Latest FBI Crime Report: See Trends In New Jersey

NEW JERSEY — Violent crimes decreased slightly in New Jersey in 2019 and the state remains well below the national average, according to data released by the FBI in its 2019 uniform crime report (see the town-by-town numbers, ranked top-to-bottom, below).

The FBI estimated crime statistics across the Garden State based on reports from all the 577 law enforcement agencies statewide.

The data shows a slight drop from 2018's record low for violent crimes in New Jersey. The rate was 208.6 per 100,000 people in 2018, and inched down to 206.9 in 2019. The national rate was 379.4.

Among the violent crimes, homicides dropped slightly in the state to 2.9 per 100,000. The national rate plummeted from 6.1 to 5.2

Meanwhile, New Jersey aggravated assaults rose from 117.7 to 122.2 per 100,000 while the national rate remained steady. It was the first time aggravated assaults rose in the state since 2014.

Rapes ticked up at both the national and state level, from 16 to 17.2 in New Jersey and 44 to 42.6 nationally.

Nationwide, the FBI reported a decrease in both violent and property crime from year to year. Violent crime went from a rate of 383.4 per 100,000 people in 2018 to 379.4 a year later, a decrease of about 0.5 percent. It's the third straight year violent crime decreased nationally, the FBI said.

Property crime numbers with the same control went from 2,209.8 to 2,109.9. There's been a downward trend nationwide in this category since 2009, with a decrease of 4.1 percent from 2018 to 2019. New Jersey has followed this trend down every year since 2011, dropping to 1335.7 in 2019.

The nationwide downward crime trends continued into 2020, according to an overview of numbers from the first half of the year the FBI released a few weeks ago. But two subcategories in particular, murder and arson, have seen a significant increase in the six months that include the first few months of the coronavirus pandemic.

Murder and non-negligent manslaughter cases reported to the FBI by the 16,554 agencies that submitted last year's data increased by 14.8 percent from the first half of 2019 to the same period in 2020. Arson increased by an even greater rate — 19.2 percent, the FBI said.

The FBI has issued a caution about the crime data coming in at the local levels.

Lists comparing cities and counties "do not provide insight into the numerous variables that shape crime in a given state, county, city, town, tribal area or region," the FBI said in a statement

"These rankings lead to simplistic and/or incomplete analyses that can create misleading perceptions that adversely affect communities and their residents," the statement continued. "Only through careful study and analyses into the range of unique conditions affecting each local law enforcement jurisdiction can data users create valid assessments of crime."

Here are the town-by-town violent crime numbers in New Jersey per 10,000 people:

