Photo: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ M.D. · CC BY-SA 4.0Reported crime per resident in Saddle River fell 66% from 2023 to 2025
Annual rates stand at 0.4 violent crime and 7.8 incidents of property crime for every thousand residents, next to 2.1 and 13.8 in the rest of New Jersey. Across all the graded crimes, Saddle River lands on A− (#121 of 342 graded towns in New Jersey): less crime per resident than 77% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025. All 4 towns next door with figures record less crime per resident.
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 River
4 of the 4 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 6 New Jersey towns on Saddle River’s borders, 4 have a Safety Grade: Hillsdale (A+), Waldwick (A+), Allendale (A), Woodcliff Lake (A). Upper Saddle River reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2025 but not 2024. Ho-Ho-Kus reported to the FBI for 2025 but not 2023 or 2024. Neighbors ↓
Among New Jersey towns, closer to the middle
New Jersey’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Saddle River’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 65% of the 342 New Jersey towns we grade, against 77% 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 Saddle River’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.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Saddle River property | Rest of New Jersey property | Saddle River violent | Rest of New Jersey violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 15.0 | 13.8 | 0.3 | 1.9 |
| 2023 | 11.0 | 14.8 | 0.0 | 2.2 |
| 2024 | 8.7 | 14.0 | 1.2 | 2.2 |
| 2025 | 3.8 | 12.6 | 0.0 | 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 | Saddle River | Rest of New Jersey | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.3 | 1.9 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Saddle River’s police reported 4 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.4 per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.1 in the rest of New Jersey and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in Saddle River 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 no violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
13 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.
0 violent and 13 property, as reported to the FBI by Saddle River’s police.
One person died in crashes on Saddle River’s roads in 2019–2023
Saddle River had 1 fatal crash in five years, in which one person died.
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 Saddle River’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Saddle River’s own rate (5.9) 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 River and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saddle River | A− | 0.4 | 7.8 |
| Waldwick | A+ | 0.2 | 2.7 |
| Allendale | A | 0.3 | 2.8 |
| Woodcliff Lake | A | 0.1 | 6.3 |
| Upper Saddle River | — | — | — |
| Ho-Ho-Kus | — | — | — |
| Hillsdale | A+ | 0.1 | 2.5 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Upper Saddle River reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2025 but not 2024. Ho-Ho-Kus reported to the FBI for 2025 but not 2023 or 2024.
New Jersey towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saddle River | A− | 0.4 | 7.8 |
| South Harrison Township | A+ | 0.0 | 1.6 |
| Hamburg | B+ | 1.9 | 4.0 |
| North Wildwood | C− | 2.5 | 30.3 |
| Pohatcong Township | C− | 0.4 | 39.4 |
| Lawnside | D− | 3.3 | 60.0 |
The five graded New Jersey towns closest to Saddle River’s population (3,430), 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 River. 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 River’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (3,459 in 2025); our figure for Saddle River is 3,430 (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 River
Is Saddle River, NJ safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Saddle River reports less crime per resident than 77% of U.S. towns, an A− Safety Grade and #121 of 342 in New Jersey. Its police reported 0.4 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 Saddle River?
0.4 violent and 7.8 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 River safer than Waldwick?
Waldwick reports less crime per resident than Saddle River: Waldwick grades A+ for safety and Saddle River A−. Waldwick’s police reported 0.2 violent and 2.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Saddle River?
Saddle River’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Saddle River”. 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.