Photo: KForce at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Reported crime per resident in Hackensack fell 19% from 2023 to 2025
Overall, Hackensack grades C for safety (#291 of 342 graded towns in New Jersey): more crime per resident than 73% 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 Hackensack
6 of the 8 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 8 New Jersey towns on Hackensack’s borders, 8 have a Safety Grade: Hasbrouck Heights (A), River Edge (A−), Bogota (A−), Teaneck Township (B+), Ridgefield Park (B+), Maywood (B), Paramus (C−), South Hackensack Township (D). Neighbors ↓
Among New Jersey towns, lower
New Jersey’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Hackensack’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 15% of the 342 New Jersey towns we grade, against 27% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
A job center
Hackensack has 37,741 jobs based in town for 46,380 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 Hackensack’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 higher than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (2.4) is below the FBI’s national estimate (3.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
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 | Hackensack property | Rest of New Jersey property | Hackensack violent | Rest of New Jersey violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 24.2 | 13.8 | 2.1 | 1.9 |
| 2023 | 23.7 | 14.7 | 2.5 | 2.2 |
| 2024 | 20.2 | 13.9 | 2.5 | 2.2 |
| 2025 | 18.8 | 12.6 | 2.4 | 2.0 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Violent crime, by year and by type
Hackensack’s police reported 338 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.4 per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.1 in the rest of New Jersey and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
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| Year | Hackensack | Rest of New Jersey | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 19 property crimes reported
And about 2 violent crimes, 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.
990 crimes reported in 2025
110 violent and 880 property, as reported to the FBI by Hackensack’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
17 people died in crashes on Hackensack’s roads in 2019–2023
Hackensack had 16 fatal crashes in five years, in which 17 people died; 7 were pedestrians and 1 was a cyclist. 2 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 7.4 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for New Jersey towns of 25,000–100,000 people (5.8, 102 towns).
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.
Hackensack and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hackensack | C | 2.4 | 20.9 |
| Maywood | B | 1.1 | 11.3 |
| River Edge | A− | 0.2 | 7.1 |
| Paramus | C− | 0.3 | 39.7 |
| Teaneck Township | B+ | 0.9 | 8.6 |
| Bogota | A− | 0.6 | 5.7 |
| Ridgefield Park | B+ | 0.7 | 10.2 |
| South Hackensack Township | D | 4.6 | 27.5 |
| Hasbrouck Heights | A | 0.2 | 4.4 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
New Jersey towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hackensack | C | 2.4 | 20.9 |
| Manchester Township | A | 0.7 | 4.2 |
| Hillsborough Township | A− | 0.7 | 4.3 |
| South Brunswick Township | B+ | 1.2 | 7.4 |
| Berkeley Township | B+ | 1.3 | 7.1 |
| North Brunswick Township | B− | 1.6 | 14.4 |
The five graded New Jersey towns closest to Hackensack’s population (46,380), 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 Hackensack. 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 Hackensack’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (46,753 in 2025); our figure for Hackensack is 46,380 (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 Hackensack
Is Hackensack, NJ safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Hackensack reports more crime per resident than 73% of U.S. towns, a C Safety Grade and #291 of 342 in New Jersey. Its police reported 2.4 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 Hackensack?
2.4 violent and 20.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of New Jersey reports 2.1 and 13.7; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is crime going up or down in Hackensack?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
How many homicides were there in Hackensack in 2025?
Hackensack’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 Hackensack safer than Maywood?
Maywood reports less crime per resident than Hackensack: Maywood grades B for safety and Hackensack C. Maywood’s police reported 1.1 violent and 11.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Hackensack?
Hackensack’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Hackensack”. 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.