What is the #1 most dangerous cities in new jersey?

#	City	Population	Crime Rate per 1K
1	Salem	5,315	20.99
2	Atlantic City	38,486	17.80
3	Camden	71,471	13.81
4	Trenton	89,966	10.26
5	Paterson	157,660	9.79
6	Bridgeton	26,836	9.20
7	Passaic	69,651	7.19
8	Paulsboro	6,213	7.16
9	New Brunswick	55,744	6.99
10	Asbury Park	15,239	6.98
11	Seaside Heights	1,992	5.85
12	Newark	307,188	5.81
13	Penns Grove	4,860	5.75
14	Jersey City	289,691	5.62
15	East Orange	69,183	4.86
16	Woodlynne	2,899	4.81
17	Millville	27,432	4.54
18	Vineland	60,692	4.47
19	Brooklawn	1,788	4.31
20	Plainfield	54,515	4.11
21	Elizabeth	135,887	4.10
22	Pleasantville	20,604	4.03
23	Lindenwold	21,534	4.01
24	Perth Amboy	55,278	3.92
25	Wildwood	5,140	3.91
26	North Wildwood	3,620	3.64
27	Lawnside	3,124	3.43
28	Somers Point	10,461	3.25
29	Carteret	25,187	3.17
30	West New York	51,683	2.97
31	Point Pleasant Beach	4,826	2.96
32	Pemberton	1,373	2.96
33	Wildwood Crest	3,094	2.95
34	Ocean Gate	1,768	2.92
35	Westville	4,285	2.77
36	Eatontown	13,537	2.67
37	Bayonne	70,468	2.66
38	Morristown	20,256	2.65
39	Somerdale	5,535	2.63
40	Hackensack	45,768	2.46
41	Long Branch	32,184	2.42
42	Beverly	2,489	2.38
43	Harrison	19,599	2.34
44	Clementon	5,351	2.31
45	Englewood	29,342	2.30
46	Pine Hill	10,762	2.27
47	Moonachie	3,106	2.25
48	Magnolia	4,360	2.24
49	Dover	18,420	2.23
50	Elmwood Park	21,287	2.21
51	Absecon	9,099	2.19
52	Gibbsboro	2,337	2.19
53	Woodbury	9,992	2.13
54	Sea Bright	1,657	2.11
55	Guttenberg	11,638	2.10
56	Red Bank	12,864	2.04
57	Garfield	32,502	1.99
58	Roselle	22,455	1.93
59	Hoboken	58,340	1.89
60	Woodstown	3,690	1.87
61	Keyport	7,159	1.84
62	Netcong	3,543	1.82
63	Rahway	29,748	1.80
64	Keansburg	9,729	1.77
65	National Park	3,043	1.71
66	Burlington	9,904	1.70
67	Linden	43,614	1.69
68	Clifton	89,247	1.66
69	Avalon	1,478	1.65
70	Kearny	40,570	1.64
71	Lodi	25,946	1.60
72	Spotswood	8,112	1.58
73	Lavallette	1,836	1.57
74	Freehold	12,504	1.57
75	Phillipsburg	15,251	1.56
76	Woodbridge	20,086	1.56
77	Bloomingdale	7,686	1.56
78	Glassboro	23,375	1.53
79	Neptune City	4,607	1.53
80	North Plainfield	22,667	1.52
81	Secaucus	21,437	1.52
82	Lakewood	69,884	1.51
83	Highland Park	14,981	1.51
84	Hamburg	3,293	1.49
85	Egg Harbor City	4,378	1.48
86	Florence	5,027	1.47
87	Maywood	10,042	1.47
88	Palmyra	7,447	1.47
89	Newton	8,336	1.46
90	Cape May	2,789	1.45
91	Lakehurst	2,666	1.43
92	Clayton	8,867	1.41
93	Sea Isle City	2,079	1.41
94	South Amboy	9,714	1.39
95	Atlantic Highlands	4,409	1.37
96	Toms River	93,915	1.34
97	Pine Beach	2,378	1.33
98	Fort Lee	39,818	1.31
99	Berlin	7,503	1.30
100	Newfield	1,811	1.30
101	South Toms River	3,701	1.30
102	Little Ferry	10,942	1.29
103	Hammonton	14,746	1.28
104	Totowa	10,919	1.28
105	Alpha	2,249	1.27
106	Sayreville	45,237	1.27
107	Cliffside Park	25,580	1.26
108	Mount Ephraim	4,648	1.26
109	Collingswood	14,163	1.24
