Photo: Ww2censor · CC BY-SA 3.0Alpine reports less crime per resident than 70% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Alpine’s police in 2023–2025, it grades B+ for safety.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of NJ” is every other New Jersey city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in Alpine
Alpine reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 5 New Jersey towns on Alpine’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Closter (B+). Demarest and Norwood reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023. Cresskill reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2025 but not 2024. Tenafly reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 2025. Neighbors ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Alpine’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are lower than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the stronger of the two.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Alpine’s police reported 2 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.4 per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.1 in the rest of New Jersey and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
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| Year | Alpine | Rest of New Jersey | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.1 | 2.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 8 property crimes reported
And no violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
Reported crime is steady
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of New Jersey.
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| Year | Alpine property | Rest of New Jersey property | Alpine violent | Rest of New Jersey violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 19.5 | 13.8 | 0.0 | 1.9 |
| 2023 | 9.7 | 14.8 | 0.0 | 2.2 |
| 2024 | 11.8 | 14.0 | 1.1 | 2.2 |
| 2025 | 7.9 | 12.6 | 0.0 | 2.0 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
14 crimes reported in 2025
0 violent and 14 property, as reported to the FBI by Alpine’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
Six people died in crashes on Alpine’s roads in 2019–2023
Alpine had 6 fatal crashes in five years, in which six people died; 1 was a pedestrian.
That is more than is typical for New Jersey towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (4.9 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Alpine’s size would see about 0 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Alpine’s own rate (75.6) is context, not a ranking.
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Alpine and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Demarest and Norwood reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023. Cresskill reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2025 but not 2024. Tenafly reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 2025.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- One number for all of Alpine. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Alpine’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (1,777 in 2025); our figure for Alpine is 1,759 (2025 Census estimate).
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Alpine
Is Alpine, NJ safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Alpine reports less crime per resident than 70% of U.S. towns, a B+ Safety Grade. Its police reported 0.4 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.1 in the rest of New Jersey and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Alpine?
0.4 violent and 9.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of New Jersey reports 2.1 and 13.8; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is crime going up or down in Alpine?
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings.
Is Alpine safer than Closter?
Closter reports more crime per resident than Alpine: Closter grades B+ for safety and Alpine B+. Closter’s police reported 0.2 violent and 10.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Alpine?
Alpine’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Alpine”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.