70% of cities and behind 30%. The grade covers only Fair Lawn's official city boundaries. See the table below for nearby cities.

The overall crime rate in Fair Lawn is 18.10 per 1,000 residents in a typical year. Residents generally consider the southwest part of the city the safest. Your chance of being a victim ranges from 1 in 44 in the northwest neighborhoods to 1 in 77 in the southwest.

Counting total incidents instead of per-capita rates, the northwest parts of Fair Lawn, NJ report the most crime, about 138 cases per year. The southwest part reports the fewest, around 38 per year.

The Cost of Crime™ in Fair Lawn, NJ

Across all crime types, the projected cost of crime in Fair Lawn for 2025 is $9,525,358, about $254 per resident and $750 per household. That equals 0.4% of the median household income. These figures cover tangible costs, which include:

Criminal justice system costs (law enforcement, courts, and imprisonment): 54.2%
Direct costs to victims (damaged property, medical expenses, and lost wages): 35.0%
Lost economic contribution from offenders (time in prison or repeat offenses): 10.7%

How Much Does Crime Cost in Fair Lawn Compared to Other Cities?

Fair Lawn, NJ:	$254
Englewood Cliffs, NJ:	$567
Pine Lake Park, NJ:	$68
New Jersey:	$240
USA:	$464

The overall cost of crime per resident in Fair Lawn is $254 per year, which is $210 less than the national average and $15 more than New Jersey's state average. The comparison below uses cities similar to Fair Lawn:

In Englewood Cliffs, NJ, crime costs $567 per person, which is $313 more than in Fair Lawn.
In Pine Lake Park, NJ, crime costs $68 per person, which is $187 less than in Fair Lawn

2025 Projected Cost by Type of Crime

The table below shows the total cost of crime to the residents of Fair Lawn for the year 2025 along with the projected cost per resident.

Crime	Cost to Fair Lawn	Cost per Fair Lawn Resident
Murder	$2.75 million	$73
Rape/Sexual Assault	$565,948	$15
Robbery	$649,987	$17
Assault	$1.27 million	$34
Kidnapping	$82,731	$2
Vehicle Theft	$1.03 million	$28
Burglary	$438,764	$12
Theft	$2.04 million	$54
Arson	$34,677	$1
Vandalism	$346,385	$9
Animal Cruelty	$4,220	$0
Drug Crimes	$181,780	$5
Identity Theft	$129,118	$3
Total Cost of Crime	$9,525,358	$254

The Intangible Cost of Crime in Fair Lawn, NJ

The totals above count tangible costs only. Violent crime also carries a human cost, the pain and trauma borne by victims and their families, which research-based methods estimate so it can be compared across places. That intangible cost in Fair Lawn totals $21,612,926 ($577 per resident), and all of it comes from violent crime rather than property loss. Added to the tangible costs, the full estimate reaches $31,138,284 ($832 per resident). All Cost of Crime figures come from scholarly research on the cost of crime. Read more about our methodology here.

Interpreting the Crime Maps

Crime rates on the map are measured per resident, so areas with heavy visitor traffic can read high because crime follows crowds, even where few people live. The south part of the city holds more retail establishments, which lifts recorded crime around those blocks. A red area does not always mean the neighborhood is unsafe for residents.

Airports, parks, and transit hubs create the same effect. Major airports draw large crowds with few residents nearby, so they read as high-crime spots. Parks and recreational areas, of which Fair Lawn has 2, do the same, and of Fair Lawn's 37,448 residents few live beside them. Before assuming an area is unsafe, weigh both the per-capita rate and the total number of incidents, and note what sits nearby.

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Fair Lawn Crime Breakdown

The tables below show which crimes are used to calculate the Crime Grades above. All crime rates are shown as the number of crimes per 1,000 Fair Lawn residents in a standard year.

Violent Crime Rates

Crime Type	Crime Rate
Assault	1.179
Robbery	0.5518
Rape	0.2493
Murder	0.0391
Total Violent Crime	2.019 (B+)

Property Crime Rates

Crime Type	Crime Rate
Theft	10.52
Vehicle Theft	1.783
Burglary	1.292
Arson	0.0383
Total Property Crime	13.63 (C)

Other Crime Rates

Crime Type	Crime Rate
Kidnapping	0.0364
Drug Crimes	0.6562
Vandalism	1.295
Identity Theft	0.4455
Animal Cruelty	0.0152
Total "Other" Rate	2.448 (A)

Individual Fair Lawn Crime Maps & Stats

Crime Maps and Rates for Nearby Cities

Compared to surrounding cities, the rate of crime in Fair Lawn is lower. The table below shows Crime Grades for cities close to Fair Lawn.

Nearby City	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade
Glen Rock, NJ	B+	B+	C+
Elmwood Park, NJ	B-	B	C-
Saddle Brook, NJ	B-	B+	D+
Hawthorne, NJ	B	B-	C
Rochelle Park, NJ	C-	B-	D
Paterson, NJ	C+	C	D+
Prospect Park, NJ	B-	C	C-
Paramus, NJ	C	B+	D
Ridgewood, NJ	B	A	C-
Maywood, NJ	B	B+	C-

Crime Maps and Rates for City with Similar Populations

Fair Lawn is lower versus other cities of the same size for crime. The table below compares crime in cities with comparable overall population in the city‘s boundaries.

Similar City	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade
Socorro, TX	D	D	D
Granite City, IL	C	C	C
Greeneville, TN	D	D-	D-
Greenfield, IN	B+	A	A
Harker Heights, TX	D+	D	D
Havertown, PA	A-	B+	B+
Inman, SC	C	C	C
Kingston, NY	D+	D	D
Laramie, WY	C	B	B
Lawndale, CA	C-	D+	D+

Considering only the crime rate, Fair Lawn is as safe as the New Jersey state average and safer than the national average.

Safety and school performance are separate topics, but both shape moving decisions. Using SchoolGrade data, schools in Fair Lawn, NJ average SchoolGrade of B+, with 49% actual proficiency versus 42% projected; overall, schools greatly exceed expectations. See Fair Lawn schools on SchoolGrade

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