New Jersey Crime Grades

Statewide grade B

378 cities graded A+ through F based on 2024 FBI crime data. State overall score: 66/100 (Above Average).

What is New Jersey’s crime safety grade?

New Jersey earned an overall safety grade of B (score: 66/100, Above Average) based on 2024 FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program data, with a statewide violent crime rate of 215.7 per 100,000 and property crime rate of 1395.7 per 100,000. PlainCrime graded 378 New Jersey cities with reportable crime data against national benchmarks, producing an A+ through F score for each jurisdiction. Grades weigh violent and property crime rates: cities more than 50% below the national average typically earn A or A+, while cities significantly above average receive D or F ratings.

Across the 378 graded New Jersey cities, 115 earned A+, 141 earned A, 65 received B, 33 landed at C, 15 received D, and 9 fell to F in the 2024 scoring. The highest-rated city is Vernon Township with an A+ grade (score: 98/100, violent rate 4.4/100K). The lowest-rated city is Atlantic City with a F grade (score: 0/100, violent rate 1780.1/100K).

Roughly 68% of graded cities in New Jersey achieved an A or A+ rating, while 6% received a D or F. Cities missing from this table either did not submit complete 2024 UCR data, fell below the minimum population threshold for reliable rate calculation, or report through consolidated agencies that aggregate into county or regional totals instead of individual city figures. Grade boundaries use the national violent and property crime rate averages for 2024 as the reference point, so grades are directly comparable between New Jersey and other states on the site.

A safety grade condenses several FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) measures into a single letter, ranking each state's violent and property crime rates against the national distribution rather than a fixed cutoff. A high grade therefore means a state compares well to its peers in a given year, not that it is free of crime. Grades move as the underlying rates move and as agency reporting completeness shifts from year to year. Two states with the same letter can have very different profiles: one may carry a higher violent-crime rate offset by low property crime, the other the reverse. Use the grade as a quick orientation, then read the component rates beneath it to see what is actually driving the number for this state.

A+
115 cities
A
141 cities
B
65 cities
C
33 cities
D
15 cities
F
9 cities

The safest cities in New Jersey

Violent crimes per 100,000 residents, FBI UCR 2024. Lower is safer, hover a bar for the exact rate.

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What this shows Vernon Township reports the lowest violent-crime rate in New Jersey. At 4.4 per 100K, it runs well below the New Jersey average of 215.7. These eight cities anchor the safe end of the state.

