The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in New Jersey: Crime Maps and Statistics

A+

Overall Crime Grade™

Violent Crime Grade	A
Property Crime Grade	A-
Other Crime Grade	A+

Which crimes are included?

$2.4 billion

Cost of Crime™ for New Jersey

In 2025, crime will cost $659 per household.

More cost data

On the map, green marks the parts of New Jersey with the least crime overall and red marks the most. Each area is weighted by the type and severity of every offense, so a place with rare but serious violent crime can grade differently from one with frequent petty theft. The Interpreting the Crime Maps section below explains how to read the colors.

Is New Jersey Safe?

The A+ overall grade blends the violent, property, and other grades shown above into one measure, set against the average US state, where New Jersey's combined rate is much lower than the norm. New Jersey sits in the 98th percentile, ahead of 98% of states and behind 2%. The grade covers only New Jersey's official city boundaries. See the table below for nearby states.

The overall crime rate in New Jersey is 18.06 per 1,000 residents in a typical year. Residents generally consider the southeast part of the state the safest. Your chance of being a victim ranges from 1 in 44 in the northeast cities to 1 in 86 in the southeast.

Counting total incidents instead of per-capita rates, the northeast parts of New Jersey report the most crime, about 67,622 cases per year. The southeast part reports the fewest, around 2,775 per year.

The Cost of Crime™ in New Jersey

Across all crime types, the projected cost of crime in New Jersey for 2025 is $2,360,995,099, about $240 per resident and $659 per household. That equals 0.5% of the median household income. These figures cover tangible costs, which include:

Criminal justice system costs (law enforcement, courts, and imprisonment): 55.9%
Direct costs to victims (damaged property, medical expenses, and lost wages): 33.3%
Lost economic contribution from offenders (time in prison or repeat offenses): 10.8%

How Much Does Crime Cost in New Jersey Compared to Other States?

New Jersey:	$240
New Mexico:	$835
Florida:	$246
USA:	$464

The overall cost of crime per resident in New Jersey is $240 per year, which is $225 less than the national average. The comparison below uses states similar to New Jersey:

In New Mexico, crime costs $835 per person, which is $595 more than in New Jersey.
In Florida, crime costs $246 per person, which is $7 more than in New Jersey

2025 Projected Cost by Type of Crime

The table below shows the total cost of crime to the residents of New Jersey for the year 2025 along with the projected cost per resident.

Crime	Cost to New Jersey	Cost per New Jersey Resident
Murder	$594.7 million	$60
Rape/Sexual Assault	$147.6 million	$15
Robbery	$141.5 million	$14
Assault	$363.7 million	$37
Kidnapping	$19.4 million	$2
Vehicle Theft	$231.0 million	$23
Burglary	$120.4 million	$12
Theft	$509.5 million	$52
Arson	$9.38 million	$1
Vandalism	$141.9 million	$14
Animal Cruelty	$863,698	$0
Drug Crimes	$46.8 million	$5
Identity Theft	$34.3 million	$3
Total Cost of Crime	$2,360,995,099	$240

The Intangible Cost of Crime in New Jersey

The totals above count tangible costs only. Violent crime also carries a human cost, the pain and trauma borne by victims and their families, which research-based methods estimate so it can be compared across places. That intangible cost in New Jersey totals $4,817,472,068 ($489 per resident), and all of it comes from violent crime rather than property loss. Added to the tangible costs, the full estimate reaches $7,178,467,167 ($729 per resident). All Cost of Crime figures come from scholarly research on the cost of crime. Read more about our methodology here.

Interpreting the Crime Maps

Crime rates on the map are measured per resident, so areas with heavy visitor traffic can read high because crime follows crowds, even where few people live. The northeast part of the state holds more retail establishments, which lifts recorded crime around those blocks. A red area does not always mean the neighborhood is unsafe for residents.

Airports, parks, and transit hubs create the same effect. Major airports, of which New Jersey has 1, draw large crowds with few residents nearby, so they read as high-crime spots. Parks and recreational areas, of which New Jersey has 1,270, do the same, and of New Jersey's 9,853,140 residents few live beside them. Before assuming an area is unsafe, weigh both the per-capita rate and the total number of incidents, and note what sits nearby.

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New Jersey Crime Breakdown

The tables below show which crimes are used to calculate the Crime Grades above. All crime rates are shown as the number of crimes per 1,000 New Jersey residents in a standard year.

Violent Crime Rates

Crime Type	Crime Rate
Assault	1.285
Robbery	0.4566
Rape	0.2470
Murder	0.0321
Total Violent Crime	2.021 (A)

Property Crime Rates

Crime Type	Crime Rate
Theft	9.984
Vehicle Theft	1.514
Burglary	1.347
Arson	0.0394
Total Property Crime	12.88 (A-)

Other Crime Rates

Crime Type	Crime Rate
Kidnapping	0.0325
Drug Crimes	0.6417
Vandalism	2.016
Identity Theft	0.4502
Animal Cruelty	0.0119
Total "Other" Rate	3.152 (A+)

Individual New Jersey Crime Maps & Stats

Crime Maps and Rates for Nearby States

Compared to surrounding states, the rate of crime in New Jersey is lower. The table below shows Crime Grades for states close to New Jersey.

Nearby State	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade
Delaware	D	C-	C-
Connecticut	B+	A+	B
New York	A-	C	B-
Maryland	C	C-	C+
Pennsylvania	A	A-	A-
District of Columbia	F	F	F
Rhode Island	A	A	A-
Massachusetts	A+	C+	A+
New Hampshire	A	A+	A+
Vermont	B+	A-	C+

Crime Maps and Rates for State with Similar Populations

New Jersey is lower versus other states of the same size for crime. The table below compares crime in states with comparable overall population in the state‘s boundaries.

Similar State	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade
California	C	D	D
Arkansas	D-	D-	D-
Maine	A	A+	A+
Louisiana	D+	D-	D-
Kansas	D+	C-	C-
Iowa	B+	B	B
Indiana	A-	B-	B-
Illinois	B	B+	B+
Idaho	A-	B	B
Hawaii	B	A	A

Considering only the crime rate, New Jersey is as safe as the national average.

Safety and school performance are separate topics, but both shape moving decisions. Using SchoolGrade data, schools in New Jersey average SchoolGrade of C-, with 32% actual proficiency versus 36% projected; overall, schools don't meet expectations. See New Jersey schools on SchoolGrade

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