The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Hoboken, NJ
Hoboken is a city of 59,100 in Hudson County, about 3 miles west of Midtown Manhattan · Updated November 2026
Is Hoboken, NJ safe?
Yes, by national standards: an overall CrimeGrade™ of A- means crime in Hoboken is low. Most US neighborhoods have even less, though: 61% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, A against B-. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Hoboken run from A to C-, so check the map below.
A-
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 776 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
39% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Hoboken as a whole, and 61% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Hoboken scores 776.
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 Hoboken, NJ at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Hoboken, 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 Hoboken
Burglary is a strength. Hoboken grades B- for property crime, but burglary grades A, better than in the neighborhoods where 59% of Americans live.
Thefts from cars happen on streets and sidewalks far more often than nationally. In Hoboken, 84% of reported thefts from cars happen on streets and sidewalks, against 18% nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Hoboken
Most of Hoboken grades well: 85% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and the rest in areas graded C. Grades across Hoboken run from A to C-; 8% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
85%15%
A or B 85%C 15%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Hoboken, the southeast side has the least crime and the south side the most.
Is crime going up in Hoboken?
Reported crime in Hoboken has risen since 2019: violent crime is up 22% and property crime up 37%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 1.5 to 1.8 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 13 to 17 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime rose 27% and property crime rose 23%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
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Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Hoboken. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Hoboken
Violent, US
Property, Hoboken
Property, US
2016
+51%
+4%
+39%
+15%
2017
+63%
+4%
+57%
+12%
2018
+50%
+0%
+28%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-26%
+4%
+2%
-8%
2021
-2%
+6%
-11%
-10%
2022
+2%
+5%
+21%
-6%
2023
-4%
+2%
+12%
-7%
2024
+22%
-4%
+37%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Hoboken
CrimeGrade™ estimates Hoboken has about 25 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 33% less than the US as a whole and close to 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 Hoboken, about 62% 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.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Where and when crime happens in Hoboken
Hoboken has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Hoboken, 62% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (62%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Car theft
Streets and sidewalks (85%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Theft from cars
Streets and sidewalks (84%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Streets and sidewalks (40%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Robbery
Streets and sidewalks (51%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Aggravated assault
Streets and sidewalks (48%)
Night (midnight to 6 am)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
How Hoboken compares with nearby cities
Hoboken has less crime than 5 of its 10 nearest cities.
Two things set Hoboken apart: it has a Walk Grade of A+ (97 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole, and 100% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. Places like that tend to report more theft and assault, and theft runs 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. 100% of residents here live in walkable areas.A+ (97 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 99% 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.100% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 99% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.0.2 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 97% 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 Hoboken: C+ (41 of 100).41 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 96% 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
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.13.2 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 78% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Hoboken 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 Hoboken
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Hoboken about $454 a year per household, 62% 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 $29 million a year, or $494 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$860,000
$15
Rape
$120,000
$2
Robbery
$1.2 million
$20
Assault
$3.8 million
$65
Burglary
$620,000
$11
Theft
$4.7 million
$79
Vehicle theft
$1.1 million
$18
Arson
$18,000
under $1
Vandalism
$510,000
$9
Total
$13 million
$218
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 Hoboken 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 Hoboken, NJ average a SchoolGrade of A-: 52% of students test proficient, against 42% projected for schools like them. Overall, they greatly exceed expectations. See schools in Hoboken on SchoolGrade
