West New York, NJ has a C safety grade (58/100) with a violent crime rate of 297 per 100,000, 16% below the national average.
FBI UCR 2024 Per-capita rates FBI UCR + NIBRS
West New York, NJ Crime Rate & Safety
Compiled by PlainCrime, Independent crime-data publisher
At 51,260 residents, West New York is a large city: FBI UCR Table 8 rates (per 100,000) here are read against NJ and U.S. averages before the offense-family breakdown.
West New York, NJ carries a PlainCrime C safety grade with violent crime 16% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, West New York, NJ shows violent crime at 296.5 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,463.1 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 16% 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
296.5/100K violent
1463.1/100K property
-16% vs U.S.
The verdict
West New York earns a C safety grade: violent crime runs 16% below the U.S. average, placing it higher-crime than most U.S. cities.
C
PlainCrime safety grade
-16%
violent crime vs. U.S. average
30th
percentile of 7,769 U.S. cities
1,463.1
property crimes per 100K
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for West New York, NJ
Position in the state cohort
West New York reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable New Jersey cities
At 296.5 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, West New York ranks 34 of 417 — above 383 of the 416 other New Jersey cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +335.1% 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.
Comparable rate records
West New York's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the New Jersey cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to West New York's 296.5 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Pemberton Township (295.6), Wildwood Crest (294.9), Ocean Gate (291.8), Neptune Township (289.6). 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 higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 200.1 per 100,000 in 2020 to 296.5 in 2024 (+48.2%). The highest observed value was 296.5 in 2024 and the lowest 163.3 in 2021. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Offense mix
Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix
Violent offenses are 16.9% of the 902 Part I offenses reported in West New York for 2024, against a median of 7.1% across comparable New Jersey cities — a gap of 9.7 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 West New York'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.
On a large city row, these are citywide reported offense totals - not neighbourhood advice. Conditions vary by place and time; reporting rates differ across jurisdictions.
Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
+24.1%
239 → 296.5/100K
Property Crime Rate
+12.8%
1297.1 → 1463.1/100K
Property offenses lead West New York's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
750
1463.1
1711
Larceny-Theft
625
1219.3
-
Burglary
64
124.9
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
61
119
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
152
296.5
352
Aggravated Assault
97
189.2
-
Robbery
31
60.5
-
Rape
24
46.8
-
Murder
0
0
-
West New York Crime Trend (2020-2024)
West New York property crime rate trend
Lead series · rose across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Property crime rate (2024)
1,463.1/100K↑12.8%vs 2023
West New York violent crime rate trend
Secondary series · rose · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR
Violent crime rate (2024)
296.5/100K↑24.1%vs 2023
Year
Coverage
Population
Violent Rate
Property Rate
Total Crimes
2020
Comparable
52,977
200.1
1109.9
694
2021
Comparable
55,716
163.3
1015.9
657
2022
Comparable
52,021
248
1159.1
732
2023
Comparable
51,884
239
1297.1
797
2024
Comparable
51,260
296.5
1463.1
902
How West New York sits among NJ peers
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Reporting Agency
West New York Police Department NIBRS-participating
West New York's crime figures on this page originate from West New York 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 West New York in population. Their populations run from 47,488 to 53,988, against 51,260 here. Or use our
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These New Jersey cities report the closest violent-crime rates to West New York's 296.5/100K (same FBI UCR vintage rules; size peers above are excluded so the two lists stay distinct).
West New York has a violent crime rate of 296.5 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 1463.1 per 100,000, based on 2024 FBI UCR data.
Is West New York, NJ safe? ▼
West New York receives a safety grade of C (Average), with a safety score of 58/100. The violent crime rate is 16% below the national average and 37% above the New Jersey average.
What is the population of West New York, NJ? ▼
The reporting population for West New York is 51,260 as of 2024.
How many crimes were reported in West New York? ▼
In 2024, West New York reported 152 violent crimes and 750 property crimes, for a total of 902 reported offenses.
How do West New York's reported offenses compare with its population? ▼
In 2024, West New York recorded about one reported offense per 57 residents and one reported violent offense per 337 residents. These ratios count reported offenses, not distinct victims, and are not a person's probability of victimization.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in West New York? ▼
From 2023 to 2024, West New York's violent crime rate increased by 24.1%, and the property crime rate increased by 12.8%.
What is the most common crime in West New York? ▼
The most common crime type in West New York is larceny-theft, accounting for 69.3% of all reported crimes (625 incidents in 2024).
Large-city read: West New York's rates come from the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, CIUS Table 8, vintage 2024.
Incomplete reporters stay out of rate rankings. Cross-check population with Census ACS; state UCR programs for statewide context. Primary verify links: FBI.gov UCR, Census QuickFacts.
Disclaimer (large city): informational crime rates only - not legal, insurance, or personal-safety advice. Source: FBI UCR. Ask a qualified professional before acting.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 West New York, NJ rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.