Photo: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ, M.D. · CC BY-SA 4.0Recorded crime per resident is lower in Park Ridge than in 97% of U.S. towns
Recorded violent crime ran at 0.2 per 1,000 residents a year and property crime at 1.9, against 2.1 and 13.8 in the rest of New Jersey. Violent crime here is lower than in 95% of U.S. towns; property crime, lower than in 95%. Measured on crimes Park Ridge’s police reported between 2023 and 2025, it earns a Safety Grade of A+: #7 of 342 graded towns in New Jersey.
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 Park Ridge
Park Ridge reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 4 New Jersey towns on Park Ridge’s borders, 4 have a Safety Grade: Hillsdale (A+), River Vale Township (A+), Woodcliff Lake (A), Montvale (B+). Neighbors ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Park Ridge’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; violent crime is the stronger of the two.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Park Ridge | Rest of New Jersey | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.1 | 1.9 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.1 | 2.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.4 | 2.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.1 | 2.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Park Ridge’s police reported 6 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.2 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 Park 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 fewer than 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | Park Ridge property | Rest of New Jersey property | Park Ridge violent | Rest of New Jersey violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.7 | 13.9 | 0.1 | 1.9 |
| 2023 | 2.3 | 14.8 | 0.1 | 2.2 |
| 2024 | 2.2 | 14.0 | 0.4 | 2.2 |
| 2025 | 1.3 | 12.6 | 0.1 | 2.0 |
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, 2022–2025, against the rest of New Jersey.
14 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 13 property, as reported to the FBI by Park Ridge’s police.
No one died in a crash on Park Ridge’s roads in 2019–2023
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 Park Ridge’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Park Ridge’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.
Park Ridge and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Park Ridge | A+ | 0.2 | 1.9 |
| Woodcliff Lake | A | 0.1 | 6.3 |
| River Vale Township | A+ | 0.2 | 2.8 |
| Montvale | B+ | 0.5 | 9.3 |
| Hillsdale | A+ | 0.1 | 2.5 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
New Jersey towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Park Ridge | A+ | 0.2 | 1.9 |
| Caldwell | A | 0.5 | 3.7 |
| Leonia | A− | 0.4 | 6.0 |
| Lopatcong Township | A− | 0.7 | 5.7 |
| Edgewater Park Township | B− | 1.4 | 14.9 |
| Westampton Township | C− | 3.2 | 20.8 |
The five graded New Jersey towns closest to Park Ridge’s population (9,571), 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 Park 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 Park Ridge’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (9,828 in 2025); our figure for Park Ridge is 9,571 (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 Park Ridge
Is Park Ridge, NJ safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Park Ridge reports less crime per resident than 97% of U.S. towns, an A+ Safety Grade and #7 of 342 in New Jersey. Its police reported 0.2 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 Park Ridge?
0.2 violent and 1.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of New Jersey reports 2.1 and 13.8; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is Park Ridge safer than Woodcliff Lake?
Woodcliff Lake reports more crime per resident than Park Ridge: Woodcliff Lake grades A for safety and Park Ridge A+. Woodcliff Lake’s police reported 0.1 violent and 6.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Park Ridge?
Park Ridge’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Park 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.