Photo: Peteblac cem · Public domainOn violent crime, Saddle Brook Township has a lower rate per resident than 92% of U.S. towns
Each of the 3 towns on its borders with figures records more crime per resident. In sum, crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025 put Saddle Brook Township at B (#183 of 342 graded towns in New Jersey): less crime per resident than 64% of U.S. towns. Police counts work out at 0.3 violent crime and 12.2 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents annually; in the rest of New Jersey they are 2.1 and 13.8.
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 Saddle Brook Township
Saddle Brook Township reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 4 New Jersey towns on Saddle Brook Township’s borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: Rochelle Park Township (B−), Lodi (B−), Garfield (C+). Fair Lawn reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 2025. Neighbors ↓
Among New Jersey towns, closer to the middle
New Jersey’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Saddle Brook Township’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 46% of the 342 New Jersey towns we grade, against 64% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
A job center
Saddle Brook Township has 10,590 jobs based in town for 14,441 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Saddle Brook Township’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Saddle Brook Township’s grade up; property crime pulls it down. Its property rate (12.2) 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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Saddle Brook Township | Rest of New Jersey | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.3 | 1.9 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.3 | 2.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.1 | 2.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.4 | 2.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Saddle Brook Township’s police reported 12 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.3 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 Saddle Brook Township 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 | Saddle Brook Township property | Rest of New Jersey property | Saddle Brook Township violent | Rest of New Jersey violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 14.4 | 13.8 | 0.3 | 1.9 |
| 2023 | 13.2 | 14.8 | 0.3 | 2.2 |
| 2024 | 13.4 | 14.0 | 0.1 | 2.2 |
| 2025 | 10.2 | 12.6 | 0.4 | 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.
154 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.
6 violent and 148 property, as reported to the FBI by Saddle Brook Township’s police.
One person died in crashes on Saddle Brook Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Saddle Brook Township had 1 fatal crash in five years, in which one person died.
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 Saddle Brook Township’s size would see about 3 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Saddle Brook Township’s own rate (1.4) 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.
Saddle Brook Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saddle Brook Township | B | 0.3 | 12.2 |
| Rochelle Park Township | B− | 1.2 | 12.7 |
| Lodi | B− | 1.6 | 13.1 |
| Garfield | C+ | 1.7 | 16.8 |
| Fair Lawn | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Fair Lawn reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 2025.
New Jersey towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saddle Brook Township | B | 0.3 | 12.2 |
| Hopatcong | A | 0.9 | 1.6 |
| Middlesex | A | 0.3 | 5.3 |
| Florham Park | A | 0.2 | 5.7 |
| Harrison Township | A | 0.4 | 4.9 |
| Collingswood | C− | 1.3 | 28.6 |
The five graded New Jersey towns closest to Saddle Brook Township’s population (14,441), 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 Saddle Brook Township. 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 Saddle Brook Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (14,553 in 2025); our figure for Saddle Brook Township is 14,441 (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 Saddle Brook Township
Is Saddle Brook Township, NJ safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Saddle Brook Township reports less crime per resident than 64% of U.S. towns, a B Safety Grade and #183 of 342 in New Jersey. Its police reported 0.3 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 Saddle Brook Township?
0.3 violent and 12.2 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 Saddle Brook Township safer than Rochelle Park Township?
Rochelle Park Township reports more crime per resident than Saddle Brook Township: Rochelle Park Township grades B− for safety and Saddle Brook Township B. Rochelle Park Township’s police reported 1.2 violent and 12.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Saddle Brook Township?
Saddle Brook Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Saddle Brook Township”. 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.