New Brunswick, NJ Violent Crime Rates and Maps

Overall Crime Grade™

Violent Crime Grade	B-
Property Crime Grade	C
Other Crime Grade	A

Which crimes are included?

$9.46 million

Cost of Crime™ for New Brunswick, NJ

In 2025, violent crime will cost $500 per household.

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On the map, green marks the parts of New Brunswick with the least violent crime and red marks the most, weighted by the type and severity of each offense. Violent crime concentrates where people gather after dark, near nightlife, bars, and transit, more than on residential streets. The Interpreting the Crime Maps section below explains how to read those hot spots.

The B- grade reflects how often assault, robbery, rape, and murder occur in New Brunswick against the average US city, where the rate is slightly lower than the norm. New Brunswick sits in the 59th percentile for violent-crime safety, ahead of 59% of cities and behind 41%. The grade covers only New Brunswick's official city boundaries. See the table below for nearby cities.

The violent crime rate in New Brunswick is 2.560 per 1,000 residents in a typical year. Residents generally consider the southeast part of the city the safest. Your chance of being a victim ranges from 1 in 302 in the west neighborhoods to 1 in 482 in the southeast.

Counting total incidents instead of per-capita rates, the central parts of New Brunswick, NJ report the most violent crime, about 27 cases per year. The northeast part reports the fewest, around 6 per year.

The Cost of Crime™ in New Brunswick, NJ

The tangible cost of violent crime in New Brunswick is projected at $9,456,946 for 2025, about $159 per resident and $500 per household. That equals 0.6% of the median household income, and it counts only the bills that can be totaled: emergency care, lost wages, and the justice response. The larger cost, the harm to victims, comes later on this page. These tangible costs split into:

Criminal justice system costs (law enforcement, courts, and imprisonment): 42.9%
Direct costs to victims (damaged property, medical expenses, and lost wages): 43.2%
Lost economic contribution from offenders (time in prison or repeat offenses): 13.8%

How Much Does Violent Crime Cost in New Brunswick Compared to Other Cities?

New Brunswick, NJ:	$159
Atlantic City, NJ:	$290
Pine Lake Park, NJ:	$31
New Jersey:	$127
USA:	$258

The tangible cost of violent crime is $159 per resident each year in New Brunswick, which is $100 less than the national average and $32 more than New Jersey's state average. The comparison below uses cities similar to New Brunswick:

In Atlantic City, NJ, crime costs $290 per person, which is $131 more than in New Brunswick.
In Pine Lake Park, NJ, crime costs $31 per person, which is $128 less than in New Brunswick

2025 Projected Violent Crime Cost by Type

The table below breaks the violent-crime total into its four offenses for New Brunswick, with the projected cost per resident.

Crime	Cost to New Brunswick	Cost per New Brunswick Resident
Murder	$4.53 million	$76
Rape/Sexual Assault	$925,976	$16
Robbery	$1.48 million	$25
Assault	$2.52 million	$42
Total Cost of Violent Crime	$9,456,946	$159

The Human Cost of Violent Crime in New Brunswick, NJ

Much of what violent crime costs never reaches a bill. Pain, trauma, and lost quality of life for victims and their families typically outweigh the medical and legal totals above. Research-based methods put a figure on that harm so it can be compared across places. By those methods, the human cost of violent crime in New Brunswick totals $35,925,448 ($603 per resident). Added to the tangible costs, the full estimate reaches $45,382,394 ($761 per resident). This human toll is what sets violent crime apart from property crime in New Brunswick, NJ, where the loss is mostly replaceable property. All Cost of Crime figures come from scholarly research on the cost of crime. Read more about our methodology here.

Interpreting the Violent Crime Maps

Violent crime rates are measured per resident, so places packed with visitors after dark read high even when few people live there. Bars, clubs, event venues, and transit hubs draw the crowds where assaults and robberies cluster. How strongly this shows on the map depends on the commercial base; the north part of the city has more retail establishments. A red block full of bars and venues does not mean the homes around it are dangerous.

Transit stations show the same effect: large moving crowds, few residents, so per-capita violent crime reads high. Before judging a residential street, weigh both the per-capita rate and the total count of incidents, and note what draws crowds nearby.

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New Brunswick Violent Crime Breakdown

The table below shows which offenses feed the Violent Crime Grade above, each as crimes per 1,000 New Brunswick residents in a standard year.

Crime Type	Crime Rate
Assault	1.474
Robbery	0.7894
Rape	0.2562
Murder	0.0404
Total Violent Crime	2.560 (B-)

Individual New Brunswick Crime Maps & Stats

Crime Maps and Rates for Nearby Cities

Compared to surrounding cities, the rate of violent crime in New Brunswick is higher. The table below shows Crime Grades for cities close to New Brunswick.

Nearby City	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade
East Franklin, NJ	B+	B+	C+
Highland Park, NJ	A-	A-	B-
Milltown, NJ	B	B+	C
North Brunswick, NJ	B+	A-	C
Somerset, NJ	A-	A-	B-
Piscataway, NJ	A	A+	B
South River, NJ	B	A-	C
East Brunswick, NJ	B+	A+	C
Edison, NJ	B	A	C
Sayreville, NJ	B+	A	C+

Crime Maps and Rates for City with Similar Populations

New Brunswick is lower versus other cities of the same size for violent crime. The table below compares crime in cities with comparable overall population in the city‘s boundaries.

Similar City	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade
Wilson, NC	D	D	D
Midwest City, OK	D	D	D
Waxahachie, TX	C	C-	C-
Plymouth, MA	A-	B-	B-
Placentia, CA	B	C	C
Pinellas Park, FL	B-	B-	B-
Apple Valley, MN	B-	A	A
Massillon, OH	D+	B-	B-
Mason, OH	A-	A	A
Marana, AZ	B+	B	B

Considering only the violent crime rate, New Brunswick is less safe than the New Jersey state average and safer than the national average.

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