Source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program As of 2024
# Grade City Score
1 A+ Vernon Township 98
2 A+ Randolph Township 97
3 A+ Bernards Township 97
4 A+ Monroe Township, Middlesex County 97
5 A+ Fair Haven 97
6 A+ Raritan Township 97
7 A+ Chesterfield Township 97
8 A+ Kinnelon 96
9 A+ Mountainside 96
10 A+ Rockaway 96
11 A+ Dumont 96
12 A+ Delaware Township 96
13 A+ Wyckoff Township 95
14 A+ Tenafly 95
15 A+ New Milford 95
16 A+ Madison 95
17 A+ Denville Township 95
18 A+ Warren Township 95
19 A+ Waldwick 95
20 A+ Middlesex Borough 95
21 A+ Brielle 95
22 A+ Ocean Township, Ocean County 95
23 A+ Pitman 95
24 A+ Long Hill Township 95
25 A+ Chatham Township 95
26 A+ River Vale Township 95
27 A+ Monmouth Beach 95
28 A+ Ringwood 95
29 A+ Wanaque 95
30 A+ Andover Township 95
31 A+ North Hanover Township 95
32 A+ Pequannock Township 94
33 A+ Hackettstown 94
34 A+ Westfield 94
35 A+ Medford Lakes 94
36 A+ Bedminster Township 94
37 A+ Lambertville 94
38 A+ Readington Township 94
39 A+ Franklin Lakes 94
40 A+ Haworth 94
41 A+ Franklin Township, Hunterdon County 94
42 A+ Oakland 94
43 A+ Washington Township, Morris County 94
44 A+ Norwood 94
45 A+ Park Ridge 94
46 A+ Old Tappan 94
47 A+ Oradell 94
48 A+ South River 94
49 A+ Independence Township 94
50 A+ Island Heights 94
51 A+ Waterford Township 93
52 A+ Colts Neck Township 93
53 A+ Cedar Grove Township 93
54 A+ North Caldwell 93
55 A+ Glen Rock 93
56 A+ Montville Township 93
57 A+ Lincoln Park 93
58 A+ Chatham 93
59 A+ Holmdel Township 93
60 A+ Hasbrouck Heights 93
61 A+ Morris Township 93
62 A+ Springfield Township, Burlington County 93
63 A+ Leonia 93
64 A+ Montgomery Township 93
65 A+ West Amwell Township 93
66 A+ Jamesburg 93
67 A+ Helmetta 93
68 A+ Rumson 93
69 A+ New Providence 93
70 A+ Bergenfield 93
71 A+ Westwood 93
72 A+ Barnegat Township 93
73 A+ Cranford Township 92
74 A+ Fanwood 92
75 A+ Linwood 92
76 A+ Roseland 92
77 A+ River Edge 92
78 A+ Elk Township 92
79 A+ Palisades Park 92
80 A+ Florham Park 92
81 A+ Wood-Ridge 92
82 A+ Butler 92
83 A+ Jackson Township 92
84 A+ Oxford Township 92
85 A+ Oceanport 92
86 A+ North Haledon 92
87 A+ Hardyston Township 92
88 A+ Blairstown Township 92
89 A+ Little Silver 91
90 A+ Manalapan Township 91
91 A+ Bernardsville 91
92 A+ Sparta Township 91
93 A+ Green Brook Township 91
94 A+ Scotch Plains Township 91
95 A+ Northvale 91
96 A+ Bogota 91
97 A+ Caldwell 91
98 A+ Hopatcong 91
99 A+ Stanhope 91
100 A+ Boonton 90
101 A+ Kenilworth 90
102 A+ Fairfield Township, Essex County 90
103 A+ Hawthorne 90
104 A+ Roselle Park 90
105 A+ West Caldwell Township 90
106 A+ Washington 90
107 A+ Midland Park 90
108 A+ Berkeley Heights Township 90
109 A+ Ridgewood 90
110 A+ Nutley Township 90
111 A+ Mount Olive Township 90
112 A+ Manchester Township 90
113 A+ Hillsborough Township 90
114 A+ Mahwah Township 90
115 A+ Frenchtown 90
116 A Ramsey 89
117 A Bridgewater Township 89
118 A Cranbury Township 89
119 A Washington Township, Warren County 89
120 A Raritan 89
121 A Stafford Township 89
122 A East Greenwich Township 89
123 A Princeton 89
124 A Ridgefield 89
125 A Sea Girt 89
126 A Allentown 89
127 A Verona 89
128 A Pennington 89
129 A Harrison Township 89
130 A Point Pleasant 89
131 A Tewksbury Township 89
132 A Saddle Brook Township 88
133 A Closter 88
134 A Mansfield Township, Warren County 88
135 A Rockaway Township 88
136 A Wharton 88
137 A Summit 88
138 A Middletown Township 88
139 A Clinton Township 88
140 A West Milford Township 88
141 A East Hanover Township 87
142 A Berlin 87
143 A Glen Ridge 87
144 A Barrington 87
145 A Robbinsville Township 87
146 A Fair Lawn 87
147 A Metuchen 87
148 A Montvale 87
149 A Parsippany-Troy Hills Township 87
150 A Rutherford 87
151 A Old Bridge Township 87
152 A Lopatcong Township 87
153 A Spring Lake 86
154 A Little Egg Harbor Township 86
155 A Carney's Point Township 86
156 A Hopewell Township 86
157 A East Windsor Township 86
158 A Somerville 86
159 A Medford Township 86
160 A Pine Beach 86
161 A Edgewater 85
162 A West Long Branch 85
163 A Springfield Township, Union County 85
164 A Marlboro Township 85
165 A Surf City 85
166 A Livingston Township 85
167 A Howell Township 85
168 A Englishtown 85
169 A Mullica Township 85
170 A Little Falls Township 85
171 A Morris Plains 84
172 A Lyndhurst Township 84
173 A Moorestown Township 84
174 A Bordentown Township 84
175 A Woodland Park 84
176 A Lacey Township 84
177 A Beachwood 84
178 A Hightstown 84
179 A Highlands 84
180 A Haddonfield 83
181 A Maplewood Township 83
182 A Margate City 83
183 A Gloucester Township 83
