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100 Safest — And 'Least Safe' — Towns In New Jersey, Latest Analysis Shows

You may be surprised when you see who's on these 2 lists, one that shows the 100 safest NJ towns, and the other showing the 100 least safe.

You may be surprised when you see who's on these two lists. A just-released report by ValuePenguin.com, a personal finance and research and analysis website, ranked New Jersey towns based on a variety of FBI crime metrics, including property-based crimes, like burglaries and vehicle thefts, and violent crimes, such as rape, robbery and aggravated assault.

Rankings were based on 2014 statistics, and each town was assigned a "crime score" — the lower, the better (see lists below).

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There were actually three lists: Large towns, with populations more than 30,000; mid-sized communities, with populations between 15,000 and 30,000; and small towns with between 5,000 and 15,000 people. Towns with less than 5,000 residents were excluded.

Below are two lists, one that shows the 100 safest New Jersey towns, and the other showing the 100 "least safe."

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Safest:

  1. New Hanover Township 24
  2. Old Tappan 83
  3. River Vale Township 84
  4. Norwood 97
  5. North Caldwell 103
  6. Washington Township, Morris County 139
  7. Chester Township 147
  8. Lebanon Township 153
  9. Waldwick 166
  10. Mountainside 168
  11. Chatham Township 169
  12. Bedminster Township 171
  13. Tewksbury Township 178
  14. Byram Township 178
  15. Cresskill 180
  16. Hillsdale 188
  17. Mendham Township 198
  18. Chesterfield Township 200
  19. Washington Township, Bergen County 201
  20. Ridgefield 201 21 Clinton Township 202
  21. Montvale 203 23 Wood-Ridge 205
  22. Long Hill Township 205
  23. Emerson 209
  24. Fair Haven 212
  25. Woolwich Township 215
  26. New Milford 218
  27. Branchburg Township 220
  28. Andover Township 221
  29. Westwood 225
  30. Warren Township 234
  31. Wyckoff Township 234
  32. Midland Park 238
  33. Montgomery Township 239
  34. Verona 243 37 Bogota 245
  35. Woodcliff Lake 251
  36. Mahwah Township 254
  37. Sparta Township 254
  38. Holland Township 257
  39. Bergenfield 260
  40. West Caldwell Township 263
  41. Ringwood 264
  42. Cedar Grove Township 265
  43. River Edge 267
  44. Glen Rock 270
  45. Bernards Township 271
  46. Monroe Township, Middlesex County 271
  47. Plumsted Township 272
  48. Dumont 272
  49. Mount Arlington 272
  50. Plainsboro Township 272
  51. Hasbrouck Heights 274
  52. Tenafly 274
  53. Bloomingdale 280
  54. Colts Neck Township 282
  55. Upper Saddle River 286
  56. Kinnelon 293
  57. Fanwood 297
  58. Hillsborough Township 300
  59. Bernardsville 300
  60. Spotswood 302
  61. Leonia 304
  62. Hopewell Township 308
  63. Washington Township, Warren County 311
  64. Florence Township 317
  65. Rumson 319
  66. Northfield 324
  67. Roseland 324
  68. Chatham 332
  69. Hopatcong 334
  70. Allendale 334
  71. Park Ridge 339
  72. Milltown 339
  73. Franklin Lakes 339
  74. Readington Township 340
  75. Manalapan Township 341
  76. Palisades Park 347
  77. Ridgewood 348
  78. Englewood Cliffs 354
  79. Randolph Township 354
  80. Marlboro Township 355
  81. Rockaway 357
  82. Cranford Township 357
  83. Denville Township 357
  84. Lincoln Park 361
  85. Caldwell 366
  86. Montville Township 367
  87. Blairstown Township 367
  88. Closter 371
  89. Morris Township 377
  90. Florham Park 378
  91. Madison 378
  92. Mendham 383
  93. Raritan Township 386
  94. Robbinsville Township 392
  95. Ocean Township, Ocean County 393
  96. Little Silver 397
  97. North Haledon 402
  98. Clark Township 402
  99. Lopatcong Township 402
  100. Linwood 403

Least safe:

  1. Wildwood 6,790
  2. Atlantic City 5,280
  3. Asbury Park 4,387
  4. Millville 4,233
  5. Irvington 3,988
  6. Newark 3,900
  7. Bridgeton 3,505
  8. Orange 3,487
  9. Trenton 3,361
  10. Elizabeth 3,349
  11. Neptune Township 3,333
  12. Paterson 3,049
  13. New Brunswick 2,750
  14. Vineland 2,593
  15. Somerdale 2,502
  16. Lindenwold 2,465
  17. Plainfield 2,458
  18. Watchung 2,405
  19. Woodbury 2,401 329
  20. Deptford Township 2,384
  21. Penns Grove 2,327
  22. Pleasantville 2,309
  23. East Orange 2,178
  24. Paramus 2,129
  25. Passaic 2,039
  26. Jersey City 2,033
  27. Hamilton Township, Atlantic County 2,007
  28. Mount Holly Township 1,946
  29. Paulsboro 1,929
  30. Eatontown 1,922
  31. Ocean City 1,877
  32. Linden 1,876
  33. Absecon 1,869
  34. Hillside Township 1,860
  35. Runnemede 1,833
  36. Middle Township 1,830
  37. Perth Amboy 1,781
  38. Pine Hill 1,723
  39. Belmar 1,714
  40. Audubon 1,699
  41. Long Branch 1,670
  42. Willingboro Township 1,658
  43. Pennsauken Township 1,657
  44. Berlin Township 1,625
  45. Somers Point 1,608
  46. Margate City 1,588
  47. Belleville 1,557
  48. Pemberton Township 1,540
  49. Toms River 1,506
  50. Union City 1,506
  51. Ocean Township,
  52. Monmouth County 1,498
  53. Secaucus 1,487
  54. Bloomfield 1,478
  55. Cherry Hill Township 1,468
  56. Totowa 1,454
  57. Hoboken 1,445
  58. Ventnor City 1,421
  59. Burlington 1,421
  60. Gloucester Township 1,393
  61. Kearny 1,373
  62. Logan Township 1,326
  63. Cinnaminson 1,319
  64. Englewood 1,315
  65. Garfield 1,311
  66. Egg Harbor Township 1,309
  67. Fairfield Township, Essex County 1,308
  68. Roselle 1,278
  69. Phillipsburg 1,268
  70. Keansburg 1,265
  71. Clifton 1,248
  72. Red Bank 1,242
  73. Ewing Township 1,230
  74. Maple Shade Township 1,217
  75. Collingswood 1,217
  76. Westampton Township 1,214
  77. Lower Township 1,213
  78. North Brunswick Township 1,187
  79. Lawrence Township, Mercer County 1,184
  80. Palmyra 1,173
  81. Morristown 1,172
  82. Manville 1,166
  83. Lumberton Township 1,165
  84. Haddon Township 1,147
  85. Harrison 1,142
  86. Woodbridge Township 1,130
  87. Brigantine 1,125
  88. Dunellen 1,121
  89. West Orange 1,110
  90. Bound Brook 1,095
  91. Moorestown Township 1,089
  92. Keyport 1,084
  93. Monroe Township 1,083
  94. Union Township 1,077
  95. Galloway Township 1,069
  96. Edgewater Park Township 1,058
  97. Carney's Point Township 1,056
  98. West New York 1,052
  99. Hackensack 1,048
  100. Pennsville Township 1,047

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