Jersey City, NJ crime rate
In 2025 the Jersey City Police Department reported 487.1 violent crimes and 1,831.3 property crimes per 100,000 residents it covers. The FBI's estimates for New Jersey and the US for the same year are beside each number.
Data as of 2025 (FBI), checked October 30, 2026. How we got these numbers
Data notes.
- Arson, 2023: unusual change, check the source. 2022: 4, 2023: 10, 2024: 6 (over 160% of both neighbouring years). Changes to and from 2023 are not shown.
How does Jersey City compare with New Jersey and the US?
Arson has no FBI state or US estimate, so its row shows Jersey City only.
What offenses were reported in Jersey City, 2025?
| Offense | Reported | Per 100k | New Jersey | US | vs 2024 | vs 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | ||||||
| Violent crime | 1,487 | 487.1 | 193.8 | 327.6 | down 13.5% | up 30.7% |
| Murder | 13 | 4.3 | 1.9 | 4.1 | up 87.0% | down 48.8% |
| Rape | 86 | 28.2 | 16.3 | 36.1 | down 6.6% | up 46.1% |
| Robbery | 395 | 129.4 | 37.3 | 49.4 | down 25.3% | up 16.1% |
| Aggravated assault | 993 | 325.3 | 138.4 | 238.0 | down 8.9% | up 39.3% |
| Property crime | ||||||
| Property crime | 5,590 | 1,831.3 | 1,249.6 | 1,534.8 | down 10.1% | up 43.4% |
| Burglary | 466 | 152.7 | 117.5 | 193.6 | down 25.9% | up 51.2% |
| Larceny-theft | 4,226 | 1,384.4 | 986.5 | 1,144.1 | down 9.6% | up 44.7% |
| Motor vehicle theft | 888 | 290.9 | 145.7 | 197.0 | down 2.3% | up 33.9% |
| Arson | 10 | 3.3 | Not estimated | Not estimated | up 65.0% | up 50.0% |
Reported = offenses known to the Jersey City Police Department and sent to the FBI. New Jersey and US are FBI estimates for the same year. Changes compare rates of full years only.
Violent crime rate, 2021 to 2025
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| Year | Jersey City | United States | New Jersey |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 372.8 | 387.0 | 183.5 |
| 2022 | 452.8 | 388.7 | 217.9 |
| 2023 | 498.4 | 379.5 | 225.3 |
| 2024 | 562.9 | 362.9 | 219.7 |
| 2025 | 487.1 | 327.6 | 193.8 |
Property crime rate, 2021 to 2025
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| Year | Jersey City | United States | New Jersey |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1,277.2 | 1,832.3 | 1,109.4 |
| 2022 | 1,869.0 | 1,973.8 | 1,438.6 |
| 2023 | 1,940.3 | 1,934.1 | 1,527.6 |
| 2024 | 2,036.4 | 1,761.1 | 1,435.6 |
| 2025 | 1,831.3 | 1,534.8 | 1,249.6 |
Is Jersey City safe?
We don't rate cities as safe or unsafe. What the FBI's numbers show: in 2025 the violent crime rate the Jersey City Police Department reported, 487.1 per 100,000 residents, was higher than New Jersey's 193.8, and higher than the US rate of 327.6 (FBI estimates). It fell 13.5% from 2024.
What these numbers can't tell you:
- How crime differs between neighborhoods (the FBI publishes agency totals only).
- Crimes nobody reported to the police.
- How many offenses involved visitors and commuters, who are not in the population count.
There were 1,487 violent crimes reported to the FBI by Jersey City police in 2025. That is 487.1 per 100,000 residents covered by the Jersey City Police Department, 2.5 times the New Jersey estimate of 193.8 and 1.5 times the US rate of 327.6. For property crime the rate was 1,831.3, which is 1.5 times the state estimate of 1,249.6 and 1.2 times the US figure of 1,534.8.
Violent crime fell 13.5% from 2024 to 2025 and property crime fell 10.1%. The longer view runs the other way: from 2021 to 2025 violent crime rose 30.7%, from 372.8, and property crime rose 43.4%, from 1,277.2. Burglary rose the most of the property offenses from 2021 to 2025, 51.2%.
From 2024 to 2025 burglary also fell the most of the property offenses, 25.9%. Among violent offenses, rape rose the most since 2021, 46.1%, to 28.2 per 100,000, which is below the US rate of 36.1. Robbery, at 129.4 per 100,000, was 2.6 times the national rate, and it fell 25.3% from 2024.
There were 13 homicides in 2025, 4.3 per 100,000, and the murder rate is down 48.8% from 2021. Aggravated assault made up 67% of violent crime. The 2023 arson count is flagged as an unusual change, so it is not compared.
All 12 months were sent for each of the 5 years shown; NIBRS reporting started in 2021. The Hudson County Sheriff's Office reports separately, and its cases are not in these numbers.
Written from the numbers on this page. Every figure and every comparison is checked against the stored FBI data before publishing.
Police employees, 2025: 3.88 per 1,000 residents (799 officers, 385 civilians), FBI Crime Data Explorer. Shown as context, not as a measure of crime.
Other New Jersey cities
The nearest New Jersey cities with a page, in alphabetical order. VC = violent crime per 100,000, 2025.
Sources
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, Jersey City Police Department (ORI NJ0090600), offenses known to law enforcement and police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026. Crime Data Explorer
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, New Jersey and United States estimated crime (Summary Reporting System estimates), 2021 to 2025.
- FBI, "UCR Statistics: Their Proper Use" (why we don't rank cities).
Every stored file behind this page (11)
- Jersey City Police Department (NJ0090600): violent crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NJ0090600_violent_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Jersey City Police Department (NJ0090600): murder, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NJ0090600_homicide__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Jersey City Police Department (NJ0090600): rape, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NJ0090600_rape__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Jersey City Police Department (NJ0090600): robbery, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NJ0090600_robbery__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Jersey City Police Department (NJ0090600): aggravated assault, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NJ0090600_aggravated_assault__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Jersey City Police Department (NJ0090600): property crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NJ0090600_property_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Jersey City Police Department (NJ0090600): burglary, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NJ0090600_burglary__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Jersey City Police Department (NJ0090600): larceny-theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NJ0090600_larceny__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Jersey City Police Department (NJ0090600): motor vehicle theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NJ0090600_motor_vehicle_theft__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Jersey City Police Department (NJ0090600): arson, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NJ0090600_arson__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Jersey City Police Department (NJ0090600): police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/pe_agency_NJ0090600__from-2021-to-2025.json)