184 A Ridgefield Park 83
185 A Manasquan 83
186 A Dunellen 83
187 A Teaneck Township 83
188 A Bordentown City 83
189 A South Brunswick Township 83
190 A Brigantine 83
191 A Piscataway Township 83
192 A South Orange Village 82
193 A Milltown 82
194 A Franklin Township, Somerset County 82
195 A Stratford 82
196 A Manville 82
197 A Cliffside Park 82
198 A Berkeley Township 82
199 A Atlantic Highlands 82
200 A Florence Township 82
201 A Lawrence Township, Mercer County 81
202 A Englewood Cliffs 81
203 A West Deptford Township 81
204 A Saddle River 81
205 A Franklin Township, Gloucester County 81
206 A Montclair 81
207 A Bloomingdale 81
208 A Millburn Township 80
209 A Shrewsbury 80
210 A Bellmawr 80
211 A Carlstadt 80
212 A Evesham Township 80
213 A Hazlet Township 80
214 A Wall Township 80
215 A Fairview 80
216 A Winslow Township 80
217 A Alpha 80
218 A South Toms River 80
219 A Hamburg 80
220 A Lakewood Township 80
221 A Logan Township 79
222 A Wallington 79
223 A Prospect Park 79
224 A Alpine 79
225 A Hanover Township 79
226 A Monroe Township, Gloucester County 79
227 A Clayton 79
228 A Newton 79
229 A Lavallette 79
230 A Mansfield Township, Burlington County 79
231 A Voorhees Township 78
232 A Delran Township 78
233 A Lumberton Township 78
234 A East Newark 78
235 A Lower Township 78
236 A Spotswood 78
237 A Netcong 78
238 A Union Township 77
239 A Avon-by-the-Sea 77
240 A East Brunswick Township 77
241 A Hammonton 77
242 A Fort Lee 77
243 A Toms River Township 77
244 A Brick Township 77
245 A Aberdeen Township 77
246 A Woodstown 77
247 A Sea Bright 77
248 A Mantua Township 76
249 A Merchantville 76
250 A Runnemede 75
251 A Bloomfield 75
252 A Galloway Township 75
253 A Glassboro 75
254 A Burlington Township 75
255 A Rahway 75
256 A Eastampton Township 75
257 B Wayne Township 74
258 B Edgewater Park Township 74
259 B North Brunswick Township 74
260 B South Amboy 74
261 B West Orange 74
262 B Highland Park 74
263 B Rochelle Park Township 74
264 B Maywood 73
265 B Greenwich Township, Warren County 72
266 B Pennsville Township 72
267 B Cinnaminson Township 72
268 B Belmar 72
269 B North Plainfield 72
270 B Weehawken Township 72
271 B Lodi 72
272 B North Bergen Township 72
273 B Flemington 71
274 B South Plainfield 71
275 B Egg Harbor Township 71
276 B Freehold Township 71
277 B Keansburg 71
278 B Roselle 71
279 B Guttenberg 71
280 B Ocean City 70
281 B Totowa 70
282 B Long Beach Township 70
283 B Red Bank 70
284 B Dover 70
285 B Ventnor City 69
286 B Palmyra 69
287 B Phillipsburg 69
288 B Watchung 68
289 B Clark Township 68
290 B Keyport 68
291 B Englewood 68
292 B Paramus 67
293 B Pohatcong Township 67
294 B Riverdale 67
295 B Hamilton Township, Atlantic County 67
296 B Egg Harbor City 67
297 B Gibbsboro 67
298 B Morristown 67
299 B Ocean Gate 67
300 B Edison Township 66
301 B Hoboken 66
302 B Pine Hill 66
303 B Riverside Township 66
304 B Garfield 65
305 B Beverly 65
306 B Clifton 64
307 B Lakehurst 63
308 B Mount Laurel Township 63
309 B Woodbury 63
310 B Audubon 62
311 B Cape May 62
312 B Neptune City 62
313 B Long Branch 62
314 B Freehold Borough 62
315 B Pemberton Township 62
316 B Beach Haven 61
317 B Collingswood 61
318 B Hamilton Township, Mercer County 61
319 B Absecon 61
320 B Harrison 61
321 B Mount Holly Township 61
322 C Clementon 59
323 C Berlin Township 58
324 C Elmwood Park 58
325 C Hackensack 58
326 C Westampton Township 58
327 C West New York 58
328 C Carteret 58
329 C Mount Ephraim 57
330 C Belleville 57
331 C Middle Township 57
332 C Eatontown 57
333 C Sea Isle City 56
334 C Wildwood Crest 56
335 C Secaucus 55
336 C Avalon 54
337 C Ewing Township 54
338 C Point Pleasant Beach 54
339 C Willingboro Township 54
340 C Cherry Hill Township 53
341 C Hillside Township 53
342 C Haddon Township 52
343 C Ocean Township, Monmouth County 52
344 C Magnolia 51
345 C Perth Amboy 49
346 C Somers Point 48
347 C Pleasantville 47
348 C Somerdale 46
349 C Maple Shade Township 46
350 C Pennsauken Township 45
351 C Plainfield 45
352 C Neptune Township 43
353 C Lindenwold 42
354 C Orange City 40
355 D Burlington City 39
356 D Lawnside 36
357 D North Wildwood 36
358 D Elizabeth 36
359 D East Orange 35
360 D Hi-Nella 34
361 D Vineland 33
362 D Irvington 33
363 D Wildwood 31
364 D Penns Grove 29
365 D Brooklawn 27
366 D Jersey City 26
367 D Millville 25
368 D South Hackensack Township 25
369 D Newark 25
370 F Paulsboro 17
371 F Seaside Heights 16
372 F Passaic 14
373 F Trenton 10
374 F Paterson 9
375 F New Brunswick 8
376 F Camden County Police Department 3
377 F Bridgeton 0
378 F Atlantic City 0