1. Salem 155.2531
2. Asbury Park 115.9552
3. Trenton 112.2734
4. Penns Grove 107.4589
5. Bridgeton 91.6526
6. Atlantic City 85.9203
7. Brooklawn 84.2549
8. Paterson 84.1467
9. Elizabeth 71.9207
10. Lindenwold 71.5241
11. Orange City 62.1768
12. Newark 61.8999
13. Wildwood 58.4795
14. Wildwood Crest 55.7194
15. Passaic 52.9876
16. South Hackensack Township 52.7383
17. Jersey City 52.2686
18. Irvington 51.8192
19. Burlington City 51.6351
20. Egg Harbor City 51.4076
21. Millville 47.2246
22. New Brunswick 46.7899
23. Beverly 44.4265
24. East Orange 42.8349
25. Woodlynne 41.3650
26. Seaside Heights 41.3508
27. Avalon 40.4531
28. Plainfield 37.9627
29. Haledon 37.4532
30. Linden 37.3310
31. West Wildwood 36.1664
32. Long Branch 35.9120
33. Vineland 35.2489
34. Netcong 34.9096
35. Westampton Township 34.6180
36. Neptune Township 34.4840
37. Long Beach Township 32.6797
38. Willingboro Township 31.9549
39. Pleasantville 31.8815
40. Pennsauken Township 31.2623
41. Belvidere 31.2012
42. Magnolia 30.6098
43. Roselle 30.5894
44. Maple Shade Township 29.2667
45. Hillside Township 29.0592
46. Pine Hill 28.7936
47. Woodbury 28.6650
48. Perth Amboy 28.3696
49. Mount Holly Township 28.2191
50. Union City 28.1921
51. Eatontown 27.8346
52. Pemberton Township 26.7003
53. Clementon 26.4281
54. Harrison 25.5796
55. Stone Harbor 24.8756
56. Englewood 24.7533
57. Chesilhurst 24.7525
58. West New York 24.0851
59. Paulsboro 24.0220
60. Guttenberg 23.9171
61. Neptune City 23.7838
62. Hi-Nella 23.3918
63. Hackensack 23.1435
64. Haddon Township 22.7759
65. Pemberton Borough 22.7101
66. Dover 22.4065
67. Bayonne 22.2967
68. Carney's Point Township 22.1816
69. South River 21.9505
70. North Plainfield 21.8869
71. Somerdale 21.8500
72. Westville 21.8023
73. Flemington 21.7865
74. Keansburg 21.7077
75. Morristown 21.4066
76. Belleville 21.3517
77. Franklin 21.2811
78. Phillipsburg 21.0852
79. Oceanport 20.9096
80. Lawnside 20.8768
81. Elsinboro Township 20.6825
82. Union Beach 20.3855
83. Seaside Park 19.5059
84. Dunellen 19.3263
85. Secaucus 19.3241
86. West Orange 19.2888
87. Lower Township 19.2263
88. Hamilton Township, Atlantic County 19.0907
89. Fairview 18.9009
90. Freehold Borough 18.7505
91. Middle Township 18.6557
92. South Toms River 18.5185
93. Lakehurst 18.5117
94. Edgewater Park Township 18.5099
95. Lumberton Township 18.0891
96. Riverside Township 17.9349
97. Gloucester City 17.9083
98. Hammonton 17.8533
99. Newton 17.6857
100. Winslow Township 17.4525
101. Galloway Township 17.3121
102. Keyport 17.0648
103. Jamesburg 16.8606
104. Surf City 16.7645
105. Paramus 16.6289
106. Ewing Township 16.5116
107. Garfield 15.9935
108. North Wildwood 15.9447
109. Hazlet Township 15.7049
110. Bound Brook 15.5991
111. Wharton 15.5836
112. Englishtown 15.4879
113. Glassboro 15.4367
114. Washington Township, Gloucester County 15.2782
115. Ventnor City 15.0512
116. Montclair 15.0162
117. Clinton 14.9309
118. Clayton 14.9271
119. Sea Bright 14.7929
120. Hoboken 14.7275
121. North Bergen Township 14.6468
122. North Brunswick Township 14.6262
123. Pennsville Township 14.5808
124. Shrewsbury 14.5560
125. Weehawken Township 14.5551
126. Stratford 14.4383
127. Bradley Beach 14.4300
128. Belmar 14.3833
129. Lodi 14.2927
130. Lakewood Township 14.0413
131. Hamilton Township, Mercer County 14.0186
132. Totowa 13.9483
133. Lawrence Township, Mercer County 13.8825
134. Mount Laurel Township 13.8656
135. Teaneck Township 13.8159
136. Little Falls Township 13.7807
137. Burlington Township 13.7680
138. Carteret 13.5335
139. Florence Township 13.4996
140. Boonton 13.4854
141. Berlin 13.3156
142. Deptford Township 13.2196
143. Kearny 13.0706
144. Newfield 13.0124
145. Carlstadt 12.9660
146. Oaklyn 12.7033
147. Byram Township 12.6984
148. South Plainfield 12.4409
149. Elmwood Park 12.4353
150. Washington 12.3973
151. Egg Harbor Township 12.2425
152. Kenilworth 12.1684
153. North Arlington 12.0942
154. Manasquan 11.9884
155. Longport 11.7096
156. Cape May 11.6686
157. Stafford Township 11.5904
158. Collingswood 11.5523
159. Bellmawr 11.5105
160. Hightstown 11.3982
161. Waterford Township 11.2528
162. Palmyra 11.2139
163. Clifton 11.1737
164. Woodbridge Township 11.0861
165. Point Pleasant Beach 11.0717
166. Woodland Park 11.0611
167. Brick Township 10.9800
168. Mount Ephraim 10.9481
169. Merchantville 10.8489
170. Red Bank 10.8189
171. Somers Point 10.7590
172. Laurel Springs 10.7527
173. Rahway 10.6411
174. Berkeley Township 10.5420
175. Voorhees Township 10.3096
176. National Park 10.2249
177. Holmdel Township 10.2114
178. Highland Park 10.1515
179. Margate City 10.1488
180. Audubon Park 10.0301
181. West Cape May 9.9701
182. Gloucester Township 9.9213
183. Nutley Township 9.8647
184. Freehold Township 9.8380
185. Cinnaminson Township 9.7105
186. Absecon 9.4832
187. Mansfield Township, Burlington County 9.3897
188. Washington Township, Warren County 9.3882
189. Buena 9.2678
190. Franklin Township, Gloucester County 9.2228
191. Bordentown Township 9.1529
192. Somerville 9.0179
193. Moorestown Township 8.8639
194. Caldwell 8.8128
195. Blairstown Township 8.7673
196. Franklin Township, Somerset County 8.7649
197. Clark Township 8.7380
198. Maplewood Township 8.6967
199. Wall Township 8.5777
200. Prospect Park 8.5749
201. Lacey Township 8.5479
202. Logan Township 8.5412
203. Runnemede 8.4725
204. Edison Township 8.3764
205. Little Egg Harbor Township 8.3690
206. Cherry Hill Township 8.3432
207. Little Ferry 8.3380
208. Hanover Township 8.3062
209. Piscataway Township 8.2771
210. Medford Township 8.1221
211. Point Pleasant 8.0283
212. Aberdeen Township 8.0214
213. Harding Township 7.8844
214. Wallington 7.7801
215. South Orange Village 7.7658
216. Elmer 7.6923
217. Toms River Township 7.6730
