North Haledon, NJ has a A+ safety grade (92/100) with a violent crime rate of 57 per 100,000, 84% below the national average.

FBI UCR 2024 · per-capita rates · small city

North Haledon, NJ Crime Rate & Safety

North Haledon is a small municipal reporter (8,732 on the UCR row). Per-100,000 violent and property rates are shown with NJ and U.S. context.

Data updated 2026-09-05

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A+
Safety grade
286.3
Property / 100K
57.3
Violent / 100K
9K
Population

North Haledon, NJ is safer than most U.S. cities, and earns an A+ PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 84% below the U.S. average

According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, North Haledon, NJ shows violent crime at 57.3 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 286.3 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 84% 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
  • 57.3/100K violent
  • 286.3/100K property
  • -84% vs U.S.

What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for North Haledon, NJ

Small-count caution

The violent-crime count is small enough that the derived rate is unstable

North Haledon reported 5 violent offences in 2024 against a population of 8,732. 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

North Haledon's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the New Jersey cohort

The nearest comparable 2024 records to North Haledon's 57.3 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Summit (57.2), Rutherford (57.0), Island Heights (57.0), Carney's Point Township (57.9). 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 16.7% of the 30 Part I offenses reported in North Haledon for 2024, against a median of 7.1% across comparable New Jersey cities — a gap of 9.5 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 lower

Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 71.6 per 100,000 in 2020 to 57.3 in 2024 (-20.0%). The highest observed value was 71.6 in 2020 and the lowest 0.0 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 68.0% of reported property offenses in North Haledon, against a cohort median of 82.1%. The remainder is burglary (6) and motor vehicle theft (2). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.

Position in the state cohort

North Haledon sits mid-pack among comparable New Jersey cities

At 57.3 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, North Haledon ranks 233 of 417 — above 184 of the 416 other New Jersey cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is -16.4% 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 North Haledon'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 5 reported violent incidents in a population of 8,732. 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.

Small-city offense counts above are voluntary UCR submissions, not neighbourhood advice. Year-to-year swings can look large when the population base is modest.

North Haledon's 2024 municipal footprint

Across 3.5 Census sq mi, North Haledon logged 7.2 property and 1.4 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.

North Haledon leans on larceny-theft at 57% of reported offenses, with a moderate mix index of 3,778.

Violent offenses are 17% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.

North Haledon offense mix (2024)

Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (3.5 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.

Property rate moved most (2023→2024)

Property Crime Rate
+171.4%
105.5 → 286.3/100K
Violent Crime Rate
+144.9%
23.4 → 57.3/100K

Property offenses lead North Haledon's 2024 record

Offense Count Rate /100K
Property Crime 25 286.3
Larceny-Theft 17 194.7
Burglary 6 68.7
Motor Vehicle Theft 2 22.9
Arson 0 0
Violent Crime 5 57.3
Aggravated Assault 3 34.4
Rape 1 11.5
Robbery 1 11.5
Murder 0 0

North Haledon Crime Trend (2020-2024)

The chart omits 2021 rather than drawing an unsupported zero or partial-coverage dip. The table preserves the year and marks the gap.

North Haledon property crime rate trend

Lead series · fell across 4 comparable years · FBI UCR

Property crime rate (2024)
286.3/100K 171.4% vs 2023
0200400600800 2020202220232024 286

North Haledon violent crime rate trend

Secondary series · fell · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR

Violent crime rate (2024)
57.3/100K 144.9% vs 2023
20406080 2020202220232024 57.3
Year Coverage Population Violent Rate Property Rate
2020 Comparable 8,382 71.6 656.2
2021 Insufficient reporting 8,708 - -
2022 Comparable 8,788 34.1 409.6
2023 Comparable 8,532 23.4 105.5
2024 Comparable 8,732 57.3 286.3

How North Haledon sits among NJ peers

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North Haledon vs. similar-size NJ cities, violent vs. property crime. X axis violent crime per 100K, Y axis property crime per 100K, split by the national averages. 9 cities; the anchor is ringed. North Haledon vs. similar-size NJ cities, violent vs. property crime 10 380 Violent crime per 100K → 258 3,915 Property crime per 100K → North Haledon SAFEST HIGHEST CRIME PROPERTY-HEAVY VIOLENT-HEAVY Safety grade A / B C D / F
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Read the chart as a list
  • North Haledon: 57 violent, 286 property per 100,000 (grade A+)
  • Closter: 12 violent, 1192 property per 100,000 (grade A)
  • Long Hill Township: 23 violent, 318 property per 100,000 (grade A+)
  • Carney's Point Township: 58 violent, 891 property per 100,000 (grade A)
  • Raritan: 34 violent, 858 property per 100,000 (grade A)
  • Dunellen: 93 violent, 829 property per 100,000 (grade A)
  • Audubon: 79 violent, 3625 property per 100,000 (grade B)
  • West Long Branch: 47 violent, 1147 property per 100,000 (grade A)
  • Runnemede: 82 violent, 1935 property per 100,000 (grade A)

North Haledon Police Department

Reporting agency for North Haledon NIBRS-participating

North Haledon Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind North Haledon's 30 reported offenses (4-year span 2020-2024, with internal gaps).

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 North Haledon in population. Their populations run from 8,528 to 8,911, against 8,732 here. Or use our side-by-side compare tool to benchmark two cities directly.

North Haledon's closest NJ violent-rate matches

North Haledon sits at 57.3/100K violent (grade A+); the New Jersey cities below are the nearest matches after size peers are removed.

More about North Haledon's 2024 record

How many crimes were reported in North Haledon?

In 2024, North Haledon reported 5 violent crimes and 25 property crimes, for a total of 30 reported offenses.

Is crime increasing or decreasing in North Haledon?

From 2023 to 2024, North Haledon's violent crime rate increased by 144.9%, and the property crime rate increased by 171.4%.

What is the most common crime in North Haledon?

The most common crime type in North Haledon is larceny-theft, accounting for 56.7% of all reported crimes (17 incidents in 2024).

Small-city read: North Haledon is sourced from FBI UCR Table 8 for 2024; rates use that row's population.

Small-city rows use the same per-100,000 formula; a few unreported years can leave gaps in the trend table. Verify the agency's submission on FBI.gov UCR.

Disclaimer (small city): UCR counts here are informational only. They are not a victimization probability. Source: FBI UCR Program.

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Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 North Haledon, NJ rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.

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