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Safest cities in New Jersey? Lowest and highest property-crime candidates
Use this hub to compare validated New Jersey city candidates by reported selected property-offense rate. It is a cautious city-page index, not a statewide safety ranking or personal-risk score.
Candidate-city rate
11.99
per 1,000 residents across listed cities; not a statewide risk score
Validated cities110Current candidate pages
Candidate population3,045,489Sum of listed city estimates
Selected offenses36,502FBI NIBRS offense records
Highest-rate city candidates
Use the city pages for source notes, trend handling, and offense mix. Small or ambiguous places remain outside automatic publication.
Pennsauken Township
44.23 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents
Haddon Township
35.45 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents
Cherry Hill Township
35.39 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents
Berlin Township
34.12 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents
Hillside Township
31.67 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents
Irvington
25.27 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents
Lowest-rate city candidates
Searchers often ask for the safest cities in a state. This section answers that intent carefully by showing the lowest reported selected property-offense rates among validated city candidates only.
Holland Township
0.19 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents
Byram Township
0.37 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents
Branchburg Township
0.71 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents
Chesterfield Township
0.78 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents
Barnegat Township
0.81 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents
Mendham Township
0.83 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents
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New Jersey city candidates
| City | Population | Selected offenses | Rate per 1,000 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsauken Township | 37,623 | 1,664 | 44.23 | Increasing |
| Haddon Township | 15,599 | 553 | 35.45 | Increasing |
| Cherry Hill Township | 78,943 | 2,794 | 35.39 | Increasing |
| Berlin Township | 6,038 | 206 | 34.12 | Increasing |
| Hillside Township | 22,863 | 724 | 31.67 | Increasing |
| Irvington | 62,211 | 1,572 | 25.27 | Increasing |
| Clark Township | 16,406 | 398 | 24.26 | Increasing |
| Pennsville Township | 12,872 | 291 | 22.61 | Decreasing |
| Millburn Township | 22,918 | 515 | 22.47 | Roughly stable |
| Maple Shade Township | 20,423 | 458 | 22.43 | Increasing |
| Mantua Township | 15,537 | 340 | 21.88 | Increasing |
| Ewing Township | 38,782 | 828 | 21.35 | Increasing |
| Mount Laurel Township | 47,390 | 983 | 20.74 | Roughly stable |
| Cinnaminson Township | 17,798 | 368 | 20.68 | Increasing |
| Belleville | 38,980 | 768 | 19.70 | Increasing |
| Middle Township | 20,059 | 391 | 19.49 | Increasing |
| Wayne Township | 54,781 | 1,015 | 18.53 | Increasing |
| Westampton Township | 9,380 | 169 | 18.02 | Decreasing |
| Egg Harbor Township | 48,426 | 863 | 17.82 | Increasing |
| Logan Township | 6,108 | 107 | 17.52 | Roughly stable |
| Mount Holly Township | 10,205 | 167 | 16.36 | Increasing |
| Voorhees Township | 31,484 | 514 | 16.33 | Increasing |
| Lumberton Township | 13,092 | 207 | 15.81 | Increasing |
| Delran Township | 18,795 | 297 | 15.80 | Increasing |
| Freehold Township | 35,997 | 559 | 15.53 | Trend pending |
| Edgewater Park Township | 9,234 | 139 | 15.05 | Increasing |
| East Hanover Township | 11,182 | 165 | 14.76 | Increasing |
| Galloway Township | 38,231 | 556 | 14.54 | Increasing |
| Hazlet Township | 20,697 | 301 | 14.54 | Increasing |
| Bloomfield | 55,802 | 807 | 14.46 | Increasing |
| West Orange | 49,531 | 702 | 14.17 | Roughly stable |
| Weehawken Township | 17,752 | 251 | 14.14 | Mixed |
| Evesham Township | 49,226 | 685 | 13.92 | Increasing |
| Maplewood Township | 26,311 | 360 | 13.68 | Roughly stable |
| Rochelle Park Township | 5,972 | 81 | 13.56 | Decreasing |
| Deptford Township | 32,529 | 433 | 13.31 | Trend pending |
| Willingboro Township | 32,645 | 430 | 13.17 | Increasing |
| West Deptford Township | 22,625 | 273 | 12.07 | Increasing |
| East Brunswick Township | 50,576 | 606 | 11.98 | Increasing |
