Violent Crime In The Caldwells: See How Towns Compare To State, US Levels

CALDWELLS, NJ — The violent crime rates in Caldwell, North Caldwell and West Caldwell are each significantly below state and national levels, the latest FBI data shows.

The federal agency recently released 2024 Uniform Crime Reporting data for more than 14 million criminal offenses across the United States, including towns in New Jersey.

The agency cautions that the data isn’t an “exhaustive report” of all crime that takes place in a city or town, and police departments may have “differing levels of participation” over the years. The FBI also says that the data isn’t an effective way of comparing one municipality to another (some factors to consider include population size, economic conditions, employment rates, local judicial and prison policies, and the “effective strength” of the local police force).

According to the FBI, the list of “violent crimes” includes homicide, rape, robbery and aggravated assault.

New Jersey saw 20,684 violent crimes with a population of 9,500,851 residents last year – a rate of 217.7 per 100,000 people. The national rate came to 359.1 per 100,000 people. Both were decreases from the previous year. Read More: Crime Dropped In New Jersey Last Year, Latest Federal Data Shows

CALDWELL

There were six violent crimes reported last year in Caldwell, according to the FBI’s online data explorer. With an estimated 8,898 residents, that would put the town’s violent crime rate at 67.4 per 100,000 residents.

The following chart shows the number of violent crimes in Caldwell from 1986 to 2024 (data for some years may be omitted):

NORTH CALDWELL

There was one violent crime reported last year in North Caldwell, according to the FBI’s online data explorer. With an estimated 6,622 residents, that would put the town’s violent crime rate at 15.1 per 100,000 residents.

The following chart shows the number of violent crimes in North Caldwell from 1986 to 2024 (data for some years may be omitted):

WEST CALDWELL

There were four violent crimes reported last year in West Caldwell, according to the FBI’s online data explorer. With an estimated 10,897 residents, that would put the town’s violent crime rate at 36.7 per 100,000 residents.

The following chart shows the number of violent crimes in West Caldwell from 1986 to 2024 (data for some years may be omitted):

Nationwide, violent crime is down about 4.5 percent from 2023 estimates. That includes drops in murders (14.9%), rapes (5.2%), robberies (8.9%) and aggravated assaults (3%). Meanwhile, property crime dropped 8.1 percent last year in the United States, including burglaries (8.6%), larcenies (5.5%) and vehicle thefts (18.6%).

These numbers are the lowest property crime rates and lowest violent crime rates since at least 1969, according to the Center for American Progress.

The FBI noted that despite the reductions, a violent crime still took place every 26 seconds somewhere in America last year.

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