Decision-support ranking comparing New Jersey cities by current violent crime per 1,000 using the currently published coarse crime context, then routing readers into each city brief for tract context and caveats.
Ranked rows are precomputed and served as static HTML from R2.
| # | Place | Metric | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Atlantic City Violent Crime has increased 184% since 2021. |
18.2 / 1k | → |
| 2 | Salem Violent Crime moved up by 9.9 / 1k from 0.0 / 1k in 2021 to 9.9 / 1k in 2024. The earlier baseline was too small for a reliable headline percentage. |
9.9 / 1k | → |
| 3 | Paterson Violent Crime has increased 7% since 2023. |
9.6 / 1k | → |
| 4 | Passaic 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. |
6.8 / 1k | → |
| 5 | New Brunswick Violent Crime has increased 71% since 2021. |
6.5 / 1k | → |
| 6 | Newark Violent Crime has increased 24% since 2021. |
6.1 / 1k | → |
| 7 | Jersey City Violent Crime moved up by 4.3 / 1k from 1.3 / 1k in 2021 to 5.6 / 1k in 2024. The earlier baseline was too small for a reliable headline percentage. |
5.6 / 1k | → |
| 8 | East Orange Violent Crime has increased 158% since 2022. |
4.9 / 1k | → |
| 9 | Millville Violent Crime has increased 71% since 2021. |
4.8 / 1k | → |
| 10 | Irvington Violent Crime has increased 36% since 2022. |
4.5 / 1k | → |
| 11 | Lindenwold Violent Crime has increased 7% since 2022. |
4.4 / 1k | → |
| 12 | Elizabeth Violent Crime has declined 14% since 2021. |
4.2 / 1k | → |
| 13 | Vineland Violent Crime has increased 17% since 2022. |
4.2 / 1k | → |
| 14 | Maple Shade Township Violent Crime moved up by 2.9 / 1k from 0.8 / 1k in 2021 to 3.7 / 1k in 2024. The earlier baseline was too small for a reliable headline percentage. |
3.7 / 1k | → |
| 15 | Willingboro Township Violent Crime has increased 28% since 2022. |
3.7 / 1k | → |
| 16 | Morristown Violent Crime has increased 146% since 2021. |
3.2 / 1k | → |
| 17 | Carteret Violent Crime moved up by 2.6 / 1k from 0.5 / 1k in 2022 to 3.1 / 1k in 2024. The earlier baseline was too small for a reliable headline percentage. |
3.1 / 1k | → |
| 18 | West New York Violent Crime has increased 19% since 2022. |
3.1 / 1k | → |
| 19 | Hackensack Violent Crime has increased 114% since 2021. |
3.0 / 1k | → |
| 20 | Eatontown Violent Crime has increased 33% since 2021. |
2.8 / 1k | → |
| 21 | Belleville Violent Crime moved up by 1.9 / 1k from 0.8 / 1k in 2021 to 2.7 / 1k in 2024. The earlier baseline was too small for a reliable headline percentage. |
2.7 / 1k | → |
| 22 | Somerdale Violent Crime has declined 4% since 2022. |
2.6 / 1k | → |
| 23 | Egg Harbor City Violent Crime moved up by 2.2 / 1k from 0.3 / 1k in 2021 to 2.5 / 1k in 2024. The earlier baseline was too small for a reliable headline percentage. |
2.5 / 1k | → |
| 24 | Dover Violent Crime has increased 14% since 2022. |
2.4 / 1k | → |
| 25 | Keyport Violent Crime has declined 4% since 2022. |
2.4 / 1k | → |
This page is useful for a current statewide pressure screen. It compares supported New Jersey cities by aggregate violent-crime rate before you open the deeper city briefs. Outside Colorado, this remains statewide fallback context rather than local incident-feed depth.
A current city rate does not tell you whether conditions are improving, how concentrated the pressure is, or which neighborhoods are driving it. Open the city brief and neighborhood pages next.