| Toms River Township | 100,177 | 1,184 | 11.82 | Increasing |
| Gloucester Township | 66,872 | 778 | 11.63 | Roughly stable |
| Hanover Township | 15,063 | 173 | 11.49 | Roughly stable |
| Robbinsville Township | 15,930 | 176 | 11.05 | Increasing |
| Lyndhurst Township | 22,521 | 247 | 10.97 | Increasing |
| Little Egg Harbor Township | 21,645 | 237 | 10.95 | Increasing |
| Moorestown Township | 21,890 | 238 | 10.87 | Increasing |
| Woodbridge Township | 105,105 | 1,123 | 10.68 | Trend pending |
| Bridgewater Township | 46,565 | 491 | 10.54 | Increasing |
| Riverside Township | 8,181 | 85 | 10.39 | Increasing |
| West Windsor Township | 32,272 | 325 | 10.07 | Trend pending |
| Lacey Township | 30,130 | 301 | 9.99 | Increasing |
| Winslow Township | 40,434 | 403 | 9.97 | Increasing |
| Bordentown Township | 12,785 | 125 | 9.78 | Increasing |
| Pemberton Township | 27,441 | 265 | 9.66 | Decreasing |
| Burlington Township | 24,600 | 237 | 9.63 | Roughly stable |
| Rockaway Township | 26,845 | 257 | 9.57 | Increasing |
| Mullica Township | 5,864 | 51 | 8.70 | Decreasing |
| Livingston Township | 32,362 | 280 | 8.65 | Decreasing |
| Aberdeen Township | 19,407 | 167 | 8.61 | Increasing |
| Parsippany-Troy Hills Township | 56,542 | 467 | 8.26 | Mixed |
| Teaneck Township | 42,360 | 348 | 8.22 | Increasing |
| Cranford Township | 24,710 | 200 | 8.09 | Mixed |
| South Brunswick Township | 47,423 | 382 | 8.06 | Increasing |
| Stafford Township | 30,677 | 242 | 7.89 | Increasing |
| Roxbury Township | 23,345 | 180 | 7.71 | Mixed |
| Montclair | 44,619 | 343 | 7.69 | Roughly stable |
| North Bergen Township | 61,179 | 461 | 7.54 | Increasing |
| Lower Township | 21,738 | 162 | 7.45 | Roughly stable |
| East Greenwich Township | 12,548 | 88 | 7.01 | Decreasing |
| Waterford Township | 10,526 | 70 | 6.65 | Roughly stable |
| Medford Township | 25,479 | 169 | 6.63 | Mixed |
| Nutley Township | 30,731 | 199 | 6.48 | Decreasing |
| Montville Township | 24,399 | 157 | 6.43 | Increasing |
| Cedar Grove Township | 13,908 | 87 | 6.26 | Roughly stable |
| Eastampton Township | 6,562 | 41 | 6.25 | Decreasing |
| Green Brook Township | 7,421 | 46 | 6.20 | Trend pending |
| Lakewood Township | 142,404 | 873 | 6.13 | Decreasing |
| Berkeley Heights Township | 14,595 | 88 | 6.03 | Increasing |
| Sparta Township | 20,337 | 118 | 5.80 | Increasing |
| Morris Township | 23,697 | 135 | 5.70 | Increasing |
| Verona | 14,875 | 82 | 5.51 | Decreasing |
| Clinton Township | 13,351 | 73 | 5.47 | Roughly stable |
| Mount Olive Township | 29,431 | 159 | 5.40 | Increasing |
| Harrison Township | 13,900 | 73 | 5.25 | Increasing |
| Scotch Plains Township | 25,424 | 130 | 5.11 | Decreasing |
| Wyckoff Township | 17,247 | 87 | 5.04 | Increasing |
| Manchester Township | 46,325 | 228 | 4.92 | Increasing |
| Warren Township | 16,719 | 75 | 4.49 | Increasing |
| Jackson Township | 60,946 | 270 | 4.43 | Increasing |
| Montgomery Township | 24,096 | 105 | 4.36 | Increasing |
| Denville Township | 17,284 | 73 | 4.22 | Increasing |
| Bedminster Township | 8,301 | 34 | 4.10 | Trend pending |
| Hillsborough Township | 45,085 | 182 | 4.04 | Mixed |
| West Milford Township | 25,187 | 87 | 3.45 | Mixed |
| Long Hill Township | 8,671 | 28 | 3.23 | Increasing |
| Chatham Township | 11,262 | 36 | 3.20 | Increasing |
| River Vale Township | 10,351 | 30 | 2.90 | Decreasing |
| Hardyston Township | 8,490 | 18 | 2.12 | Decreasing |
| Andover Township | 5,693 | 11 | 1.93 | Increasing |
| Bernards Township | 28,631 | 51 | 1.78 | Mixed |
| Vernon Township | 22,877 | 39 | 1.70 | Increasing |
| Jefferson Township | 20,659 | 28 | 1.36 | Decreasing |
| New Hanover Township | 6,286 | 7 | 1.11 | Roughly stable |
| North Hanover Township | 8,137 | 9 | 1.11 | Increasing |
| Mendham Township | 6,047 | 5 | 0.83 | Decreasing |
| Barnegat Township | 25,956 | 21 | 0.81 | Decreasing |
| Chesterfield Township | 8,998 | 7 | 0.78 | Trend pending |
| Branchburg Township | 15,524 | 11 | 0.71 | Trend pending |
| Byram Township | 8,217 | 3 | 0.37 | Decreasing |
| Holland Township | 5,207 | 1 | 0.19 | Decreasing |
Important context
These figures are based on reported selected property offenses and Census population context for validated city candidates. Agency reporting boundaries can differ from municipal boundaries, so the methodology page explains why ambiguous or tiny-denominator rows stay out of automatic publication.