110	East Newark	2,529	1.23
111	Belmar	5,861	1.21
112	Lake Como	1,660	1.20
113	Highlands	4,575	1.18
114	South Plainfield	24,231	1.18
115	Saddle River	3,358	1.16
116	East Rutherford	10,154	1.13
117	Alpine	1,503	1.12
118	Fairview	14,920	1.12
119	Ventnor City	9,220	1.08
120	Brigantine	7,702	1.06
121	Avon-by-the-Sea	1,801	1.03
122	Hightstown	5,869	1.01
123	Manville	10,870	1.00
124	Califon	1,065	0.98
125	Tinton Falls	19,252	0.97
126	Beachwood	11,002	0.95
127	Riverdale	4,084	0.95
128	Prospect Park	6,286	0.95
129	Dunellen	7,711	0.93
130	Wenonah	2,248	0.91
131	Beach Haven	1,096	0.91
132	Union City	66,375	0.90
133	Englishtown	2,075	0.85
134	Manasquan	5,915	0.85
135	Stratford	6,965	0.84
136	Stanhope	3,551	0.83
137	Ridgefield Park	13,167	0.82
138	Runnemede	8,310	0.82
139	South Bound Brook	4,833	0.81
140	Hopewell	1,828	0.79
141	Audubon	8,699	0.79
142	Voorhees	1,775	0.78
143	Pennsville	12,238	0.78
144	Bound Brook	12,023	0.78
145	Clinton	2,784	0.77
146	Merchantville	3,815	0.77
147	Surf City	1,225	0.75
148	Woodland Park	13,284	0.75
149	Point Pleasant	19,158	0.75
150	Hopatcong	14,470	0.75
151	Wallington	11,825	0.75
152	Bordentown	4,006	0.74
153	Somerville	12,958	0.73
154	Milltown	6,994	0.70
155	Ho-Ho-Kus	4,230	0.69
156	Pennington	2,798	0.69
157	Old Bridge	28,015	0.68
158	Gloucester City	11,465	0.68
159	Caldwell	8,898	0.67
160	Frenchtown	1,609	0.66
161	Springfield	1,338	0.64
162	Barnegat	3,367	0.64
163	Carlstadt	6,343	0.62
164	Hillsborough	22,302	0.61
165	North Arlington	16,368	0.61
166	Flemington	4,887	0.61
167	Margate City	5,260	0.59
168	Morris Plains	6,214	0.59
169	Bellmawr	11,678	0.58
170	Allentown	1,926	0.58
171	Carneys Point	7,945	0.58
172	North Haledon	8,757	0.57
173	Summit	22,512	0.57
174	Rutherford	18,748	0.57
175	Island Heights	1,691	0.57
176	Englewood Cliffs	5,330	0.55
177	Sea Girt	1,978	0.55
178	Wharton	7,254	0.53
179	Westwood	11,221	0.52
180	Ridgefield	11,439	0.52
181	Montvale	8,625	0.50
182	Bogota	9,110	0.49
183	South River	16,007	0.49
184	Princeton	30,451	0.49
185	Oceanport	6,130	0.49
186	Bergenfield	28,269	0.48
187	Oradell	8,197	0.48
188	Old Tappan	5,896	0.48
189	Buena	4,500	0.47
190	West Long Branch	8,576	0.47
191	Metuchen	14,982	0.46
192	Ridgewood	26,076	0.45
193	New Providence	13,577	0.44
194	Fair Lawn	35,153	0.44
195	Midland Park	6,996	0.42
196	Rumson	7,265	0.42
197	Park Ridge	9,218	0.41
198	Oxford	1,140	0.40
199	Northvale	4,782	0.40
200	Helmetta	2,317	0.40
201	Edgewater	14,544	0.40
202	Haddonfield	12,502	0.39
203	Bernardsville	7,871	0.37
204	Rockaway	6,589	0.37
205	Spring Lake	2,782	0.36
206	Butler	8,072	0.36
207	Wanaque	11,162	0.36
208	Roselle Park	13,965	0.35
209	Ringwood	11,600	0.34
210	Jamesburg	5,763	0.34
211	Norwood	5,668	0.34
212	Raritan	8,192	0.34
213	Little Silver	6,096	0.33
214	Leonia	9,300	0.32
215	Monmouth Beach	3,201	0.31
216	Oakland	12,700	0.31
217	Paramus	26,500	0.30
