Photo: Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's Commons talk page, my Commons user talk page, or my English Wikipedia user talk page; I'll know about it a lot faster) · CC BY-SA 4.0Recorded crime per resident in Carlstadt fell 65% from 2023 to 2025
All told, Carlstadt grades B for safety (#204 of 342 graded towns in New Jersey): close to the middle of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025. Behind the grade sit 0.4 violent crime and 13.9 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people a year, where the comparison is 2.1 and 13.8 in the rest of New Jersey. It has less violent crime than 88% of U.S. towns, but less property crime than only 39%.
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 Carlstadt
4 of the 6 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 7 New Jersey towns on Carlstadt’s borders, 6 have a Safety Grade: Wood-Ridge (A), Ridgefield (A−), Moonachie (B+), North Bergen Township (B), Secaucus (C−), South Hackensack Township (D). East Rutherford reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2025 but not 2024. Neighbors ↓
Among New Jersey towns, closer to the middle
New Jersey’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Carlstadt’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 40% of the 342 New Jersey towns we grade, against 57% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
A job center
Carlstadt has 11,621 jobs based in town for 6,410 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
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 Carlstadt’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Carlstadt’s grade up; property crime pulls it down. Its property rate (13.9) 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.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Carlstadt property | Rest of New Jersey property | Carlstadt violent | Rest of New Jersey violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 20.3 | 13.8 | 0.5 | 1.9 |
| 2023 | 19.3 | 14.7 | 0.5 | 2.2 |
| 2024 | 15.6 | 14.0 | 0.6 | 2.2 |
| 2025 | 6.8 | 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 | Carlstadt | Rest of New Jersey | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.5 | 1.9 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.5 | 2.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.6 | 2.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.2 | 2.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Carlstadt’s police reported 8 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.
Crime in Carlstadt 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.
45 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.
1 violent and 44 property, as reported to the FBI by Carlstadt’s police.
Four people died in crashes on Carlstadt’s roads in 2019–2023
Carlstadt had 4 fatal crashes in five years, in which four people died; 2 were pedestrians.
That is more than is typical for New Jersey towns of 5,000–25,000 people: at their median rate (4.5 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Carlstadt’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Carlstadt’s own rate (12.5) 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.
Carlstadt and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carlstadt | B | 0.4 | 13.9 |
| Wood-Ridge | A | 0.4 | 5.2 |
| East Rutherford | — | — | — |
| North Bergen Township | B | 1.6 | 7.5 |
| Moonachie | B+ | 1.2 | 7.5 |
| Ridgefield | A− | 0.4 | 8.2 |
| South Hackensack Township | D | 4.6 | 27.5 |
| Secaucus | C− | 1.4 | 31.2 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. East Rutherford reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2025 but not 2024.
New Jersey towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carlstadt | B | 0.4 | 13.9 |
| Oceanport | A | 0.5 | 4.6 |
| Morris Plains | B+ | 0.2 | 10.6 |
| Prospect Park | B | 0.8 | 13.2 |
| Paulsboro | C− | 5.3 | 17.0 |
| Watchung | C− | 0.4 | 38.7 |
The five graded New Jersey towns closest to Carlstadt’s population (6,410), 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 Carlstadt. 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 Carlstadt’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (6,470 in 2025); our figure for Carlstadt is 6,410 (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 Carlstadt
Is Carlstadt, NJ safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Carlstadt reports less crime per resident than 57% of U.S. towns, a B Safety Grade and #204 of 342 in New Jersey. 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 Carlstadt?
0.4 violent and 13.9 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 Carlstadt safer than Wood-Ridge?
Wood-Ridge reports less crime per resident than Carlstadt: Wood-Ridge grades A for safety and Carlstadt B. Wood-Ridge’s police reported 0.4 violent and 5.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Carlstadt?
Carlstadt’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Carlstadt”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Carlstadt.
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.