218. Palisades Park 7.6639
219. West Deptford Township 7.6548
220. Medford Lakes 7.6492
221. Metuchen 7.6267
222. Sayreville 7.6266
223. North Caldwell 7.5245
224. Raritan 7.5009
225. Cranbury Township 7.4757
226. Union Township 7.3209
227. Pompton Lakes 7.3039
228. Rochelle Park Township 7.1454
229. Monroe Township, Gloucester County 7.0491
230. Atlantic Highlands 6.9638
231. Readington Township 6.9598
232. Cliffside Park 6.8926
233. Fort Lee 6.5682
234. Washington Township, Morris County 6.5588
235. Rutherford 6.5136
236. Evesham Township 6.4446
237. Ocean Township, Monmouth County 6.3819
238. Bloomfield 6.3609
239. Saddle River 6.2775
240. Monmouth Beach 6.2073
241. Maywood 6.2067
242. Bloomingdale 6.1812
243. Springfield Township, Burlington County 6.1501
244. Lower Alloways Creek Township 6.0132
245. Old Bridge Township 5.9398
246. Lake Como 5.9347
247. Howell Township 5.9339
248. Manville 5.8795
249. East Windsor Township 5.8516
250. Plumsted Township 5.8514
251. Closter 5.8398
252. Audubon 5.8133
253. Scotch Plains Township 5.7417
254. Lyndhurst Township 5.7165
255. Mine Hill Township 5.7127
256. Hopatcong 5.6774
257. Sea Girt 5.6689
258. Avon-by-the-Sea 5.6625
259. East Brunswick Township 5.6418
260. Wayne Township 5.6307
261. Ocean City 5.4735
262. Bergenfield 5.4681
263. Ridgefield Park 5.3917
264. Alpine 5.3879
265. Ridgefield 5.3381
266. Berlin Township 5.3088
267. Bordentown City 5.2826
268. Glen Ridge 5.2812
269. Ridgewood 5.1604
270. Barnegat Township 5.1284
271. Eastampton Township 5.0522
272. Rockaway Township 5.0474
273. West Milford Township 4.9454
274. Ocean Gate 4.9383
275. Northfield 4.9002
276. Delran Township 4.8564
277. Mount Olive Township 4.8234
278. Cedar Grove Township 4.7969
279. Lopatcong Township 4.7904
280. Jefferson Township 4.7900
281. Riverdale 4.7004
282. Boonton Township 4.6740
283. Pequannock Township 4.6527
284. Pine Beach 4.6019
285. Pitman 4.5929
286. Tinton Falls 4.5699
287. Manalapan Township 4.5383
288. Wenonah 4.5372
289. Barrington 4.5317
290. Gibbsboro 4.5208
291. Franklin Lakes 4.5009
292. Delanco Township 4.4813
293. Haddonfield 4.4401
294. Beachwood 4.4346
295. Parsippany-Troy Hills Township 4.4310
296. Alpha 4.4209
297. Middlesex Borough 4.3927
298. Ocean Township, Ocean County 4.3792
299. Jackson Township 4.3569
300. Mountainside 4.3554
301. Brielle 4.2708
302. Highlands 4.2203
303. Monroe Township, Middlesex County 4.1904
304. Greenwich Township, Gloucester County 4.1867
305. Oxford Township 4.1271
306. Ringwood 4.1102
307. Mansfield Township, Warren County 4.0833
308. Demarest 4.0717
309. East Rutherford 4.0688
310. Colts Neck Township 4.0626
311. Chesterfield Township 4.0139
312. North Hanover Township 4.0128
313. Haddon Heights 3.9920
314. Holland Township 3.9362
315. West Windsor Township 3.9249
316. Hopewell Township 3.9207
317. Plainsboro Township 3.9171
318. Oakland 3.8485
319. East Newark 3.7580
320. South Brunswick Township 3.6926
321. Independence Township 3.6900
322. West Amwell Township 3.6670
323. Morris Township 3.6232
324. Denville Township 3.6166
325. Raritan Township 3.6004
326. North Haledon 3.5804
327. Long Hill Township 3.5294
328. Tewksbury Township 3.4692
329. Little Silver 3.4524
330. Roseland 3.4329
331. Woodcliff Lake 3.4171
332. Dumont 3.3996
333. Wanaque 3.3979
334. Mullica Township 3.3916
335. Woodbury Heights 3.3910
336. Morris Plains 3.3698
337. Middletown Township 3.3659
338. Leonia 3.3011
339. Lebanon Township 3.2998
340. Hillsborough Township 3.2653
341. South Harrison Township 3.2031
342. Hackettstown 3.1810
343. Princeton 3.1636
344. Randolph Township 3.1385
345. Edgewater 3.1199
346. Stanhope 3.0479
347. Mahwah Township 3.0399
348. Millburn Township 2.9873
349. Linwood 2.9864
350. Tuckerton 2.9674
351. Berkeley Heights Township 2.9429
352. Wyckoff Township 2.9360
353. Haworth 2.9240
354. High Bridge 2.9180
355. Woodstown 2.9070
356. Milltown 2.8490
357. Manchester Township 2.7670
358. Midland Park 2.7601
359. Branchburg Township 2.7490
360. East Hanover Township 2.7298
361. Lambertville 2.6441
362. Bernardsville 2.6076
363. Fanwood 2.5913
364. Hasbrouck Heights 2.4898
365. Bedminster Township 2.4866
366. Oradell 2.4447
367. Upper Saddle River 2.4257
368. Spotswood 2.4166
369. Bogota 2.3801
370. Garwood 2.2931
371. Cresskill 2.2828
372. Marlboro Township 2.2585
373. South Amboy 2.2416
374. Spring Lake Heights 2.2036
375. South Bound Brook 2.1882
376. Sparta Township 2.1584
377. Montgomery Township 2.1400
378. Fair Lawn 2.1171
379. Mantua Township 2.0299
380. Ramsey 2.0029
381. Livingston Township 2.0001
382. Lincoln Park 1.9681
383. Waldwick 1.9531
384. Hillsdale 1.9264
385. Montville Township 1.8861
386. Englewood Cliffs 1.8629
387. West Caldwell Township 1.8450
388. Greenwich Township, Warren County 1.8359
389. Mendham Township 1.7544
390. River Edge 1.7391
391. Fair Haven 1.7289
392. Norwood 1.7194
393. Springfield Township, Union County 1.6987
394. Watchung 1.6518
395. Cranford Township 1.6494
396. Rockaway 1.5810
397. Bridgewater Township 1.5692
398. Clinton Township 1.5624
399. Woolwich Township 1.5296
400. Roselle Park 1.4674
401. Green Brook Township 1.4142
402. Vernon Township 1.3691
403. Robbinsville Township 1.3666
404. Summit 1.3649
405. Westfield 1.3473
406. Roxbury Township 1.3184
407. Butler 1.3135
408. Emerson 1.3089
409. Hardyston Township 1.2887
410. New Hanover Township 1.2311
411. Montvale 1.1551
412. Brigantine 1.1515
413. Park Ridge 1.1414
414. Washington Township, Bergen County 1.0847
415. Wood-Ridge 1.0720
416. Kinnelon 1.0016
417. Florham Park 0.8679
418. Harrison Township 0.7619
419. Verona 0.7488
420. Saddle Brook Township 0.7196
421. Tenafly 0.6856
422. New Milford 0.6058
423. Madison 0.6049

