Englewood, NJ carries a PlainCrime B safety grade with violent crime 35% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Englewood, NJ shows violent crime at 230.2 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,078.8 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 35% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade B from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
B safety grade
230.2/100K violent
1078.8/100K property
-35% vs U.S.
The verdict
Englewood earns a B safety grade: violent crime runs 35% below the U.S. average, placing it higher-crime than most U.S. cities.
B
PlainCrime safety grade
-35%
violent crime vs. U.S. average
40th
percentile of 7,769 U.S. cities
1,078.8
property crimes per 100K
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Englewood, NJ
Position in the state cohort
Englewood reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable New Jersey cities
At 230.2 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Englewood ranks 56 of 417 — above 361 of the 416 other New Jersey cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +237.8% against the cohort median of 68.1. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
Comparable rate records
Englewood's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the New Jersey cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Englewood's 230.2 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Clementon (230.9), Pine Hill (226.7), Harrison (234.3), Magnolia (224.5). These are same-year agency submissions that pass the same completeness screen, not a claim that the cities have identical conditions. They make the cohort position above checkable against named records instead of a generic state average.
Offense mix
Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix
Violent offenses are 17.6% of the 398 Part I offenses reported in Englewood for 2024, against a median of 7.1% across comparable New Jersey cities — a gap of 10.4 points. Offense mix is shaped by which agencies report and how incidents are classified as well as by the underlying offenses, so it describes the reported record rather than a settled difference in conditions.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 178.9 per 100,000 in 2020 to 230.2 in 2024 (+28.7%). The highest observed value was 444.2 in 2023 and the lowest 165.6 in 2021. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property-offense composition
Burglary and vehicle theft carry more of the property total than they do across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 62.8% of reported property offenses in Englewood, against a cohort median of 82.1%. The remainder is burglary (85) and motor vehicle theft (37). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
Property counts dominate Englewood's FBI UCR Table 8 municipal row. Per-100,000 rates use the reporting-year population on that row; cities that fail the completeness test stay out of rate rankings. A citywide figure rarely describes any single neighbourhood inside the municipal boundary.
Mid-size municipal totals above are reported offenses, not safety advice for any single block. Reporting completeness still varies by year and agency.
Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
-48.2%
444.2 → 230.2/100K
Property Crime Rate
-20.5%
1356.8 → 1078.8/100K
Property offenses lead Englewood's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
328
1078.8
1711
Larceny-Theft
206
677.5
-
Burglary
85
279.6
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
37
121.7
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
70
230.2
352
Aggravated Assault
48
157.9
-
Robbery
18
59.2
-
Rape
4
13.2
-
Murder
0
0
-
Englewood Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Englewood property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Property crime rate (2024)
1,078.8/100K↓20.5%vs 2023
Englewood violent crime rate trend
Secondary series · rose · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR
Violent crime rate (2024)
230.2/100K↓48.2%vs 2023
Year
Coverage
Population
Violent Rate
Property Rate
Total Crimes
2020
Comparable
28,514
178.9
1146.8
378
2021
Comparable
29,592
165.6
885.4
311
2022
Comparable
28,975
362.4
1173.4
445
2023
Comparable
29,038
444.2
1356.8
523
2024
Comparable
30,405
230.2
1078.8
398
How Englewood sits among NJ peers
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Reporting Agency
Englewood Police Department NIBRS-participating
Englewood's crime figures on this page originate from Englewood Police Department's submission to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program.
This agency reports via NIBRS, the incident-based system that captures more detail per offense (multiple crimes per incident, victim/offender data) than the older summary counts.
Similar-Size Cities in New Jersey
Crime rates read differently at different scales, so these are the New Jersey cities closest to Englewood in population. Their populations run from 30,014 to 31,546, against 30,405 here. Or use our
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These New Jersey cities report the closest violent-crime rates to Englewood's 230.2/100K (same FBI UCR vintage rules; size peers above are excluded so the two lists stay distinct).
Englewood has a violent crime rate of 230.2 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 1078.8 per 100,000, based on 2024 FBI UCR data.
Is Englewood, NJ safe? ▼
Englewood receives a safety grade of B (Above Average), with a safety score of 68/100. The violent crime rate is 35% below the national average and 7% above the New Jersey average.
What is the population of Englewood, NJ? ▼
The reporting population for Englewood is 30,405 as of 2024.
How many crimes were reported in Englewood? ▼
In 2024, Englewood reported 70 violent crimes and 328 property crimes, for a total of 398 reported offenses.
How do Englewood's reported offenses compare with its population? ▼
In 2024, Englewood recorded about one reported offense per 76 residents and one reported violent offense per 434 residents. These ratios count reported offenses, not distinct victims, and are not a person's probability of victimization.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Englewood? ▼
From 2023 to 2024, Englewood's violent crime rate decreased by 48.2%, and the property crime rate decreased by 20.5%.
What is the most common crime in Englewood? ▼
The most common crime type in Englewood is larceny-theft, accounting for 51.8% of all reported crimes (206 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Englewood figures are FBI UCR CIUS Table 8 (vintage 2024), population-adjusted per 100,000.
Denominators are the reporting-year population on the municipal row. Incomplete years are dropped from rankings. Confirm at FBI Crime Data Explorer and Census.gov QuickFacts.
Disclaimer (mid-size municipal): figures are informational, not advice. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program is the source. Consult a professional before decisions.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Englewood, NJ rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.