Florham Park, NJ is among the safest cities in the country, and earns an A+ PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 92% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Florham Park, NJ shows violent crime at 26.8 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 575.6 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 92% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade A+ from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
A+ safety grade
26.8/100K violent
575.6/100K property
-92% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Florham Park, NJ
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 8.7 per 100,000 in 2020 to 26.8 in 2024 (+206.7%). The highest observed value was 32.5 in 2021 and the lowest 7.3 in 2023. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Small-count caution
The violent-crime count is small enough that the derived rate is unstable
Florham Park reported 4 violent offences in 2024 against a population of 14,942. At this volume one additional or one fewer report moves the per-100,000 rate noticeably, so the figure is better read as a data point than as a precise measurement, and year-to-year swings here are expected.
Comparable rate records
Florham Park's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the New Jersey cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Florham Park's 26.8 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Franklin Lakes (26.7), Chatham Township (26.3), Barrington (27.7), Lawrence Township, Mercer County (28.1). 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.
Position in the state cohort
Florham Park sits mid-pack among comparable New Jersey cities
At 26.8 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Florham Park ranks 310 of 417 — above 107 of the 416 other New Jersey cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is -60.9% against the cohort median of 68.5. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
Property counts dominate Florham Park'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.
Based on 4 reported violent incidents in a population of 14,942. At this volume, one additional or one fewer report can shift the rate and letter grade noticeably; small-city crime counts are inherently more volatile year to year than large-city counts, so treat this grade as a data point, not a precise ranking.
Mid-size municipal totals above are reported offenses, not safety advice for any single block. Reporting completeness still varies by year and agency.
Florham Park's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 7.3 Census sq mi, Florham Park logged 11.8 property and 0.5 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Florham Park's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (72% of 90 offenses; mix index 5,575).
Violent offenses are only 4% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (7.3 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
+267.1%
7.3 → 26.8/100K
Property Crime Rate
-14.9%
676.6 → 575.6/100K
Property offenses lead Florham Park's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
86
575.6
1711
Larceny-Theft
65
435
-
Burglary
16
107.1
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
5
33.5
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
4
26.8
352
Aggravated Assault
3
20.1
-
Rape
1
6.7
-
Murder
0
0
-
Robbery
0
0
-
Florham Park Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Florham Park property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averagesRead the chart as a list
Florham Park: 27 violent, 576 property per 100,000 (grade A+)
Hanover Township: 114 violent, 1156 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Ramsey: 20 violent, 1013 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Hammonton: 128 violent, 1187 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Edgewater: 40 violent, 1281 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Somerville: 73 violent, 747 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Little Falls Township: 102 violent, 562 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Middlesex Borough: 20 violent, 394 property per 100,000 (grade A+)
Saddle Brook Township: 7 violent, 1337 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Florham Park Police Department
Reporting agency for Florham Park NIBRS-participating
Florham Park Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Florham Park's 90 reported offenses (5-year span 2020-2024).
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 Florham Park in population. Their populations run from 14,730 to 15,122, against 14,942 here. Or use our
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Florham Park at 26.8/100K violent and 575.6/100K property - matched below outside New Jersey (≥10k pop, latest UCR vintage; not the in-state lists above).
In 2024, Florham Park reported 4 violent crimes and 86 property crimes, for a total of 90 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Florham Park?
From 2023 to 2024, Florham Park's violent crime rate increased by 267.1%, and the property crime rate decreased by 14.9%.
What is the most common crime in Florham Park?
The most common crime type in Florham Park is larceny-theft, accounting for 72.2% of all reported crimes (65 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Florham Park 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 Florham Park, NJ rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.