Rahway, NJ carries a PlainCrime A safety grade with violent crime 49% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Rahway, NJ shows violent crime at 180.3 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 809.5 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 49% 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
180.3/100K violent
809.5/100K property
-49% vs U.S.
The verdict
Rahway earns an A safety grade: violent crime runs 49% below the U.S. average, placing it close to the national middle for violent crime.
A
PlainCrime safety grade
-49%
violent crime vs. U.S. average
50th
percentile of 7,769 U.S. cities
809.5
property crimes per 100K
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Rahway, NJ
Comparable rate records
Rahway's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the New Jersey cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Rahway's 180.3 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Netcong (181.6), Egg Harbor City (182.4), Haddon Township (177.0), Keansburg (176.8). 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
Rahway reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable New Jersey cities
At 180.3 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Rahway ranks 80 of 417 — above 337 of the 416 other New Jersey cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +164.5% 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.
Offense mix
Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix
Violent offenses are 18.2% of the 302 Part I offenses reported in Rahway for 2024, against a median of 7.1% across comparable New Jersey cities — a gap of 11.1 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 142.6 per 100,000 in 2020 to 180.3 in 2024 (+26.4%). The highest observed value was 180.3 in 2024 and the lowest 139.3 in 2022. 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 72.5% of reported property offenses in Rahway, against a cohort median of 82.1%. The remainder is burglary (31) 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 Rahway'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.
Property rate moved most (2023→2024)
Property Crime Rate
-23.9%
1063.3 → 809.5/100K
Violent Crime Rate
+7.5%
167.7 → 180.3/100K
Property offenses lead Rahway's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
247
809.5
1711
Larceny-Theft
179
586.7
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
37
121.3
-
Burglary
31
101.6
-
Arson
3
9.8
-
Violent Crime
55
180.3
352
Aggravated Assault
36
118
-
Robbery
10
32.8
-
Rape
9
29.5
-
Murder
0
0
-
Rahway Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Rahway property crime rate trend
Lead series · rose across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Property crime rate (2024)
809.5/100K↓23.9%vs 2023
Rahway violent crime rate trend
Secondary series · rose · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR
Violent crime rate (2024)
180.3/100K↑7.5%vs 2023
Year
Coverage
Population
Violent Rate
Property Rate
Total Crimes
2020
Comparable
30,157
142.6
666.5
244
2021
Comparable
31,362
153.1
612.2
240
2022
Comparable
30,149
139.3
995.1
342
2023
Comparable
29,812
167.7
1063.3
367
2024
Comparable
30,512
180.3
809.5
302
How Rahway sits among NJ peers
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Reporting Agency
Rahway Police Department NIBRS-participating
Rahway's crime figures on this page originate from Rahway 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 Rahway in population. Their populations run from 30,014 to 31,546, against 30,512 here. Or use our
side-by-side compare tool
to benchmark two cities directly.
These New Jersey cities report the closest violent-crime rates to Rahway's 180.3/100K (same FBI UCR vintage rules; size peers above are excluded so the two lists stay distinct).
Rahway has a violent crime rate of 180.3 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 809.5 per 100,000, based on 2024 FBI UCR data.
Is Rahway, NJ safe? ▼
Rahway receives a safety grade of A (Safe), with a safety score of 75/100. The violent crime rate is 49% below the national average and 16% below the New Jersey average.
What is the population of Rahway, NJ? ▼
The reporting population for Rahway is 30,512 as of 2024.
How many crimes were reported in Rahway? ▼
In 2024, Rahway reported 55 violent crimes and 247 property crimes, for a total of 302 reported offenses.
How do Rahway's reported offenses compare with its population? ▼
In 2024, Rahway recorded about one reported offense per 101 residents and one reported violent offense per 555 residents. These ratios count reported offenses, not distinct victims, and are not a person's probability of victimization.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Rahway? ▼
From 2023 to 2024, Rahway's violent crime rate increased by 7.5%, and the property crime rate decreased by 23.9%.
What is the most common crime in Rahway? ▼
The most common crime type in Rahway is larceny-theft, accounting for 59.3% of all reported crimes (179 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Rahway 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 Rahway, NJ rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.