Photo: Rafaelgarcia · CC BY-SA 3.0Recorded crime per resident in Perth Amboy fell 46% from 2023 to 2025
Recorded violent crimes ran at 3.4 per 1,000 residents a year and property crime at 12.7, against 2.1 and 13.8 in the rest of New Jersey. Overall, Perth Amboy grades C for safety (#279 of 342 graded towns in New Jersey): more crime per resident than 66% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported 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 Perth Amboy
1 of the 1 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 3 New Jersey towns on Perth Amboy’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: South Amboy (B−). Woodbridge Township and Sayreville reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2025 but not 2024. Neighbors ↓
Among New Jersey towns, lower
New Jersey’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Perth Amboy’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 18% of the 342 New Jersey towns we grade, against 34% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
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 Perth Amboy’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. Its violent rate (3.4) 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. Its property rate (12.7) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Perth Amboy property | Rest of New Jersey property | Perth Amboy violent | Rest of New Jersey violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 14.6 | 13.8 | 3.3 | 1.9 |
| 2023 | 16.3 | 14.7 | 3.7 | 2.2 |
| 2024 | 13.7 | 14.0 | 3.9 | 2.2 |
| 2025 | 8.1 | 12.6 | 2.7 | 1.9 |
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.
Crime in Perth Amboy 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 3 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 | Perth Amboy | Rest of New Jersey | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3.3 | 1.9 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 3.7 | 2.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 3.9 | 2.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Perth Amboy’s police reported 579 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 3.4 per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.1 in the rest of New Jersey and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
618 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. 2025 figures come from FBI Crime Data Explorer, which publishes violent crime, homicides, robberies and property crime only.
154 violent and 464 property, as reported to the FBI by Perth Amboy’s police.
12 people died in crashes on Perth Amboy’s roads in 2019–2023
Perth Amboy had 9 fatal crashes in five years, in which 12 people died; 6 were pedestrians.
That is 4.3 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, below 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.
Perth Amboy and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perth Amboy | C | 3.4 | 12.7 |
| Woodbridge Township | — | — | — |
| Sayreville | — | — | — |
| South Amboy | B− | 1.5 | 11.7 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Woodbridge Township and Sayreville reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2025 but not 2024.
New Jersey towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perth Amboy | C | 3.4 | 12.7 |
| Parsippany-Troy Hills Township | B+ | 0.5 | 8.4 |
| Bloomfield Township | B− | 1.0 | 14.4 |
| Hoboken | C+ | 1.8 | 15.4 |
| Wayne Township | C+ | 0.9 | 19.1 |
| New Brunswick | D | 6.7 | 23.9 |
The five graded New Jersey towns closest to Perth Amboy’s population (56,739), 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 Perth Amboy. 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 Perth Amboy’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (57,269 in 2025); our figure for Perth Amboy is 56,739 (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 Perth Amboy
Is Perth Amboy, NJ safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Perth Amboy reports more crime per resident than 66% of U.S. towns, a C Safety Grade and #279 of 342 in New Jersey. Its police reported 3.4 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 Perth Amboy?
3.4 violent and 12.7 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.
How many homicides were there in Perth Amboy in 2025?
Perth Amboy’s police reported 4 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 7.0 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Perth Amboy safer than South Amboy?
South Amboy reports less crime per resident than Perth Amboy: South Amboy grades B− for safety and Perth Amboy C. South Amboy’s police reported 1.5 violent and 11.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Perth Amboy?
Perth Amboy’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Perth Amboy Police Department”. 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.