Hoboken 2018 Crime Stats: Drops In Rapes, Robberies, Burglaries

HOBOKEN, NJ — Hoboken saw a big drop in crime from 2017 to 2018, according to its police chief, who recently released annual statistics for the year.

On Jan. 16, Hoboken Police Chief Ken Ferrante announced that the final 2018 crime statistics and closure by arrest rates have been completed. Topping the data was an encouraging stat, Ferrante said: the city saw a 17.9% reduction in total crime compared to 2017.

“I want to give a heartfelt thank you and give major credit to all of our uniformed and civilian members of the Hoboken Police Department’s uniformed, investigative and training/administrative bureaus, for providing 365/24/7 dedication to the residents of Hoboken,” Ferrante stated.

Some other stats released by the chief include:

• “[Hoboken] did not have one homicide in 2018, and has had one in the past four years. Rape was down 60% in 2018. Robbery went down 28.1% and the Hoboken Police Department closed robberies at a rate triple that of the state average. Burglary dropped 18.2% while thefts dropped 20.3%.”
• “Violent crime in Hoboken is down 8.4% while non-violent crime dropped 19.1%. The violent crime index for the city was 2.4 crimes per 1,000 residents. The Hoboken Police Department saw drops in 11 of 13 main crime categories. The areas which went up are aggravated assault (88 to 93), and motor vehicle theft (32 to 37).”
• “Closure rate for the Hoboken Police Department was 30.6%, an outstanding number, making arrests on almost 1/3 of crimes in Hoboken . Anything over 20% is considered to be good and it was the fourth straight 6-month period where our closure rate was over 30%, a number near the top in NJ.”

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