Photo: User:NHRHS2010 · Public domainPer resident, Ramsey records less violent crime than 95% of U.S. towns
The rate the grade counts climbed 28% from 2023 to 2025. By contrast, each year brought 0.2 violent crime and 10.0 incidents of property crime for every 1,000 residents (2.1 and 13.8 in the rest of New Jersey). Its Safety Grade, B+ (#143 of 342 graded towns in New Jersey), rests on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025: less crime per resident than 72% of U.S. towns.
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 Ramsey
1 of the 1 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 3 New Jersey towns on Ramsey’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Allendale (A). Mahwah Township reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 2025. Upper Saddle River reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2025 but not 2024. Neighbors ↓
Among New Jersey towns, closer to the middle
New Jersey’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Ramsey’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 58% of the 342 New Jersey towns we grade, against 72% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
A job center
Ramsey has 9,881 jobs based in town for 14,925 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read 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 Ramsey’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 | Ramsey | Rest of New Jersey | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.3 | 1.9 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.1 | 2.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.2 | 2.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Ramsey’s police reported 9 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.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Ramsey property | Rest of New Jersey property | Ramsey violent | Rest of New Jersey violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7.2 | 13.9 | 0.3 | 1.9 |
| 2023 | 8.7 | 14.8 | 0.1 | 2.2 |
| 2024 | 10.1 | 14.0 | 0.2 | 2.2 |
| 2025 | 11.0 | 12.6 | 0.3 | 2.0 |
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.
Crime in Ramsey 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.
170 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.
4 violent and 166 property, as reported to the FBI by Ramsey’s police.
Seven people died in crashes on Ramsey’s roads in 2019–2023
Ramsey had 6 fatal crashes in five years, in which seven people died; 3 were pedestrians.
That is more than 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 Ramsey’s size would see about 3 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Ramsey’s own rate (9.5) 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.
Ramsey and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ramsey | B+ | 0.2 | 10.0 |
| Mahwah Township | — | — | — |
| Allendale | A | 0.3 | 2.8 |
| Upper Saddle River | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Mahwah Township reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 2025. Upper Saddle River reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2025 but not 2024.
New Jersey towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ramsey | B+ | 0.2 | 10.0 |
| Hopatcong | A | 0.9 | 1.6 |
| Woolwich Township | A | 0.1 | 5.8 |
| Verona Township | A | 0.4 | 5.0 |
| Hammonton | B | 1.8 | 8.8 |
| Hanover Township | B | 0.7 | 13.4 |
The five graded New Jersey towns closest to Ramsey’s population (14,925), 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 Ramsey. 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 Ramsey’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (15,047 in 2025); our figure for Ramsey is 14,925 (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 Ramsey
Is Ramsey, NJ safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Ramsey reports less crime per resident than 72% of U.S. towns, a B+ Safety Grade and #143 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 Ramsey?
0.2 violent and 10.0 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 Ramsey safer than Allendale?
Allendale reports less crime per resident than Ramsey: Allendale grades A for safety and Ramsey B+. Allendale’s police reported 0.3 violent and 2.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Ramsey?
Ramsey’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Ramsey”. 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.