The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Secaucus, NJ
Secaucus is a town of 21,800 in Hudson County, about 5 miles northwest of Midtown Manhattan · Updated November 2026
Is Secaucus, NJ safe?
Yes. Crime is low across most of the US, and lower still in Secaucus: an overall CrimeGrade™ of A, safer than the neighborhoods where 62% of Americans live. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, A+ against A-. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Secaucus run from A+ to B, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 884 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
62% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Secaucus as a whole, and 38% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Secaucus scores 884.
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 Secaucus, NJ at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Secaucus, 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 Secaucus
Burglaries happen at night far more often than nationally. In Secaucus, 65% of reported burglaries happen at night (midnight to 6 am), against 21% nationally.
Theft at more than double the US rate. Secaucus has 30.8 thefts a year per 1,000 residents, against 13.1 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Secaucus
Every part of Secaucus where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Secaucus run from A+ to B; 79% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Secaucus, the southwest side has the least crime and the center the most.
Is crime going up in Secaucus?
Since 2019, reported violent crime in Secaucus is down 25% and property crime is up 44%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 1.9 to 1.4 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 24 to 34 (US: 18). Neither changed much from 2023 to 2024.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
SecaucusUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Secaucus. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Secaucus
Violent, US
Property, Secaucus
Property, US
2016
+7%
+4%
-15%
+15%
2017
-10%
+4%
-2%
+12%
2018
-22%
+0%
+8%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+21%
+4%
-22%
-8%
2021
+18%
+6%
-7%
-10%
2022
+20%
+5%
+20%
-6%
2023
-8%
+2%
+39%
-7%
2024
-25%
-4%
+44%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Secaucus
CrimeGrade™ estimates Secaucus has about 45 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 22% more than the US as a whole and 65% 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 is the most common crime in Secaucus, about 68% 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 Secaucus
Secaucus has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
Thefts from cars happen most often on streets and sidewalks: 61% of them, against 18% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Stores and businesses (71%)
Night (midnight to 6 am)
Car theft
Parking lots and garages (59%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Theft from cars
Streets and sidewalks (61%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Parking lots and garages (33%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Aggravated assault
Homes (45%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
How Secaucus compares with nearby cities
Secaucus has less crime than 7 of its 10 nearest cities.
Two things set Secaucus apart: it has 170 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole, and 17.4 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally. It also combines many jobs with busy transit: places with both tend to report more theft and robbery than places with only one of them, and theft runs high here.
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.170 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 99% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.17.4 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 93% 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. 56% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.C (34 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 85% 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 Secaucus: C- (25 of 100).25 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 92% 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
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.66% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 89% 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 Secaucus
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Secaucus about $825 a year per household, 32% 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 $13 million a year, or $606 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$320,000
$15
Rape
$270,000
$13
Robbery
$310,000
$14
Assault
$1.4 million
$62
Burglary
$680,000
$31
Theft
$3.4 million
$158
Vehicle theft
$420,000
$19
Arson
$11,000
$1
Vandalism
$480,000
$22
Total
$7.3 million
$335
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 Secaucus 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. Secaucus is a good example: many people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks worse 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
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 Secaucus, NJ average a SchoolGrade of C-: 38% of students test proficient, against 30% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Secaucus on SchoolGrade
