The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Irvington, NJ
Irvington is a township of 61,300 in Essex County, about 13 miles west of Midtown Manhattan · Updated November 2026
Is Irvington, NJ safe?
Irvington is among the higher-crime places in the US: an overall CrimeGrade™ of F, with more crime than the neighborhoods where 96% of Americans live. Violent crime grades C- and property crime F. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Irvington run from B to F, so check the map below.
F
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 0 of 1,000Less safe than nearly all US neighborhoodsi What this means
4% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Irvington as a whole, and 96% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Irvington scores 0.
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 Irvington, NJ at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Irvington, 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 Irvington
Burglaries are less common than the crime level suggests. Crime overall in Irvington runs 28% above the US rate, but burglaries run 48% below it: 1.2 a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.4 nationally.
Aggravated assaults are less common than in most F-graded cities. Irvington has 1.5 aggravated assaults a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of an F-graded US city, the figure is 7.6.
The safest and least safe parts of Irvington
High crime is widespread across Irvington: 94% of residents live in areas graded D or F, and 1% in areas graded A or B. Grades across Irvington run from B to F; every part of Irvington has more crime than the typical US neighborhood.
94%
A or B 1%C 5%D or F 94%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Irvington, the southwest side has the least crime and the center the most.
Crime rates and types in Irvington
CrimeGrade™ estimates Irvington has about 47 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 28% more than the US as a whole and 72% 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.
Assault is the most common crime in Irvington, about 30% of everything reported.
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 Irvington Police Department's 2024 report to the FBI was missing some months of simple assault; CrimeGrade™ filled them in from the department's own monthly pattern.
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 Irvington
Irvington has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Irvington, 75% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often on streets and sidewalks: 98% of them, against 18% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (75%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Car theft
Streets and sidewalks (99%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Theft from cars
Streets and sidewalks (98%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Streets and sidewalks (64%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Robbery
Streets and sidewalks (79%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Streets and sidewalks (70%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
How Irvington compares with nearby cities
Irvington has the most crime of its 10 nearest cities.
Parking lots, density and walkability in Irvington
Two things set Irvington apart: it has 0.1 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally, and 95% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. Places with little parking-lot space tend to report less theft, yet theft runs higher here than that would suggest.
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.0.1 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower 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.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.B (63 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 95% 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 Irvington: C (36 of 100).34 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 94% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.15 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower 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 Irvington
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Irvington about $1,812 a year per household, 50% more 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 $125 million a year, or $2,046 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$10.0 million
$163
Rape
$1.5 million
$25
Robbery
$4.6 million
$76
Assault
$8.3 million
$136
Burglary
$670,000
$11
Theft
$4.4 million
$72
Vehicle theft
$9.9 million
$161
Arson
$45,000
$1
Vandalism
$2.0 million
$33
Total
$41 million
$676
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 Irvington 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 Irvington, NJ average a SchoolGrade of F: 19% of students test proficient, against 15% projected for schools like them. Overall, they don't meet expectations. See schools in Irvington on SchoolGrade
