Reformed Dutch Church of Second River · Photo: Jim.henderson · CC0Belleville Township reports more crime per resident than 71% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Belleville Township’s police in 2023–2025, it grades C for safety: #288 of 342 graded towns in New Jersey.
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 Belleville Township
4 of the 5 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 6 New Jersey towns on Belleville Township’s borders, 5 have a Safety Grade: Nutley Township (A−), Lyndhurst Township (B+), North Arlington (B), Bloomfield Township (B−), Newark (C−). Kearny reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2025 but not 2024. Neighbors ↓
Among New Jersey towns, lower
New Jersey’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Belleville Township’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 16% of the 342 New Jersey towns we grade, against 29% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Belleville Township’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 higher than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (2.4) is below the FBI’s national estimate (3.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Belleville Township’s police reported 275 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.4 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 | Belleville Township | Rest of New Jersey | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 19 property crimes reported
And about 2 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 | Belleville Township property | Rest of New Jersey property | Belleville Township violent | Rest of New Jersey violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 18.7 | 13.8 | 1.8 | 1.9 |
| 2023 | 20.2 | 14.7 | 2.3 | 2.2 |
| 2024 | 20.2 | 13.9 | 2.5 | 2.2 |
| 2025 | 18.8 | 12.6 | 2.4 | 2.0 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
824 crimes reported in 2025
94 violent and 730 property, as reported to the FBI by Belleville Township’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
Nine people died in crashes on Belleville Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Belleville Township had 9 fatal crashes in five years, in which nine people died; 3 were pedestrians.
That is about what is typical for New Jersey towns of 25,000–100,000 people: at their median rate (5.8 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Belleville Township’s size would see about 11 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Belleville Township’s own rate (4.7) 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.
Belleville Township and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belleville Township | C | 2.4 | 19.7 |
| Newark | C− | 5.3 | 19.8 |
| North Arlington | B | 0.9 | 11.7 |
| Bloomfield Township | B− | 1.0 | 14.4 |
| Kearny | — | — | — |
| Nutley Township | A− | 0.7 | 6.9 |
| Lyndhurst Township | B+ | 0.6 | 8.9 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Kearny reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2025 but not 2024.
New Jersey towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belleville Township | C | 2.4 | 19.7 |
| Monroe Township | B | 1.4 | 10.2 |
| Galloway Township | B− | 1.8 | 12.3 |
| Ewing Township | C− | 2.2 | 24.2 |
| Pennsauken Township | D | 2.6 | 43.3 |
| Atlantic City | D− | 17.2 | 63.3 |
The five graded New Jersey towns closest to Belleville Township’s population (38,997), by grade.
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 Belleville Township. 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 Belleville Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (38,778 in 2025); our figure for Belleville Township is 38,997 (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 Belleville Township
Is Belleville Township, NJ safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Belleville Township reports more crime per resident than 71% of U.S. towns, a C Safety Grade and #288 of 342 in New Jersey. Its police reported 2.4 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 Belleville Township?
2.4 violent and 19.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of New Jersey reports 2.1 and 13.7; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is crime going up or down in Belleville Township?
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings.
How many homicides were there in Belleville Township in 2025?
Belleville Township’s police reported 0 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 0.0 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Belleville Township safer than Newark?
Newark reports more crime per resident than Belleville Township: Newark grades C− for safety and Belleville Township C. Newark’s police reported 5.3 violent and 19.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Belleville Township?
Belleville Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Belleville”. 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.