Newark, NJ crime rate
In 2025 the Newark Police Department reported 516.6 violent crimes and 1,788.6 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, 2021: possibly incomplete. 24 reported; 5 of 12 months zero (Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, Jun) while other offenses were reported in those months; 2022: 29 reported. The count is shown; its rate is not compared.
How does Newark compare with New Jersey and the US?
Arson has no FBI state or US estimate, so its row shows Newark only.
What offenses were reported in Newark, 2025?
| Offense | Reported | Per 100k | New Jersey | US | vs 2024 | vs 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | ||||||
| Violent crime | 1,646 | 516.6 | 193.8 | 327.6 | down 11.3% | up 5.6% |
| Murder | 33 | 10.4 | 1.9 | 4.1 | down 23.5% | down 49.8% |
| Rape | 154 | 48.3 | 16.3 | 36.1 | up 18.7% | up 159.7% |
| Robbery | 282 | 88.5 | 37.3 | 49.4 | down 38.0% | down 29.0% |
| Aggravated assault | 1,177 | 369.4 | 138.4 | 238.0 | down 4.2% | up 13.7% |
| Property crime | ||||||
| Property crime | 5,699 | 1,788.6 | 1,249.6 | 1,534.8 | down 8.8% | up 25.8% |
| Burglary | 576 | 180.8 | 117.5 | 193.6 | up 18.4% | up 23.8% |
| Larceny-theft | 2,911 | 913.6 | 986.5 | 1,144.1 | down 1.9% | up 38.3% |
| Motor vehicle theft | 2,196 | 689.2 | 145.7 | 197.0 | down 21.1% | up 13.5% |
| Arson | 16 | 5.0 | Not estimated | Not estimated | up 28.2% | See data note |
Reported = offenses known to the Newark 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 | Newark | United States | New Jersey |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 489.1 | 387.0 | 183.5 |
| 2022 | 520.5 | 388.7 | 217.9 |
| 2023 | 490.1 | 379.5 | 225.3 |
| 2024 | 582.5 | 362.9 | 219.7 |
| 2025 | 516.6 | 327.6 | 193.8 |
Property crime rate, 2021 to 2025
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| Year | Newark | United States | New Jersey |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1,422.2 | 1,832.3 | 1,109.4 |
| 2022 | 1,830.0 | 1,973.8 | 1,438.6 |
| 2023 | 2,233.5 | 1,934.1 | 1,527.6 |
| 2024 | 1,961.8 | 1,761.1 | 1,435.6 |
| 2025 | 1,788.6 | 1,534.8 | 1,249.6 |
Is Newark safe?
We don't rate cities as safe or unsafe. What the FBI's numbers show: in 2025 the violent crime rate the Newark Police Department reported, 516.6 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 11.3% 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.
Per 100,000 residents covered by the Newark Police Department, 516.6 violent crimes were reported to the FBI in 2025, a total of 1,646. The New Jersey estimate was 193.8 and the national rate 327.6; Newark's rate was 2.7 times the first and 1.6 times the second. Property crime came to 1,788.6 per 100,000, 1.4 times the state figure of 1,249.6 and 1.2 times the US rate of 1,534.8.
Violent crime fell 11.3% from 2024 to 2025, and property crime fell 8.8%. Both totals are higher than in 2021: violent crime by 5.6%, from a rate of 489.1, and property crime by 25.8%. Rape rose the most of the violent offenses from 2021 to 2025, 159.7%, to 48.3 per 100,000, which is 1.3 times the US rate.
Murder fell the most of the violent offenses in the same years, 49.8%, to 10.4 per 100,000, or 33 homicides. Aggravated assault made up 72% of violent crime. Motor vehicle theft was 689.2 per 100,000, 4.7 times the New Jersey estimate, after a 21.1% fall in the last year.
Larceny-theft, at 913.6 per 100,000, was below both the state's 986.5 and the US figure of 1,144.1. The 2021 arson count is flagged as possibly incomplete, so arson is not compared across years. The department reported all 12 months in each of the 5 years shown and has used NIBRS since 2021.
The Essex County Sheriff's Office and Rutgers University at Newark police report separately.
Written from the numbers on this page. Every figure and every comparison is checked against the stored FBI data before publishing.
Police employees, 2025: 4.48 per 1,000 residents (1,119 officers, 307 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, Newark Police Department (ORI NJNPD0000), 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)
- Newark Police Department (NJNPD0000): violent crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NJNPD0000_violent_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Newark Police Department (NJNPD0000): murder, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NJNPD0000_homicide__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Newark Police Department (NJNPD0000): rape, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NJNPD0000_rape__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Newark Police Department (NJNPD0000): robbery, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NJNPD0000_robbery__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Newark Police Department (NJNPD0000): aggravated assault, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NJNPD0000_aggravated_assault__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Newark Police Department (NJNPD0000): property crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NJNPD0000_property_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Newark Police Department (NJNPD0000): burglary, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NJNPD0000_burglary__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Newark Police Department (NJNPD0000): larceny-theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NJNPD0000_larceny__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Newark Police Department (NJNPD0000): motor vehicle theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NJNPD0000_motor_vehicle_theft__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Newark Police Department (NJNPD0000): arson, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NJNPD0000_arson__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Newark Police Department (NJNPD0000): police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/pe_agency_NJNPD0000__from-2021-to-2025.json)