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Passaic

Passaic, New Jersey crime and tract data guide. Read the citywide pattern first, then move into tract pages and comparison pages to see where the local differences are most pronounced.

Population
70,002
Passaic covered by 17 underlying areas.
Violent crime
6.8 / 1k
Violent crime moved up by 6.6 / 1k from 0.2 / 1k in 2021 to 6.8 / 1k in 2024. The earlier baseline was too small for a reliable headline percentage.
Property crime
18.8 / 1k
Property crime moved up by 18.0 / 1k from 0.8 / 1k in 2021 to 18.8 / 1k in 2024. The earlier baseline was too small for a reliable headline percentage.
Market rent
$2,272
Market rent has increased 18% since 2023. Rent here is ZIP-derived market context.
Signals

What Passaic is signaling right now

City-level signals summarize safety, market pressure, quality, and upside without loading the application bundle.

Safety

100/100

Scores in the 100th percentile for lower violent crime relative to its peer set. Higher scores indicate safer conditions based on the current violent-crime rate.

Momentum

50/100

Development activity lands around the 50th percentile once permit intensity is normalized by household base — a forward-looking signal for neighborhood improvement trajectory.

Quality

47/100

Retail discovery mix places this area around the 47th percentile — curated premium-versus-value retail tagging, openings, and category mix are used to summarize commercial quality.

Investor Upside

49/100

Forward-looking composite places this area in the 49th percentile — a weighted blend of development momentum and retail quality signaling medium-term investment potential.

Benchmarks

Passaic compared with New Jersey

Passaic city pages are rolled up from tract-level metrics, then linked into tract pages and city comparison reads so you can move from the citywide pattern into the places driving it.

Violent Crime

6.8 / 1k

2.9 / 1k state · 4.0 / 1k national

Property Crime

18.8 / 1k

16.2 / 1k state · 19.6 / 1k national

Market Rent (ZIP-derived)

$2,272

$2,572 state

Permits 12M

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