Photo: King of Hearts · CC BY-SA 4.0For violent crime, Jersey City trails 85% of U.S. towns per resident
Overall, it grades C− for safety (#306 of 342 graded towns in New Jersey, and #146 of 325 U.S. cities over 100,000). Its police logs show 4.5 violent crimes and 17.7 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, while in the rest of New Jersey the numbers are 2.0 and 13.6. The graded rate rose 34% from 2023 to 2025. Next door, 3 of 4 towns with figures record less crime per resident.
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 Jersey City
3 of the 4 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 6 New Jersey towns on Jersey City’s borders, 4 have a Safety Grade: North Bergen Township (B), Hoboken (C+), Bayonne (C+), Secaucus (C−). Kearny and Union City reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2025 but not 2024. Neighbors ↓
Homicides: below U.S. cities overall
Jersey City’s police reported 12 homicides to the FBI in 2025. Over 2023–2025 that is 3.4 per 100,000 residents a year, above the rest of New Jersey (2.4) and below all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables (5.7). Violent crime ↓
Robberies: 2.7 times the rest of New Jersey
117 robberies per 100,000 residents a year over 2023–2025 (395 reported in 2025), 2.7 times the rest of New Jersey (43.8) and above all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables (79.4). Violent crime ↓
Against other big cities
Among the 325 U.S. cities over 100,000 we grade, Jersey City reports less crime per resident than 55% (#146). Places like it ↓
Reported crime is rising
Crime reported per resident rose 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 Jersey City’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; property crime is the closer of the two to typical.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Jersey City property | Rest of New Jersey property | Jersey City violent | Rest of New Jersey violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 13.8 | 13.9 | 2.2 | 1.9 |
| 2023 | 14.4 | 14.8 | 2.8 | 2.2 |
| 2024 | 20.3 | 13.7 | 5.6 | 2.1 |
| 2025 | 18.3 | 12.4 | 4.9 | 1.8 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident rose from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of New Jersey.
Homicides and robberies
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| Year | Jersey City | Rest of New Jersey | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4.3 | 3.0 | 7.7 |
| 2023 | 3.9 | 2.9 | 6.8 |
| 2024 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 5.7 |
| 2025 | 3.9 | 2.0 | 4.6 |
Homicides per 100,000 residents
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| Year | Jersey City | Rest of New Jersey | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 32.2 | 47.3 | 95.5 |
| 2023 | 46.6 | 50.5 | 90.6 |
| 2024 | 173 | 46.6 | 81.9 |
| 2025 | 129 | 34.8 | 66.0 |
Robberies per 100,000 residents
Jersey City’s police reported 12 homicides, 395 robberies and 1,484 violent crimes in all to the FBI in 2025. By year, against the rest of New Jersey and all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables.
Crime in Jersey City 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 5 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
7,059 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.
1,484 violent and 5,575 property, as reported to the FBI by Jersey City’s police.
50 people died in crashes on Jersey City’s roads in 2019–2023
Jersey City had 47 fatal crashes in five years, in which 50 people died; 17 were pedestrians and 3 were cyclists. 4 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 3.4 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, below the median for New Jersey towns of 100,000+ people (5.8, 7 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.
Jersey City and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jersey City | C− | 4.5 | 17.7 |
| Secaucus | C− | 1.4 | 31.2 |
| Hoboken | C+ | 1.8 | 15.4 |
| Bayonne | C+ | 2.8 | 13.2 |
| Kearny | — | — | — |
| Union City | — | — | — |
| North Bergen Township | B | 1.6 | 7.5 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Kearny and Union City reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2025 but not 2024.
New Jersey towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jersey City | C− | 4.5 | 17.7 |
| Newark | C− | 5.3 | 19.8 |
| Paterson | D | 9.0 | 23.7 |
The five graded New Jersey towns closest to Jersey City’s population (302,013), 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 Jersey City. 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 Jersey City’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (305,249 in 2025); our figure for Jersey City is 302,013 (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 Jersey City
Is Jersey City, NJ safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Jersey City reports more crime per resident than 80% of U.S. towns, a C− Safety Grade and #306 of 342 in New Jersey. Its police reported 4.5 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.0 in the rest of New Jersey and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Jersey City?
4.5 violent and 17.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of New Jersey reports 2.0 and 13.6; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Jersey City in 2025?
Jersey City’s police reported 12 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 3.9 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Jersey City safer than Secaucus?
Secaucus reports more crime per resident than Jersey City: Secaucus grades C− for safety and Jersey City C−. Secaucus’s police reported 1.4 violent and 31.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Jersey City?
Jersey City’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Jersey City”. 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.