What is the #1 safest cities in new jersey?

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

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 safest cities in new jersey?: Swedesboro ranks #1 with 0.00 (crime rate per 1k).
What are the top 5 safest cities in new jersey?: 1. Swedesboro (0.00), 2. Allendale (0.00), 3. Mount Arlington (0.00), 4. Matawan (0.00), 5. Northfield (0.00)
How many cities in New Jersey are ranked?: This ranking includes 300 cities in New Jersey with available data.

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