218	Haworth	3,321	0.29
219	Washington	7,287	0.29
220	Wood-Ridge	10,094	0.29
221	Barrington	7,047	0.28
222	Florham Park	13,134	0.27
223	Franklin Lakes	11,011	0.27
224	Chatham	9,219	0.26
225	Hawthorne	19,472	0.25
226	Cranbury	2,304	0.25
227	Hasbrouck Heights	12,067	0.24
228	Palisades Park	20,192	0.24
229	Glen Ridge	7,827	0.24
230	Shrewsbury	4,162	0.24
231	Lambertville	4,141	0.24
232	Bedminster	1,463	0.24
233	Kenilworth	8,339	0.24
234	Medford Lakes	4,267	0.23
235	Upper Saddle River	8,354	0.23
236	Haledon	8,936	0.23
237	Pitman	8,834	0.22
238	Ocean City	11,260	0.21
239	Brielle	4,960	0.20
240	Middlesex	14,518	0.20
241	Ramsey	14,722	0.20
242	Waldwick	10,090	0.19
243	Lincoln Park	10,901	0.18
244	Union Beach	5,722	0.18
245	Fair Haven	6,182	0.16
246	Mendham	4,977	0.16
247	River Edge	12,024	0.16
248	Glen Rock	12,082	0.16
249	Westfield	30,760	0.16
250	Dumont	18,072	0.16
251	Roseland	6,211	0.16
252	Watchung	6,429	0.15
253	North Caldwell	6,622	0.15
254	Linwood	6,954	0.14
255	Mountainside	6,967	0.14
256	Fanwood	7,714	0.13
257	Cranford	1,783	0.12
258	Madison	16,464	0.12
259	New Milford	16,882	0.12
260	Closter	8,544	0.11
261	Hackettstown	10,143	0.10
262	Kinnelon	9,971	0.10
263	Pompton Lakes	11,010	0.09
264	Tenafly	15,252	0.06
265	Spring Lake Heights	4,866	0.00
266	Swedesboro	2,720	0.00
267	Bradley Beach	4,264	0.00
268	Haddon Heights	7,488	0.00
269	Oaklyn	3,934	0.00
270	Boonton	8,803	0.00
271	Tuckerton	3,616	0.00
272	Ogdensburg	2,231	0.00
273	Harrington Park	4,883	0.00
274	Lebanon	1,664	0.00
275	Mount Arlington	5,901	0.00
276	Garwood	4,688	0.00
277	Mountain Lakes	4,535	0.00
278	Peapack and Gladstone	2,547	0.00
279	High Bridge	3,584	0.00
280	Hillsdale	10,086	0.00
281	Franklin	4,938	0.00
282	Far Hills	1,004	0.00
283	Belvidere	2,526	0.00
284	Ship Bottom	1,009	0.00
285	Chesilhurst	1,340	0.00
286	Seaside Park	1,804	0.00
287	Chester	1,359	0.00
288	Matawan	9,636	0.00
289	Essex Fells	2,320	0.00
290	Bay Head	1,201	0.00
291	Cresskill	9,101	0.00
292	Emerson	7,263	0.00
293	Elmer	1,152	0.00
294	Woodbury Heights	3,116	0.00
295	Woodcliff Lake	6,097	0.00
296	Demarest	4,916	0.00
297	Laurel Springs	2,025	0.00
298	Riverton	2,771	0.00
299	Northfield	8,427	0.00
300	Allendale	6,820	0.00

Methodology

Cities in New Jersey are ranked by crime rate per 1k. Only cities with populations above 1,000 are included. Data sourced from FBI Crime Data Explorer. Last updated 2026.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the #1 most dangerous cities in new jersey?: Salem ranks #1 with 20.99 (crime rate per 1k).
What are the top 5 most dangerous cities in new jersey?: 1. Salem (20.99), 2. Atlantic City (17.80), 3. Camden (13.81), 4. Trenton (10.26), 5. Paterson (9.79)
How many cities in New Jersey are ranked?: This ranking includes 300 cities in New Jersey with available data.

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