Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Squirrel 22~commonswiki assumed (based on copyright claims). · Public domainBergenfield has less crime per resident than 95% of U.S. towns
None of the 3 towns next door with figures records less crime per resident. Add to that, the rate the grade counts dropped 44% from 2023 to 2025. On crimes Bergenfield’s police reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades A+ for safety: #28 of 342 graded towns in New Jersey. Each year brought 0.3 violent crime and 2.6 incidents of property crime for every 1,000 residents (2.1 and 13.8 in the rest of 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 Bergenfield
Bergenfield reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 5 New Jersey towns on Bergenfield’s borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: Dumont (A), New Milford (A), Teaneck Township (B+). Tenafly reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 2025. Cresskill reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2025 but not 2024. Neighbors ↓
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Bergenfield’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; property crime is the stronger of the two.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Bergenfield property | Rest of New Jersey property | Bergenfield violent | Rest of New Jersey violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3.2 | 13.9 | 0.4 | 1.9 |
| 2023 | 3.6 | 14.8 | 0.1 | 2.2 |
| 2024 | 2.3 | 14.0 | 0.5 | 2.2 |
| 2025 | 1.9 | 12.6 | 0.2 | 2.0 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of New Jersey.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Bergenfield | Rest of New Jersey | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.4 | 1.9 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.1 | 2.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.5 | 2.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.2 | 2.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Bergenfield’s police reported 25 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.3 per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.1 in the rest of New Jersey and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in Bergenfield per 1,000 residents
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.
And fewer than 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
61 crimes reported in 2025
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
7 violent and 54 property, as reported to the FBI by Bergenfield’s police.
Two people died in crashes on Bergenfield’s roads in 2019–2023
Bergenfield had 2 fatal crashes in five years, in which two people died; 1 was a cyclist.
That is fewer than 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 Bergenfield’s size would see about 8 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Bergenfield’s own rate (1.4) 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.
Bergenfield and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bergenfield | A+ | 0.3 | 2.6 |
| New Milford | A | 0.2 | 4.7 |
| Tenafly | — | — | — |
| Teaneck Township | B+ | 0.9 | 8.6 |
| Dumont | A | 0.3 | 2.9 |
| Cresskill | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Tenafly reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 2025. Cresskill reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2025 but not 2024.
New Jersey towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bergenfield | A+ | 0.3 | 2.6 |
| Bernards Township | A+ | 0.0 | 1.6 |
| Hamilton Township | C | 1.0 | 24.3 |
| Neptune Township | D | 3.0 | 31.6 |
| Millville | D | 4.6 | 39.8 |
| Bridgeton | D− | 8.5 | 33.1 |
The five graded New Jersey towns closest to Bergenfield’s population (28,754), by grade.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
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 Bergenfield. 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 Bergenfield’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (29,040 in 2025); our figure for Bergenfield is 28,754 (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 Bergenfield
Is Bergenfield, NJ safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Bergenfield reports less crime per resident than 95% of U.S. towns, an A+ Safety Grade and #28 of 342 in New Jersey. Its police reported 0.3 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 Bergenfield?
0.3 violent and 2.6 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.
How many homicides were there in Bergenfield in 2025?
Bergenfield’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 Bergenfield safer than New Milford?
New Milford reports more crime per resident than Bergenfield: New Milford grades A for safety and Bergenfield A+. New Milford’s police reported 0.2 violent and 4.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Bergenfield?
Bergenfield’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Bergenfield”. 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.