North Plainfield, NJ carries a PlainCrime B safety grade with violent crime 57% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, North Plainfield, NJ shows violent crime at 151.7 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,460.7 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 57% 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
151.7/100K violent
1460.7/100K property
-57% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for North Plainfield, NJ
Comparable rate records
North Plainfield's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the New Jersey cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to North Plainfield's 151.7 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Secaucus (151.5), Rochelle Park Township (150.8), Highland Park (150.7), Lakewood Township (150.5). 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.
Position in the state cohort
North Plainfield reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable New Jersey cities
At 151.7 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, North Plainfield ranks 101 of 417 — above 316 of the 416 other New Jersey cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +122.6% 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.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 117.5 per 100,000 in 2020 to 151.7 in 2024 (+29.1%). The highest observed value was 284.3 in 2021 and the lowest 117.5 in 2020. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate North Plainfield'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.
North Plainfield's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 2.8 Census sq mi, North Plainfield logged 120.1 property and 12.5 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
North Plainfield's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (74% of 372 offenses; mix index 5,706).
Violent offenses are only 9% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (2.8 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
-29.6%
215.5 → 151.7/100K
Property Crime Rate
-15.5%
1728.8 → 1460.7/100K
Property offenses lead North Plainfield's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
337
1460.7
1711
Larceny-Theft
277
1200.6
-
Burglary
30
130
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
30
130
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
35
151.7
352
Robbery
15
65
-
Aggravated Assault
11
47.7
-
Rape
9
39
-
Murder
0
0
-
North Plainfield Crime Trend (2020-2024)
North Plainfield property crime rate trend
Lead series · rose across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
North Plainfield Police Department
Reporting agency for North Plainfield NIBRS-participating
North Plainfield Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind North Plainfield's 372 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 North Plainfield in population. Their populations run from 22,415 to 23,773, against 23,071 here. Or use our
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North Plainfield at 151.7/100K violent and 1,460.7/100K property - matched below outside New Jersey (≥10k pop, latest UCR vintage; not the in-state lists above).
How many crimes were reported in North Plainfield?
In 2024, North Plainfield reported 35 violent crimes and 337 property crimes, for a total of 372 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in North Plainfield?
From 2023 to 2024, North Plainfield's violent crime rate decreased by 29.6%, and the property crime rate decreased by 15.5%.
What is the most common crime in North Plainfield?
The most common crime type in North Plainfield is larceny-theft, accounting for 74.5% of all reported crimes (277 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: North Plainfield 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 North Plainfield, NJ rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.