Cliffside Park reports less crime per resident than 73% of U.S. towns
That puts it at B+ for safety, judged on crimes Cliffside Park’s police reported from 2023 to 2025: #138 of 342 graded towns in New Jersey. Annual rates stand at 0.9 violent crime and 6.7 incidents of property crime for every thousand residents, next to 2.1 and 13.8 in the rest of New Jersey. On top of that, violent crime here is lower than in 69% of U.S. towns; property crime, lower than in 70%.
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 Cliffside Park
1 of the 2 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 3 New Jersey towns on Cliffside Park’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Ridgefield (A−), Edgewater (B). Fairview reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 2025. Neighbors ↓
Among New Jersey towns, closer to the middle
New Jersey’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Cliffside Park’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 60% of the 342 New Jersey towns we grade, against 73% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Cliffside Park’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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Cliffside Park | Rest of New Jersey | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.3 | 1.9 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.7 | 2.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Cliffside Park’s police reported 74 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.9 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 Cliffside Park 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 about 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | Cliffside Park property | Rest of New Jersey property | Cliffside Park violent | Rest of New Jersey violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4.2 | 13.9 | 0.3 | 1.9 |
| 2023 | 7.3 | 14.8 | 0.7 | 2.2 |
| 2024 | 6.4 | 14.0 | 1.3 | 2.2 |
| 2025 | 6.3 | 12.6 | 0.8 | 2.0 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
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.
187 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.
22 violent and 165 property, as reported to the FBI by Cliffside Park’s police.
One person died in crashes on Cliffside Park’s roads in 2019–2023
Cliffside Park had 1 fatal crash in five years, in which one person died; 1 was a pedestrian.
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 Cliffside Park’s size would see about 7 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Cliffside Park’s own rate (0.8) 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.
Cliffside Park and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cliffside Park | B+ | 0.9 | 6.7 |
| Edgewater | B | 0.5 | 12.7 |
| Fairview | — | — | — |
| Ridgefield | A− | 0.4 | 8.2 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Fairview reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 2025.
New Jersey towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cliffside Park | B+ | 0.9 | 6.7 |
| Ridgewood | A− | 0.4 | 5.6 |
| Maplewood Township | B | 0.6 | 11.7 |
| Wall Township | B | 0.8 | 12.0 |
| Lodi | B− | 1.6 | 13.1 |
| Paramus | C− | 0.3 | 39.7 |
The five graded New Jersey towns closest to Cliffside Park’s population (26,539), 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 Cliffside Park. 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 Cliffside Park’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (26,287 in 2025); our figure for Cliffside Park is 26,539 (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 Cliffside Park
Is Cliffside Park, NJ safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Cliffside Park reports less crime per resident than 73% of U.S. towns, a B+ Safety Grade and #138 of 342 in New Jersey. Its police reported 0.9 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 Cliffside Park?
0.9 violent and 6.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of New Jersey reports 2.1 and 13.8; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Cliffside Park in 2025?
Cliffside Park’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 Cliffside Park safer than Edgewater?
Edgewater reports more crime per resident than Cliffside Park: Edgewater grades B for safety and Cliffside Park B+. Edgewater’s police reported 0.5 violent and 12.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Cliffside Park?
Cliffside Park’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Cliffside Park”. 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.