Secaucus, NJ carries a PlainCrime C safety grade with violent crime 57% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Secaucus, NJ shows violent crime at 151.5 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 3,636.2 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 57% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade C from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
C safety grade
151.5/100K violent
3636.2/100K property
-57% vs U.S.
The verdict
Secaucus earns a C safety grade: violent crime runs 57% below the U.S. average, placing it close to the national middle for violent crime.
C
PlainCrime safety grade
-57%
violent crime vs. U.S. average
56th
percentile of 7,769 U.S. cities
3,636.2
property crimes per 100K
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Secaucus, NJ
Comparable rate records
Secaucus's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the New Jersey cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Secaucus's 151.5 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are North Plainfield (151.7), 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
Secaucus reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable New Jersey cities
At 151.5 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Secaucus ranks 102 of 417 — above 315 of the 416 other New Jersey cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +122.3% 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 lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 221.9 per 100,000 in 2020 to 151.5 in 2024 (-31.7%). The highest observed value was 233.9 in 2022 and the lowest 151.5 in 2024. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Offense mix
The reported mix leans further toward property offenses than the state cohort
Violent offenses are 4.0% of the 800 Part I offenses reported in Secaucus for 2024, against a median of 7.2% across comparable New Jersey cities — a gap of 3.2 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.
Property counts dominate Secaucus'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.
Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
-15.1%
178.5 → 151.5/100K
Property Crime Rate
+7.1%
3395.4 → 3636.2/100K
Property offenses lead Secaucus's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs NJ
vs US avg
Property Crime
768
3636.2
1395.7
1711
Larceny-Theft
670
3172.2
-
-
Burglary
71
336.2
-
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
27
127.8
-
-
Arson
0
0
-
-
Violent Crime
32
151.5
215.7
352
Aggravated Assault
17
80.5
-
-
Robbery
10
47.3
-
-
Rape
5
23.7
-
-
Murder
0
0
-
-
Secaucus Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Secaucus property crime rate trend
Lead series · rose across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Property crime rate (2024)
3,636.2/100K↑7.1%vs 2023
Secaucus violent crime rate trend
Secondary series · fell · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR
Violent crime rate (2024)
151.5/100K↓15.1%vs 2023
Year
Coverage
Population
Violent Rate
Property Rate
Total Crimes
2020
Comparable
22,535
221.9
1783.9
452
2021
Comparable
23,102
203.4
2008.5
511
2022
Comparable
20,519
233.9
2924.1
648
2023
Comparable
20,734
178.5
3395.4
741
2024
Comparable
21,121
151.5
3636.2
800
How Secaucus sits among NJ peers
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Reporting Agency
Secaucus Police Department NIBRS-participating
Secaucus's crime figures on this page originate from Secaucus 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 Secaucus in population. Their populations run from 20,477 to 21,848, against 21,121 here. Or use our
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These New Jersey cities report the closest violent-crime rates to Secaucus's 151.5/100K (same FBI UCR vintage rules; size peers above are excluded so the two lists stay distinct).
Secaucus has a violent crime rate of 151.5 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 3636.2 per 100,000, based on 2024 FBI UCR data.
Is Secaucus, NJ safe? ▼
Secaucus receives a safety grade of C (Average), with a safety score of 55/100. The violent crime rate is 57% below the national average and 30% below the New Jersey average.
What is the population of Secaucus, NJ? ▼
The reporting population for Secaucus is 21,121 as of 2024.
How many crimes were reported in Secaucus? ▼
In 2024, Secaucus reported 32 violent crimes and 768 property crimes, for a total of 800 reported offenses.
How do Secaucus's reported offenses compare with its population? ▼
In 2024, Secaucus recorded about one reported offense per 26 residents and one reported violent offense per 660 residents. These ratios count reported offenses, not distinct victims, and are not a person's probability of victimization.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Secaucus? ▼
From 2023 to 2024, Secaucus's violent crime rate decreased by 15.1%, and the property crime rate increased by 7.1%.
What is the most common crime in Secaucus? ▼
The most common crime type in Secaucus is larceny-theft, accounting for 83.8% of all reported crimes (670 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Secaucus 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 Secaucus, NJ rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.