Interstate Hosiery Mills, Inc. Mill Building · Photo: Desmond57 · CC BY-SA 3.0Bloomfield Township reports less violent crime than most U.S. towns, but more property crime
Overall, Bloomfield Township grades B− for safety (#233 of 342 graded towns in New Jersey): close to the middle of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported to the FBI in 2023–2025.
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 Bloomfield Township
2 of the 5 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 5 New Jersey towns on Bloomfield Township’s borders, 5 have a Safety Grade: Nutley Township (A−), Glen Ridge (B), Belleville Township (C), East Orange (C−), Newark (C−). Neighbors ↓
Among New Jersey towns, closer to the middle
New Jersey’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Bloomfield Township’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 32% of the 342 New Jersey towns we grade, against 50% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
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 Bloomfield Township’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Bloomfield Township’s grade up; property crime pulls it down. Its property rate (14.4) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) 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
Bloomfield Township’s police reported 167 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.0 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 | Bloomfield Township | Rest of New Jersey | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.0 | 2.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Reported crime is falling
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.
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| Year | Bloomfield Township property | Rest of New Jersey property | Bloomfield Township violent | Rest of New Jersey violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 12.2 | 13.9 | 0.9 | 1.9 |
| 2023 | 15.3 | 14.7 | 1.0 | 2.2 |
| 2024 | 14.6 | 14.0 | 1.2 | 2.2 |
| 2025 | 13.3 | 12.6 | 0.8 | 2.0 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
For every 1,000 residents, about 13 property crimes reported
And about 1 violent crime, 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.
793 crimes reported in 2025
46 violent and 747 property, as reported to the FBI by Bloomfield 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 Bloomfield Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Bloomfield Township had 9 fatal crashes in five years, in which nine people died; 5 were pedestrians.
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 Bloomfield Township’s size would see about 16 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Bloomfield Township’s own rate (3.3) 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.
Bloomfield Township and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bloomfield Township | B− | 1.0 | 14.4 |
| Glen Ridge | B | 0.4 | 13.0 |
| Nutley Township | A− | 0.7 | 6.9 |
| Newark | C− | 5.3 | 19.8 |
| Belleville Township | C | 2.4 | 19.7 |
| East Orange | C− | 4.6 | 19.6 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
New Jersey towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bloomfield Township | B− | 1.0 | 14.4 |
| Parsippany-Troy Hills Township | B+ | 0.5 | 8.4 |
| Hoboken | C+ | 1.8 | 15.4 |
| Wayne Township | C+ | 0.9 | 19.1 |
| Perth Amboy | C | 3.4 | 12.7 |
| New Brunswick | D | 6.7 | 23.9 |
The five graded New Jersey towns closest to Bloomfield Township’s population (56,375), 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 Bloomfield Township. A citywide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of the city to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Bloomfield Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (56,009 in 2025); our figure for Bloomfield Township is 56,375 (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 Bloomfield Township
Is Bloomfield Township, NJ safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Bloomfield Township reports less crime per resident than 50% of U.S. towns, a B− Safety Grade and #233 of 342 in New Jersey. Its police reported 1.0 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 Bloomfield Township?
1.0 violent and 14.4 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 Bloomfield Township?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
How many homicides were there in Bloomfield Township in 2025?
Bloomfield 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 Bloomfield Township safer than Glen Ridge?
Glen Ridge reports less crime per resident than Bloomfield Township: Glen Ridge grades B for safety and Bloomfield Township B−. Glen Ridge’s police reported 0.4 violent and 13.0 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Bloomfield Township?
Bloomfield Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Bloomfield”. 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.