433 N.J. Towns' Violent Crime Rates, From Highest To Lowest

You may be surprised to see which towns have the highest violent crime rates, from highest to lowest.

The FBI this week released its most recent statistics regarding violent crime, and we ranked all 433 New Jersey towns — from top to bottom — that provided information from 2015.

One community that was left out, for some unexplained reason, was Newark. Patch added Newark to the list, but reported its 2014 numbers.

While some communities typically find themselves near the top of the list, others — such as Barnegat Light — that are not known for crime found themselves in the top 50.

Below is a list of communities that reported incidents of violent crime. The list shows the number of violent incidents per 1,000 people:

1. Teterboro 56.338028
2. Newark (2014) 20.72
3. Salem 15.811879
4. Atlantic City 15.645636
5. Asbury Park 14.718063
6. Seaside Heights 13.69863
7. Wildwood 12.424772
8. Trenton 12.168009
9. Brooklawn 11.979167
10. Irvington 11.583365
11. Bridgeton 11.512834
12. Orange 10.722911
13. Elizabeth 9.075168
14. Paterson 7.988376
15. Pleasantville 7.457231
16. New Brunswick 7.172629
17. Millville 7.054364
18. Hi-Nella 7.025761
19. Lindenwold 6.919617
20. East Orange 6.655115
21. Plainfield 6.453884
22. Stone Harbor 5.959476
23. Neptune Township 5.567808
24. Vineland 5.484371
25. Burlington 5.219527
26. Jersey City 5.215738
27. Beverly 5.100039
28. Paulsboro 5.036092
29. Penns Grove 5.024116
30. Chesilhurst 4.938272
31. Passaic 4.553874
32. Lawnside 4.490501
33. Perth Amboy 4.392052
34. Egg Harbor City 4.216444
35. Pemberton Township 4.100572
36. Deal 4.087193
37. Clementon 4.066694
38. Hillside Township 3.954366
39. Mount Holly 3.902954
40. Pine Hill 3.806261
41. Woodbury 3.513703
42. Merchantville 3.458367
43. Barnegat Light 3.436426
44. Eatontown 3.360931
45. Belmar 3.333333
46. Linden 3.321227
47. Long Branch 3.15064
48. Haledon 3.061705
49. Pennsauken 3.04835
50. Willingboro Township 3.013845
51. Freehold 3.012552
52. Morristown 3.008923
53. Woodlynne 2.735978
54. Hoboken 2.6642
55. Middle Township 2.649287
56. Long Beach Township 2.612671
57. Belleville 2.606167
58. Buena 2.603602
59. North Wildwood 2.558854
60. Englewood 2.558374
61. Beach Haven 2.538071
62. West New York 2.53726
63. Harrison 2.527966
64. Somers Point 2.512563
65. Hightstown 2.511661
66. Keansburg 2.445237
67. Galloway Township 2.444403
68. Bayonne 2.418071
69. North Plainfield 2.404282
70. Union City 2.403115
71. South Toms River 2.380323
72. Guttenberg 2.340905
73. Avalon 2.329193
74. Palmyra 2.323039
75. Lower Alloways Creek Township 2.321532
76. Clifton 2.31954
77. Neptune City 2.283579
78. Riverside Township 2.248595
79. Sea Girt 2.209945
80. Red Bank 2.159309
81. Far Hills 2.157497
82. Garfield 2.1153
83. West Orange 2.102045
84. Keyport 2.100546
85. Ewing Township 2.099924
86. Somerdale 2.04499
87. South Hackensack 2.012072
88. Hackensack 2.009781
89. Deptford 2.007768
90. Woodbury Heights 2.005348
91. Bloomfield 1.958701
92. South Orange 1.954318
93. Stratford 1.881059
94. Rahway 1.878392
95. North Bergen Township 1.843377
96. Totowa 1.826484
97. Roselle 1.803802
98. Lakewood 1.775587
99. Gloucester City 1.775411
100. Delanco Township 1.756697
101. Hamilton Township (Mercer County) 1.75037
102. Woodstown 1.742666
103. Little Ferry 1.74264
104. Secaucus 1.740598
105. Egg Harbor Township 1.728648
106. Gloucester Township 1.724597