Frequently Asked Questions

What is New Jersey's overall crime safety grade?
New Jersey has an overall safety grade of B (score: 66/100). This is based on the state's aggregate violent crime rate of 215.7 per 100K and property crime rate of 1395.7 per 100K compared to national averages.
How many cities in New Jersey have an A+ safety grade?
115 cities in New Jersey earned an A+ safety grade (2024), meaning their crime rates are well below the national average. 141 additional cities earned an A grade.
Which is the safest city in New Jersey?
Vernon Township is the highest-rated city in New Jersey with an A+ grade (score: 98/100). Its violent crime rate is 4.4 per 100K.

Nationwide states with similar crime grades

FBI UCR peer sets for New Jersey grade pages, ranked across all states so these neighborhoods are not the alphabetically adjacent list below.

Similar safety score

Nearest states by statewide safety score (66/100 here, grade B).

West Virginia
66/100 (B)
Kentucky
65/100 (B)
Utah
65/100 (B)
Iowa
65/100 (B)

Similar graded-city count

Nearest states by cities with A–F grades (378 here); safety-score peers above are excluded.

Illinois
411 graded cities
Michigan
336 graded cities
Ohio
321 graded cities
California
455 graded cities

Nearby States, Crime Grades

Compare New Jersey's grade distribution with neighboring states, or use the compare tool to benchmark jurisdictions side-by-side.

Nevada
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New Hampshire
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New Mexico
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New York
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North Carolina
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Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, 2024. Safety scores based on violent and property crime rates vs. national averages published in FBI Crime in the United States (CIUS) Table 8. Population figures reference U.S. Census Bureau estimates where FBI-reported populations are unavailable. Verify with FBI.gov UCR and Census.gov QuickFacts.

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