Teaneck Township, NJ carries a PlainCrime A safety grade with violent crime 73% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Teaneck Township, NJ shows violent crime at 95.9 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 797.3 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 73% 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
95.9/100K violent
797.3/100K property
-73% vs U.S.
The verdict
Teaneck Township earns an A safety grade: violent crime runs 73% below the U.S. average, placing it safer than most U.S. cities.
A
PlainCrime safety grade
-73%
violent crime vs. U.S. average
72nd
percentile of 7,769 U.S. cities
797.3
property crimes per 100K
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Teaneck Township, NJ
Comparable rate records
Teaneck Township's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the New Jersey cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Teaneck Township's 95.9 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Beachwood (95.5), Clark Township (95.2), Prospect Park (95.1), Wayne Township (93.8). 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.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 126.6 per 100,000 in 2020 to 95.9 in 2024 (-24.3%). The highest observed value was 126.6 in 2020 and the lowest 64.3 in 2023. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Position in the state cohort
Teaneck Township sits mid-pack among comparable New Jersey cities
At 95.9 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Teaneck Township ranks 162 of 417 — above 255 of the 416 other New Jersey cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +40.7% 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 10.7% of the 382 Part I offenses reported in Teaneck Township for 2024, against a median of 7.1% across comparable New Jersey cities — a gap of 3.6 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 Teaneck Township'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
+49.1%
64.3 → 95.9/100K
Property Crime Rate
-30.5%
1147.9 → 797.3/100K
Property offenses lead Teaneck Township's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
341
797.3
1711
Larceny-Theft
274
640.6
-
Burglary
49
114.6
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
18
42.1
-
Arson
4
9.4
-
Violent Crime
41
95.9
352
Aggravated Assault
24
56.1
-
Robbery
8
18.7
-
Rape
7
16.4
-
Murder
2
4.7
-
Teaneck Township Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Teaneck Township property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Property crime rate (2024)
797.3/100K↓30.5%vs 2023
Teaneck Township violent crime rate trend
Secondary series · fell · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR
Violent crime rate (2024)
95.9/100K↑49.1%vs 2023
Year
Coverage
Population
Violent Rate
Property Rate
Total Crimes
2020
Comparable
40,290
126.6
995.3
452
2021
Comparable
42,218
101.9
691.6
335
2022
Comparable
42,128
92.6
1053.9
483
2023
Comparable
41,990
64.3
1147.9
509
2024
Comparable
42,771
95.9
797.3
382
How Teaneck Township sits among NJ peers
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Reporting Agency
Teaneck Township Police Department NIBRS-participating
Teaneck Township's crime figures on this page originate from Teaneck Township 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 Teaneck Township in population. Their populations run from 40,430 to 46,319, against 42,771 here. Or use our
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These New Jersey cities report the closest violent-crime rates to Teaneck Township's 95.9/100K (same FBI UCR vintage rules; size peers above are excluded so the two lists stay distinct).
Teaneck Township has a violent crime rate of 95.9 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 797.3 per 100,000, based on 2024 FBI UCR data.
Is Teaneck Township, NJ safe? ▼
Teaneck Township receives a safety grade of A (Safe), with a safety score of 83/100. The violent crime rate is 73% below the national average and 56% below the New Jersey average.
What is the population of Teaneck Township, NJ? ▼
The reporting population for Teaneck Township is 42,771 as of 2024.
How many crimes were reported in Teaneck Township? ▼
In 2024, Teaneck Township reported 41 violent crimes and 341 property crimes, for a total of 382 reported offenses.
How do Teaneck Township's reported offenses compare with its population? ▼
In 2024, Teaneck Township recorded about one reported offense per 112 residents and one reported violent offense per 1043 residents. These ratios count reported offenses, not distinct victims, and are not a person's probability of victimization.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Teaneck Township? ▼
From 2023 to 2024, Teaneck Township's violent crime rate increased by 49.1%, and the property crime rate decreased by 30.5%.
What is the most common crime in Teaneck Township? ▼
The most common crime type in Teaneck Township is larceny-theft, accounting for 71.7% of all reported crimes (274 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Teaneck Township 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 Teaneck Township, NJ rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.