107. Westampton Township 1.719395
108. Burlington Township 1.718667
109. Glen Ridge 1.687216
110. North Brunswick 1.686341
111. Westville 1.66627
112. Kearny 1.6652
113. Haddon Township 1.660785
114. Hamilton Township (Atlantic County) 1.649732
115. Dover 1.63461
116. Voorhees Township 1.592246
117. Phillipsburg 1.588398
118. Maple Shade Township 1.583615
119. Lower Township 1.583137
120. Cherry Hill 1.581592
121. South Amboy 1.575512
122. Newton 1.534919
123. Lawrence Township (Mercer County) 1.515932
124. Sea Bright 1.500375
125. Paramus 1.486823
126. Elmer 1.485884
127. Edgewater Park Township 1.479122
128. Pemberton 1.448226
129. Sea Isle City 1.445783
130. Collingswood 1.433897
131. Winslow Township 1.421997
132. Ventnor City 1.417234
133. Lodi 1.415056
134. Union Township 1.413671
135. Magnolia 1.405481
136. South River 1.40398
137. Carteret 1.397165
138. Carney's Point Township 1.391877
139. Boonton Township 1.37237
140. National Park 1.342282
141. Bound Brook 1.327434
142. Runnemede 1.318945
143. Elmwood Park 1.311953
144. Flemington 1.273615
145. Cranbury Township 1.268392
146. Seaside Park 1.267427
147. Hackettstown 1.262361
148. Oaklyn 1.261352
149. Teaneck Township 1.228381
150. Manasquan 1.221427
151. Glassboro 1.205009
152. Bloomingdale 1.204964
153. Absecon 1.195172
154. Watchung 1.191489
155. Logan Township 1.177658
156. Cliffside Park 1.155936
157. Montclair 1.152074
158. Somerville 1.151126
159. Cape May 1.13701
160. Mullica Township 1.136917
161. South Plainfield 1.122521
162. Berlin Township 1.120867
163. Berkeley Township 1.116151
164. Garwood 1.101322
165. Mine Hill Township 1.092896
166. Woodbridge 1.089648
167. Mount Ephraim 1.084363
168. West Amwell Township 1.075654
169. Little Egg Harbor Township 1.075006
170. Moonachie 1.072578
171. Boonton 1.067996
172. Weehawken 1.05753
173. Wharton 1.055807
174. Maplewood 1.047753
175. Woodland Park 1.038505
176. Edgewater 1.037096
177. Oceanport 1.027925
178. Highlands 1.019576
179. Palisades Park 1.017146
180. Edison Township 1.016807
181. Hammonton 1.016467
182. North Arlington 1.014392
183. Brick Township 0.998725
184. West Cape May 0.987167
185. Fairview 0.971817
186. Haddonfield 0.969248
187. Lumberton Township 0.966106
188. Bogota 0.957854
189. Franklin Township (Somerset County) 0.957639
190. Monroe Township 0.956836
191. Margate City 0.948317
192. Elk Township 0.94585
193. Dunellen 0.939345
194. Aberdeen Township 0.928353
195. Washington 0.9275
196. Washington Township (Gloucester County) 0.924603
197. Netcong 0.920528
198. Ridgefield Park 0.920457
199. North Hanover Township 0.91623
200. Florence Township 0.886168
201. Ocean City 0.885269
202. Barnegat Township 0.883861
203. Howell Township 0.882968
204. Ogdensburg 0.872981
205. Ship Bottom 0.8726
206. Middlesex 0.861698
207. Prospect Park 0.842176
208. Sayreville 0.82897
209. Jamesburg 0.828226
210. Little Falls Township 0.827016
211. Surf City 0.820345
212. Cinnaminson Township 0.815518
213. Plumsted Township 0.812065
214. Medford Township 0.810615
215. Audubon 0.807382
216. Pompton Lakes 0.806163
217. Nutley Township 0.800473
218. Mount Laurel Township 0.791272
219. Pitman 0.790782
220. Lambertville 0.780843
221. Moorestown 0.778059
222. Butler 0.777303
223. Robbinsville 0.774484
224. Bordentown 0.771737
225. Bordentown 0.770218
226. Swedesboro 0.764234
227. East Brunswick 0.760925
228. West Deptford 0.752021
229. Fort Lee 0.748984
