The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Harrison, NJ
Harrison is a town of 19,900 in Hudson County, about 9 miles west of Midtown Manhattan · Updated November 2026
Is Harrison, NJ safe?
With an overall CrimeGrade™ of B+, Harrison has moderate crime by national standards. Most US neighborhoods have less: 69% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime. Violent crime grades B+ and property crime B-. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Harrison run from A- to C, so check the map below.
B+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 706 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
31% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Harrison as a whole, and 69% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Harrison scores 706.
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 Harrison, NJ at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Harrison, 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 Harrison
Vehicle theft runs low. Harrison has 1.3 car thefts a year per 1,000 residents, about half the US rate of 2.7.
The safest and least safe parts of Harrison
Low crime is the norm across Harrison: 73% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and the rest in areas graded C. Grades across Harrison run from A- to C; every part of Harrison has more crime than the typical US neighborhood.
73%27%
A or B 73%C 27%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Harrison, the southwest side has the least crime and the northwest side the most.
Is crime going up in Harrison?
Reported violent crime in Harrison peaked in 2021 and has fallen 32% since, back near its 2019 level. Property crime is down 1% from 2019. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults stayed at about 2.3 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts stayed at about 17 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime fell 22% and property crime fell 25%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
HarrisonUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Harrison. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Harrison
Violent, US
Property, Harrison
Property, US
2016
+9%
+4%
+31%
+15%
2017
+45%
+4%
+18%
+12%
2018
-1%
+0%
+25%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-12%
+4%
-13%
-8%
2021
+42%
+6%
+6%
-10%
2022
+24%
+5%
+17%
-6%
2023
+25%
+2%
+32%
-7%
2024
-3%
-4%
-1%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Harrison
CrimeGrade™ estimates Harrison has about 35 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 7% less than the US as a whole and 25% 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 makes up about 41% of crime reported in Harrison. 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 Harrison 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 Harrison compares with nearby cities
Harrison has less crime than 6 of its 9 nearest cities.
Two things set Harrison apart: it has 58 buses and trains an hour at the evening rush, where most Americans have none nearby, and 95% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. Places like that tend to report more theft and robbery, and they run 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 Harrison: C- (30 of 100).58 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 97% 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.95% of residentsUS: 24%Higher 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. 52% of residents here live in walkable areas.B+ (66 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 95% of US city residents
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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
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.23 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 82% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.0.9 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 80% 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 Harrison
Crime costs Harrison about $889 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 26% 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 $19 million a year, or $959 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$870,000
$43
Rape
$340,000
$17
Robbery
$400,000
$20
Assault
$2.0 million
$102
Burglary
$600,000
$30
Theft
$1.4 million
$72
Vehicle theft
$400,000
$20
Arson
$19,000
$1
Vandalism
$890,000
$45
Total
$7.0 million
$351
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 Harrison 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 Harrison, NJ average a SchoolGrade of D-: 27% of students test proficient, against 24% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Harrison on SchoolGrade
