Crime per resident in Irvington Township runs higher than in 86% of U.S. towns
Its letter for safety is D, worked out from crimes Irvington Township’s police reported over 2023 to 2025: #323 of 342 graded towns in New Jersey. Add to that, the yearly rates were 4.3 violent crimes and 25.6 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, set against 2.1 and 13.7 in the rest of New Jersey. All 3 towns next door with figures record less crime per resident. Per resident, the graded rate barely moved from 2023 to 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 Irvington Township
3 of the 3 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 3 New Jersey towns on Irvington Township’s borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: Maplewood Township (B), Union Township (B−), Newark (C−). Neighbors ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Irvington Township’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.
Crime in Irvington Township 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 4 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Irvington Township | Rest of New Jersey | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4.7 | 2.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 4.4 | 2.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 4.0 | 1.9 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Irvington Township’s police reported 793 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 4.3 per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.1 in the rest of New Jersey and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | Irvington Township property | Rest of New Jersey property | Irvington Township violent | Rest of New Jersey violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 25.6 | 14.7 | 4.7 | 2.2 |
| 2024 | 25.8 | 13.9 | 4.4 | 2.2 |
| 2025 | 25.3 | 12.5 | 4.0 | 1.9 |
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, 2023–2025, against the rest of New Jersey.
1,814 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.
245 violent and 1,569 property, as reported to the FBI by Irvington Township’s police.
16 people died in crashes on Irvington Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Irvington Township had 16 fatal crashes in five years, in which 16 people died; 9 were pedestrians.
That is 5.3 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, about the same as 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.
Irvington Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Irvington Township | D | 4.3 | 25.6 |
| Newark | C− | 5.3 | 19.8 |
| Maplewood Township | B | 0.6 | 11.7 |
| Union Township | B− | 0.7 | 17.5 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
New Jersey towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Irvington Township | D | 4.3 | 25.6 |
| Jackson Township | A | 0.4 | 3.6 |
| North Bergen Township | B | 1.6 | 7.5 |
| Gloucester Township | B | 0.8 | 11.7 |
| Hoboken | C+ | 1.8 | 15.4 |
| Vineland | D | 4.3 | 25.2 |
The five graded New Jersey towns closest to Irvington Township’s population (62,233), 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 Irvington 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 Irvington Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (62,004 in 2025); our figure for Irvington Township is 62,233 (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 Irvington Township
Is Irvington Township, NJ safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Irvington Township reports more crime per resident than 86% of U.S. towns, a D Safety Grade and #323 of 342 in New Jersey. Its police reported 4.3 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 Irvington Township?
4.3 violent and 25.6 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.
How many homicides were there in Irvington Township in 2025?
Irvington Township’s police reported 1 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 1.6 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Irvington Township safer than Newark?
Newark reports less crime per resident than Irvington Township: Newark grades C− for safety and Irvington Township D. Newark’s police reported 5.3 violent and 19.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Irvington Township?
Irvington Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Irvington”. 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.