Photo: Famartin · CC BY-SA 3.0Secaucus reports more crime per resident than 81% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Secaucus’ police in 2023–2025, it grades C− for safety: #311 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 Secaucus
4 of the 4 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 6 New Jersey towns on Secaucus’ borders, 4 have a Safety Grade: Lyndhurst Township (B+), North Bergen Township (B), Carlstadt (B), Jersey City (C−). Kearny and East Rutherford reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2025 but not 2024. Neighbors ↓
A job center
Secaucus has 34,726 jobs based in town for 22,640 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
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 Secaucus’ grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Secaucus’ grade up; property crime pulls it down.
Reported crime is falling
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.
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| Year | Secaucus property | Rest of New Jersey property | Secaucus violent | Rest of New Jersey violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 29.2 | 13.8 | 2.3 | 1.9 |
| 2023 | 34.1 | 14.7 | 1.8 | 2.2 |
| 2024 | 36.4 | 13.9 | 1.5 | 2.2 |
| 2025 | 23.8 | 12.6 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Violent crime, by year and by type
Secaucus’ police reported 93 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.4 per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.1 in the rest of New Jersey and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
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| Year | Secaucus | Rest of New Jersey | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 24 property crimes reported
And about 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
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.
569 crimes reported in 2025
24 violent and 545 property, as reported to the FBI by Secaucus’ police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
Seven people died in crashes on Secaucus’s roads in 2019–2023
Secaucus had 7 fatal crashes in five years, in which seven people died; 2 were pedestrians. 3 died in crashes on an Interstate.
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 Secaucus’s size would see about 5 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Secaucus’s own rate (6.4) 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.
Secaucus and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Secaucus | C− | 1.4 | 31.2 |
| Jersey City | C− | 4.5 | 17.7 |
| North Bergen Township | B | 1.6 | 7.5 |
| Lyndhurst Township | B+ | 0.6 | 8.9 |
| Kearny | — | — | — |
| East Rutherford | — | — | — |
| Carlstadt | B | 0.4 | 13.9 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Kearny and East Rutherford reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2025 but not 2024.
New Jersey towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Secaucus | C− | 1.4 | 31.2 |
| Vernon Township | A+ | 0.1 | 1.4 |
| West Deptford Township | B | 1.2 | 11.5 |
| Millburn Township | B− | 0.1 | 20.1 |
| North Plainfield | C+ | 1.7 | 14.7 |
| Hillside Township | C− | 2.2 | 28.6 |
The five graded New Jersey towns closest to Secaucus’ population (22,640), by grade.
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 Secaucus. 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 Secaucus’ residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (22,862 in 2025); our figure for Secaucus is 22,640 (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 Secaucus
Is Secaucus, NJ safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Secaucus reports more crime per resident than 81% of U.S. towns, a C− Safety Grade and #311 of 342 in New Jersey. Its police reported 1.4 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 Secaucus?
1.4 violent and 31.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of New Jersey reports 2.1 and 13.7; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is crime going up or down in Secaucus?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
Is Secaucus safer than Jersey City?
Jersey City reports less crime per resident than Secaucus: Jersey City grades C− for safety and Secaucus C−. Jersey City’s police reported 4.5 violent and 17.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Secaucus?
Secaucus’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Secaucus”. 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.