The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Fairview, NJ
Fairview is a borough of 15,100 in Bergen County, about 4 miles north of Midtown Manhattan · Updated November 2026
Is Fairview, NJ safe?
Yes. An overall CrimeGrade™ of A- means crime in Fairview is low. Most US neighborhoods have little crime too, so Fairview sits near the middle: 45% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime, and 55% in neighborhoods with less. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, A against B. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Fairview run from A to B, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 809 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
45% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Fairview as a whole, and 55% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Fairview scores 809.
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 Fairview, NJ at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Fairview, 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 Fairview
Burglary is a strength. Fairview grades B for property crime, but burglary grades A, better than in the neighborhoods where 62% of Americans live.
The safest and least safe parts of Fairview
Every part of Fairview where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Fairview run from A to B; 13% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Fairview, the northwest side has the least crime and the southwest side the most.
Is crime going up in Fairview?
Reported property crime in Fairview has held about steady since 2019, within 10%. Too few violent crimes are reported here each year for a reliable violent crime trend. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 11 to 9.7 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 12%.
Property crime, change since 2019
FairviewUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Fairview. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Fairview
Property, US
2016
-23%
+15%
2017
-11%
+12%
2018
-6%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-18%
-8%
2021
-12%
-10%
2022
-7%
-6%
2023
+2%
-7%
2024
-10%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Fairview
CrimeGrade™ estimates Fairview has about 21 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 43% less than the US as a whole and 24% less than 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.
Theft makes up about 41% of crime reported in Fairview. Assault is less common but costs more, because each one does more harm.
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 Fairview 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 Fairview compares with nearby cities
Fairview has more crime than 8 of its 10 nearest cities. Ridgefield and Ridgefield Park have the least crime nearby.
Two things set Fairview apart: it has 41 buses and trains an hour at the evening rush, where most Americans have none nearby, and 1.9% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft and robbery, and theft runs high here.
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 Fairview: C (38 of 100).41 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 96% 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.1.9% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 96% of US city residents
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. 64% of residents here live in walkable areas.B+ (72 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 96% of US city residents
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Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.0.3 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 95% 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.85% 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
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 Fairview
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Fairview about $599 a year per household, 50% less 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 $7.5 million a year, or $496 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$360,000
$24
Rape
$63,000
$4
Robbery
$120,000
$8
Assault
$970,000
$64
Burglary
$99,000
$7
Theft
$670,000
$44
Vehicle theft
$150,000
$10
Arson
$7,900
$1
Vandalism
$510,000
$34
Total
$3.0 million
$196
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 Fairview 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. Fairview is the other kind of example: few people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks lower than its CrimeGrade™ suggests.
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 Fairview, NJ average a SchoolGrade of F: 20% of students test proficient, against 18% projected for schools like them. Overall, they don't meet expectations. See schools in Fairview on SchoolGrade
