Photo: Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's Commons talk page, my Commons user talk page, or my English Wikipedia user talk page; I'll know about it a lot faster) · CC BY-SA 4.0Recorded crime per resident is higher in South Hackensack Township than in 88% of U.S. towns
The yearly rates were 4.6 violent crimes and 27.5 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, set against 2.1 and 13.8 in the rest of New Jersey. Per resident, the graded crimes were down 47% from 2023 to 2025. Still, it grades D for safety on crimes South Hackensack Township’s police reported from 2023 to 2025: #328 of 342 graded towns in New Jersey. Each of the 7 towns on its borders with figures records 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 South Hackensack Township
7 of the 7 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 8 New Jersey towns on South Hackensack Township’s borders, 7 have a Safety Grade: Wood-Ridge (A), Moonachie (B+), Carlstadt (B), Wallington (B−), Lodi (B−), Garfield (C+), Hackensack (C). Little Ferry has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
A job center
South Hackensack Township has 5,845 jobs based in town for 2,755 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 South Hackensack Township’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; violent crime is the closer of the two to typical.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | South Hackensack Township property | Rest of New Jersey property | South Hackensack Township violent | Rest of New Jersey violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 33.4 | 13.8 | 6.0 | 1.9 |
| 2023 | 42.2 | 14.7 | 4.5 | 2.2 |
| 2024 | 19.6 | 14.0 | 5.8 | 2.2 |
| 2025 | 21.3 | 12.6 | 3.6 | 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.
Crime in South Hackensack 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 about 4 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 | South Hackensack Township | Rest of New Jersey | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6.0 | 1.9 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 4.5 | 2.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 5.8 | 2.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 3.6 | 2.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
South Hackensack Township’s police reported 38 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 4.6 per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.1 in the rest of New Jersey and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
69 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.
10 violent and 59 property, as reported to the FBI by South Hackensack Township’s police.
No one died in a crash on South Hackensack Township’s roads in 2019–2023
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 South Hackensack Township’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so South Hackensack Township’s own rate (0.0) 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.
South Hackensack Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Hackensack Township | D | 4.6 | 27.5 |
| Little Ferry | — | — | — |
| Garfield | C+ | 1.7 | 16.8 |
| Hackensack | C | 2.4 | 20.9 |
| Wallington | B− | 0.8 | 14.4 |
| Carlstadt | B | 0.4 | 13.9 |
| Wood-Ridge | A | 0.4 | 5.2 |
| Lodi | B− | 1.6 | 13.1 |
| Moonachie | B+ | 1.2 | 7.5 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Little Ferry has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
New Jersey towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Hackensack Township | D | 4.6 | 27.5 |
| Swedesboro | A | 0.1 | 4.8 |
| Pennington | A− | 0.7 | 4.3 |
| Spring Lake | B | 0.1 | 15.1 |
| Lakehurst | C+ | 1.8 | 17.1 |
| Cape May | C− | 1.4 | 30.4 |
The five graded New Jersey towns closest to South Hackensack Township’s population (2,755), 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 South Hackensack 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 South Hackensack Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (2,765 in 2025); our figure for South Hackensack Township is 2,755 (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 South Hackensack Township
Is South Hackensack Township, NJ safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, South Hackensack Township reports more crime per resident than 88% of U.S. towns, a D Safety Grade and #328 of 342 in New Jersey. Its police reported 4.6 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 South Hackensack Township?
4.6 violent and 27.5 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 South Hackensack Township safer than Garfield?
Garfield reports less crime per resident than South Hackensack Township: Garfield grades C+ for safety and South Hackensack Township D. Garfield’s police reported 1.7 violent and 16.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices South Hackensack Township?
South Hackensack Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “South Hackensack 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.