On violent crime, Glen Ridge has a lower rate per resident than 87% of U.S. towns
Its letter overall is B (#194 of 342 graded towns in New Jersey): less crime per resident than 60% of U.S. towns, from crimes its police reported through 2023 to 2025. Add to that, the rate the grade counts dropped 43% from 2023 to 2025. Police counts work out at 0.4 violent crime and 13.0 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents annually; in the rest of New Jersey they are 2.1 and 13.8.
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 Glen Ridge
1 of the 2 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 2 New Jersey towns on Glen Ridge’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Montclair Township (B+), Bloomfield Township (B−). Neighbors ↓
Among New Jersey towns, closer to the middle
New Jersey’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Glen Ridge’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 43% of the 342 New Jersey towns we grade, against 60% 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 Glen Ridge’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Glen Ridge’s grade up; property crime pulls it down. Its property rate (13.0) 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 | Glen Ridge property | Rest of New Jersey property | Glen Ridge violent | Rest of New Jersey violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 13.9 | 13.9 | 0.5 | 1.9 |
| 2023 | 17.7 | 14.7 | 0.4 | 2.2 |
| 2024 | 12.0 | 14.0 | 0.2 | 2.2 |
| 2025 | 9.5 | 12.6 | 0.7 | 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 | Glen Ridge | Rest of New Jersey | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.5 | 1.9 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.4 | 2.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.2 | 2.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Glen Ridge’s police reported 11 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 Glen Ridge 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.
85 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.
6 violent and 79 property, as reported to the FBI by Glen Ridge’s police.
Three people died in crashes on Glen Ridge’s roads in 2019–2023
Glen Ridge had 2 fatal crashes in five years, in which three people died.
That is about what 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 Glen Ridge’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Glen Ridge’s own rate (7.6) 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.
Glen Ridge and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glen Ridge | B | 0.4 | 13.0 |
| Bloomfield Township | B− | 1.0 | 14.4 |
| Montclair Township | B+ | 1.0 | 7.0 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
New Jersey towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glen Ridge | B | 0.4 | 13.0 |
| Oradell | A+ | 0.2 | 2.0 |
| Bedminster Township | A | 0.3 | 3.5 |
| Butler | A− | 0.5 | 5.6 |
| Fairfield Township | B− | 0.5 | 15.7 |
| Riverside Township | B− | 2.3 | 8.6 |
The five graded New Jersey towns closest to Glen Ridge’s population (8,259), 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 Glen Ridge. 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 Glen Ridge’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (8,312 in 2025); our figure for Glen Ridge is 8,259 (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 Glen Ridge
Is Glen Ridge, NJ safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Glen Ridge reports less crime per resident than 60% of U.S. towns, a B Safety Grade and #194 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 Glen Ridge?
0.4 violent and 13.0 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 Glen Ridge safer than Bloomfield Township?
Bloomfield Township reports more crime per resident than Glen Ridge: Bloomfield Township grades B− for safety and Glen Ridge B. Bloomfield Township’s police reported 1.0 violent and 14.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Glen Ridge?
Glen Ridge’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Glen Ridge”. 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.