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.
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
vs US avg
Property Crime
25
286.3
1711
Larceny-Theft
17
194.7
-
Burglary
6
68.7
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
2
22.9
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
5
57.3
352
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
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averagesRead 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
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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.
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.