Here are towns that reported no violent crime:

• Allendale
• Allenhurst
• Allentown
• Andover Township
• Barnegat Light
• Bay Head
• Beach Haven
• Bernards Township
• Califon
• Cape May Point
• Chatham
• Chatham Township
• Chester
• Chester Township
• Deal
• Delaware Township
• East Greenwich Township
• Elk Township
• Essex Fells
• Fairfield Township, Essex County
• Far Hills
• Fieldsboro
• Franklin Township, Hunterdon County
• Frenchtown
• Glen Rock
• Hamburg
• Harrington Park
• Harvey Cedars
• Hawthorne
• Helmetta
• Ho-Ho-Kus
• Hopewell Borough
• Interlaken
• Island Heights
• Lavallette
• Loch Arbour
• Mantoloking
• Matawan
• Mendham
• Moonachie
• Mountain Lakes
• Mount Arlington
• New Providence
• Northvale
• Ogdensburg
• Old Tappan
• Peapack-Gladstone
• Pennington
• Pine Valley
• Pohatcong Township
• Riverton
• River Vale Township
• Rockleigh
• Rumson
• Sea Isle City
• Ship Bottom
• Spring Lake
• Swedesboro
• Tavistock
• Teterboro
• Warren Township
• West Long Branch
• Westwood
• Winfield Township