230. Barrington 0.737681
231. Roselle Park 0.733192
232. Riverton 0.72648
233. Piscataway 0.72121
234. Clayton 0.720807
235. Union Beach 0.717746
236. Frenchtown 0.714796
237. West Milford 0.712197
238. Spotswood 0.707631
239. Bradley Beach 0.70406
240. Bellmawr 0.701508
241. Mansfield Township (Burlington County) 0.700362
242. Ocean Township (Monmouth County) 0.699146
243. West Windsor Township 0.696864
244. Wanaque 0.694987
245. Rockaway Township 0.693623
246. Wallington 0.685284
247. Manville 0.673465
248. Manalapan 0.671008
249. Lyndhurst 0.668628
250. Delaware Township 0.663277
251. Fairfield Township (Essex County) 0.661463
252. Eastampton Township 0.660829
253. Holmdel 0.65971
254. South Brunswick 0.65921
255. Andover Township 0.654986
256. Point Pleasant Beach 0.647529
257. Brigantine 0.644607
258. Old Bridge Township 0.638949
259. Evesham Township 0.63616
260. Parsippany-Troy Hills 0.632088
261. Wildwood Crest 0.628931
262. Hardyston Township 0.626959
263. Northvale 0.625652
264. Greenwich Township (Gloucester County) 0.622407
265. Saddle River 0.621118
266. Pohatcong Township 0.617284
267. Wall Township 0.615432
268. Monmouth Beach 0.615195
269. Jefferson Township 0.603949
270. Hanover Township 0.603824
271. Toms River 0.602938
272. Mendham 0.59964
273. West Long Branch 0.597015
274. Raritan 0.592557
275. Springfield Township 0.591541
276. Island Heights 0.588928
277. Freehold Township 0.587857
278. Lake Como 0.587199
279. Tuckerton 0.587027
280. Jackson Township 0.580833
281. New Hanover Township 0.55348
282. Lavallette 0.549149
283. Midland Park 0.545331
284. Raritan Township 0.544712
285. Ramsey 0.538612
286. Delran 0.537474
287. Laurel Springs 0.534759
288. Mansfield Township (Warren County) 0.534117
289. Point Pleasant Boro 0.53396
290. Berlin 0.531703
291. East Hanover Township 0.530176
292. Alpine 0.52687
293. Chesterfield Township 0.520427
294. Morris Plains 0.518672
295. Roseland 0.515641
296. Caldwell 0.506073
297. Metuchen 0.504868
298. Englishtown 0.502008
299. Oradell 0.4884
300. Kenilworth 04.88103
301. Medford Lakes 0.487567
302. Rutherford 0.485882
303. Riverdale 0.482509
304. Hopatcong 0.48034
305. Essex Fells 0.479157
306. East Greenwich Township 0.479111
307. Waterford Township 0.465723
308. Washington Township (Warren County) 0.465694
309. Pennsville Township 0.464648
310. Marlboro Township 0.461154
311. Pine Beach 0.459982
312. Lacey Township 0.458716
313. Manchester Township 0.458075
314. West Caldwell Township 0.451671
315. Helmetta 0.44964
316. Gibbsboro 0.448632
317. Westwood 0.446987
318. Millburn Township 0.440292
319. East Windsor 0.435272
320. Alpha 0.435161
321. Rumson 0.431965
322. Ridgewood 0.430007
323. Saddle Brook 0.427442
324. Princeton 0.426971
325. Franklin Township (Gloucester County) 0.420623
326. Brielle 0.420521
327. Harrington Park 0.41658
328. Green Brook Township 0.413166
329. Highland Park 0.413081
330. Woolwich Township 0.411252
331. Haddon Heights 0.408719
332. Ringwood 0.403454
333. Springfield 0.399589
334. Vernon Township 0.397825
335. Mantua Township 0.397167
336. Harrison Township 0.387807
337. Pennington 0.387747
338. Fair Lawn 0.385082
339. Peapack and Gladstone 0.384911
340. Lincoln Park 0.382007
341. Middletown Township 0.379403
342. Hawthorne 0.366915
343. Lakehurst 0.366703
344. Livingston Township 0.36641
345. Montville Township 0.365013
346. Independence Township 0.362845
347. Summit 0.360702
