North Broadway is a neighborhood of 14,800 residents in Newark, about 3 miles north of downtown · Updated November 2026
Is North Broadway in Newark safe?
North Broadway has more crime than most of the country: an overall CrimeGrade™ of C, with more crime than the neighborhoods where 85% of Americans live. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, B against F. Newark as a whole grades D+. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within North Broadway run from B+ to F, so check the map below.
C
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 404 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
15% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than North Broadway as a whole, and 85% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. North Broadway scores 404.
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 North Broadway, Newark, NJ at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in North Broadway in Newark, 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 North Broadway
Burglary is a strength. North Broadway grades F for property crime, but burglary grades A, better than in the neighborhoods where 50% of Americans live.
Thefts from cars happen on streets and sidewalks far more often than nationally. In Newark as a whole, 97% of reported thefts from cars happen on streets and sidewalks, against 18% nationally.
How North Broadway compares within Newark
High crime is widespread across North Broadway: 68% of residents live in areas graded D or F, and 11% in areas graded A or B. Grades across North Broadway run from B+ to F; every part of North Broadway has more crime than the typical US neighborhood.
11%21%68%
A or B 11%C 21%D or F 68%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
North Broadway has less crime than 16 of the 19 neighborhoods in Newark. It covers much of the Forest Hill, North Broadway, and Mount Pleasant-Lower Broadway areas.
Is crime going up in Newark?
Reported violent crime in Newark as a whole peaked in 2021 and has fallen 10% since, back near its 2019 level. Property crime is up 17% from 2019. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 6.2 to 5.7 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 16 to 19 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime rose 18% and property crime fell 13%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
NewarkUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments that serve Newark. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Newark
Violent, US
Property, Newark
Property, US
2016
+53%
+4%
+38%
+15%
2017
+47%
+4%
+48%
+12%
2018
+19%
+0%
+23%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-21%
+4%
-10%
-8%
2021
+3%
+6%
+18%
-10%
2022
-16%
+5%
+11%
-6%
2023
-22%
+2%
+34%
-7%
2024
-8%
-4%
+17%
-15%
Crime rates and types in North Broadway
CrimeGrade™ estimates North Broadway has about 22 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 40% less than the US as a whole and 48% less than Newark as a whole.
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.
The largest share of crime reported in North Broadway is assault, about 29% of the total. It also makes up 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 Newark
The Newark Police Department polices North Broadway; these figures cover Newark as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Newark as a whole, 67% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (67%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Car theft
Streets and sidewalks (99%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Theft from cars
Streets and sidewalks (97%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Streets and sidewalks (70%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Robbery
Streets and sidewalks (75%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (47%)
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 North Broadway compares with nearby neighborhoods
North Broadway has less crime than 8 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods; only Central Business District and Forest Hill have less.
Two things set North Broadway apart: it has 3.6 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally, and 14 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report less theft and car theft, yet theft and car theft run higher here than that would suggest.
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft and car theft.3.6 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 88% of residents of US city neighborhoods
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.14 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 81% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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. 65% of residents here live in walkable areas.B+ (68 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 76% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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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 80% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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 North Broadway
Crime costs North Broadway about $1,032 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 14% 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 $18 million a year, or $1,188 per resident.
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 North Broadway 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. North Broadway is the other kind of example: few people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks lower than its CrimeGrade™ suggests.
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
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 North Broadway, Newark, NJ average a SchoolGrade of D-: 28% of students test proficient, against 20% projected for schools like them. Overall, they don't meet expectations. See schools in North Broadway on SchoolGrade
