Photo: Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's Commons talk page, my Commons user talk page, or my English Wikipedia user talk page; I'll know about it a lot faster) · CC BY-SA 4.0Recorded crime per resident in Moonachie fell 50% from 2023 to 2025
On violence it beats 63% of U.S. towns, and on property crime 66%. Per 1,000 residents a year, 1.2 violent crimes and 7.5 incidents of property crime were recorded, against 2.1 and 13.8 in the rest of New Jersey. What’s more, its letter overall is B+ (#168 of 342 graded towns in New Jersey): less crime per resident than 67% of U.S. towns, from crimes its police reported through 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 Moonachie
2 of the 4 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 5 New Jersey towns on Moonachie’s borders, 4 have a Safety Grade: Hasbrouck Heights (A), Wood-Ridge (A), Carlstadt (B), South Hackensack Township (D). Little Ferry has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Among New Jersey towns, closer to the middle
New Jersey’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Moonachie’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 51% of the 342 New Jersey towns we grade, against 67% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
A job center
Moonachie has 7,035 jobs based in town for 3,153 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 Moonachie’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.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Moonachie property | Rest of New Jersey property | Moonachie violent | Rest of New Jersey violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 16.8 | 13.8 | 0.3 | 1.9 |
| 2023 | 8.4 | 14.8 | 2.3 | 2.2 |
| 2024 | 9.1 | 14.0 | 0.9 | 2.2 |
| 2025 | 5.0 | 12.6 | 0.3 | 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 | Moonachie | Rest of New Jersey | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.3 | 1.9 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.9 | 2.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Moonachie’s police reported 11 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.2 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 Moonachie 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 fewer than 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
17 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 violent and 16 property, as reported to the FBI by Moonachie’s police.
No one died in a crash on Moonachie’s roads in 2019–2023
That is about what is typical for New Jersey towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (4.9 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Moonachie’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Moonachie’s own rate (0.0) 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.
Moonachie and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moonachie | B+ | 1.2 | 7.5 |
| Little Ferry | — | — | — |
| Wood-Ridge | A | 0.4 | 5.2 |
| Carlstadt | B | 0.4 | 13.9 |
| Hasbrouck Heights | A | 0.2 | 4.4 |
| South Hackensack Township | D | 4.6 | 27.5 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Little Ferry has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
New Jersey towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moonachie | B+ | 1.2 | 7.5 |
| Monmouth Beach | A+ | 0.1 | 2.6 |
| Franklin Township | A | 0.4 | 3.0 |
| West Amwell Township | A | 0.1 | 5.8 |
| Long Beach Township | B− | 1.3 | 13.3 |
| Wildwood Crest | C+ | 2.6 | 13.3 |
The five graded New Jersey towns closest to Moonachie’s population (3,153), 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 Moonachie. 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 Moonachie’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (3,177 in 2025); our figure for Moonachie is 3,153 (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 Moonachie
Is Moonachie, NJ safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Moonachie reports less crime per resident than 67% of U.S. towns, a B+ Safety Grade and #168 of 342 in New Jersey. Its police reported 1.2 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 Moonachie?
1.2 violent and 7.5 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 Moonachie safer than Wood-Ridge?
Wood-Ridge reports less crime per resident than Moonachie: Wood-Ridge grades A for safety and Moonachie B+. Wood-Ridge’s police reported 0.4 violent and 5.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Moonachie?
Moonachie’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Moonachie”. 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.