348. Beachwood 0.353982
349. Closter 0.347665
350. Wood-Ridge 0.34654
351. Matawan 0.344986
352. Rochelle Park Township 0.342818
353. Roxbury Township 0.3394
354. Tinton Falls 0.335364
355. Stafford Township 0.335021
356. Hasbrouck Heights 0.327869
357. Leonia 0.327154
358. Carlstadt 0.319132
359. Hamburg 0.317058
360. Mount Olive Township 0.309023
361. Maywood 0.306874
362. Clinton Township 0.30581
363. Denville Township 0.29649
364. Wayne Township 0.290719
365. Stanhope 0.288434
366. Milltown 0.283527
367. High Bridge 0.279877
368. Morris Township 0.265428
369. Ridgefield 0.264784
370. Montgomery Township 0.262513
371. Sparta Township 0.259943
372. Westfield 0.25834
373. River Edge 0.258287
374. Pequannock Township 0.256772
375. Plainsboro Township 0.255352
376. Bergenfield 0.25461
377. Florham Park 0.253122
378. Readington Township 0.249703
379. Hazlet Township 0.248484
380. Madison 0.246959
381. Bridgewater Township 0.244466
382. Ho-Ho-Kus 0.238777
383. Upper Saddle River 0.238777
384. Shrewsbury 0.237586
385. North Haledon 0.234714
386. Northfield 0.232558
387. Atlantic Highlands 0.231267
388. Oakland 0.22913
389. Ocean Township (Waretown - Ocean County) 0.229095
390. Scotch Plains 0.206791
391. Hillsborough Township 0.200854
392. Demarest 0.200521
393. Colts Neck Township 0.199104
394. Holland Township 0.192938
395. Randolph Township 0.192064
396. Mahwah Township 0.187963
397. Warren Township 0.186324
398. Englewood Cliffs 0.185185
399. New Milford 0.179329
400. Wyckoff Township 0.17548
401. Mendham Township 0.169808
402. Woodcliff Lake 0.169635
403. Little Silver 0.169205
404. Dumont 0.167392
405. Glen Rock 0.167322
406. Old Tappan 0.167224
407. Cranford Township 0.165385
408. Hopewell Township 0.163141
409. Cedar Grove Township 0.159375
410. Allendale 0.146092
411. Mountainside 0.145773
412. Verona 0.145254
413. Linwood 0.142005
414. Branchburg Township 0.137259
415. Tenafly 0.134544
416. Emerson 0.130617
417. Fanwood 0.129416
418. Byram Township 0.124456
419. Lopatcong Township 0.123594
420. Montvale 0.121847
421. Bedminster Township 0.121625
422. Cresskill 0.113688
423. Long Hill Township 0.113482
424. Park Ridge 0.112714
425. Bernards Township 0.111541
426. Washington Township (Bergen County) 0.0107055
427. Washington Township (Morris County) 0.0106695
428. Kinnelon 0.00960338
429. Hillsdale 0.00950029
430. Chatham Township 0.00938615
431. Franklin Lakes 0.00919287
432. Monroe Township (Middlesex) 0.0068722
433. Clark Township 0.00640779

These towns reported no violent crime:

• Allenhurst
• Allentown
• Audubon Park
• Avon-by-the-Sea
• Bay Head
• Belvidere
• Berkeley Heights Township
• Bernardsville
• Blairstown Township
• Califon
• Cape May Point
• Chatham
• Chester
• Chester Township
• Clinton
• East Newark
• Elsinboro Township
• Fair Haven
• Fieldsboro
• Franklin
• Franklin Township (Hunterdon County)
• Greenwich Township (Warren County)
• Harding Township
• Harvey Cedars
• Haworth
• Hopewell
• Interlaken
• Lebanon Township
• Loch Arbour
• Longport
• Mantoloking
• Mountain Lakes
• Mount Arlington
• Newfield
• New Providence
• North Caldwell
• Norwood
• Ocean Gate
• Oxford Township
• Pine Valley
• River Vale Township
• Rockaway
• Rockleigh
• South Bound Brook
• South Harrison Township
• Spring Lake
• Spring Lake Heights
• Tavistock
• Tewksbury Township
• Waldwick
• Wenonah
• West Wildwood
• Winfield Township

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