The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Gloucester City, NJ
Gloucester City is a city of 11,100 in Camden County, about 5 miles southeast of downtown Philadelphia · Updated November 2026
Is Gloucester City, NJ safe?
With an overall CrimeGrade™ of B+, Gloucester City has moderate crime by national standards. Most US neighborhoods have less: 68% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime. Violent crime grades B+ and property crime B. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Gloucester City run from A- to C, so check the map below.
B+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 711 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
32% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Gloucester City as a whole, and 68% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Gloucester City scores 711.
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 Gloucester City, NJ at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Gloucester City, 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
The safest and least safe parts of Gloucester City
Low crime is the norm across Gloucester City: 87% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and the rest in areas graded C. Grades across Gloucester City run from A- to C; 11% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
87%13%
A or B 87%C 13%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Gloucester City, the southeast side has the least crime and the northwest side the most.
Crime rates and types in Gloucester City
CrimeGrade™ estimates Gloucester City has about 44 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 19% more than the US as a whole and 61% more 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 is the most common crime in Gloucester City, about 45% of everything reported, but assault 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 Gloucester City Police Department's 2024 report to the FBI was missing some months of aggravated assault, simple assault, burglary, theft and vehicle theft; CrimeGrade™ filled them in from the department's own monthly pattern. The 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 Gloucester City compares with nearby cities
Gloucester City has less crime than 6 of its 10 nearest cities.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Gloucester City. Beside each overall CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with cities of similar size and density, Gloucester City has more crime than 63% of them.
Night lighting, walkability and density in Gloucester City
Two things set Gloucester City apart: it has a Walk Grade of B- (49 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole, and 62% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. Places like that tend to report more theft and assault, and they run high here.
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
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- (49 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 91% 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.62% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 88% of US city residents
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Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.7.2 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 80% 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.8.7% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 77% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.2.5 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 74% 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 Gloucester City
Crime costs Gloucester City about $1,255 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, about the same as 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 $15 million a year, or $1,347 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$690,000
$62
Rape
$90,000
$8
Robbery
$150,000
$13
Assault
$1.9 million
$169
Burglary
$180,000
$16
Theft
$1.1 million
$102
Vehicle theft
$270,000
$25
Arson
$13,000
$1
Vandalism
$620,000
$56
Total
$5.0 million
$452
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 Gloucester City 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 Gloucester City, NJ average a SchoolGrade of D: 30% of students test proficient, against 22% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Gloucester City on SchoolGrade
