Photo: Charles Nguyen at English Wikipedia · Public domainReported crime per resident in Teaneck Township fell 35% from 2023 to 2025
Of the 8 towns on its borders with figures, 5 record less crime per resident. Recorded violent crime ran at 0.9 per 1,000 residents a year and property crime at 8.6, against 2.1 and 13.8 in the rest of New Jersey. Teaneck Township grades B+ for safety overall (#168 of 342 graded towns in New Jersey): less crime per resident than 67% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025.
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 Teaneck Township
5 of the 8 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 8 New Jersey towns on Teaneck Township’s borders, 8 have a Safety Grade: Bergenfield (A+), New Milford (A), Leonia (A−), Bogota (A−), River Edge (A−), Ridgefield Park (B+), Englewood (C+), Hackensack (C). Neighbors ↓
Among New Jersey towns, closer to the middle
New Jersey’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Teaneck Township’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 51% of the 342 New Jersey towns we grade, against 67% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
A college town
Teaneck Township is home to Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus, with 6,596 students taking classes on campus (federal college data), and 9% of residents are enrolled in college (Census). Students who live in town count as residents, so they are part of the per-resident rate. 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 Teaneck 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 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 | Teaneck Township property | Rest of New Jersey property | Teaneck Township violent | Rest of New Jersey violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 10.5 | 13.9 | 0.9 | 1.9 |
| 2023 | 11.4 | 14.8 | 0.6 | 2.2 |
| 2024 | 8.0 | 14.0 | 1.0 | 2.2 |
| 2025 | 6.5 | 12.6 | 1.3 | 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 | Teaneck Township | Rest of New Jersey | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.6 | 2.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.0 | 2.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Teaneck Township’s police reported 121 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.9 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 Teaneck 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 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
333 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.
54 violent and 279 property, as reported to the FBI by Teaneck Township’s police.
13 people died in crashes on Teaneck Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Teaneck Township had 10 fatal crashes in five years, in which 13 people died; 3 were pedestrians. 6 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 6.2 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, about the same as the median for New Jersey towns of 25,000–100,000 people (5.8, 102 towns).
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.
Teaneck Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teaneck Township | B+ | 0.9 | 8.6 |
| Hackensack | C | 2.4 | 20.9 |
| Bergenfield | A+ | 0.3 | 2.6 |
| Englewood | C+ | 3.0 | 11.4 |
| Bogota | A− | 0.6 | 5.7 |
| Leonia | A− | 0.4 | 6.0 |
| New Milford | A | 0.2 | 4.7 |
| Ridgefield Park | B+ | 0.7 | 10.2 |
| River Edge | A− | 0.2 | 7.1 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
New Jersey towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teaneck Township | B+ | 0.9 | 8.6 |
| Hillsborough Township | A− | 0.7 | 4.3 |
| Marlboro Township | B+ | 0.5 | 8.7 |
| Montclair Township | B+ | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| Berkeley Township | B+ | 1.3 | 7.1 |
| North Brunswick Township | B− | 1.6 | 14.4 |
The five graded New Jersey towns closest to Teaneck Township’s population (43,329), 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 Teaneck 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 Teaneck Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (42,875 in 2025); our figure for Teaneck Township is 43,329 (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 Teaneck Township
Is Teaneck Township, NJ safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Teaneck Township reports less crime per resident than 67% of U.S. towns, a B+ Safety Grade and #168 of 342 in New Jersey. Its police reported 0.9 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 Teaneck Township?
0.9 violent and 8.6 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.
How many homicides were there in Teaneck Township in 2025?
Teaneck Township’s police reported 0 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 0.0 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Teaneck Township safer than Hackensack?
Hackensack reports more crime per resident than Teaneck Township: Hackensack grades C for safety and Teaneck Township B+. Hackensack’s police reported 2.4 violent and 20.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Teaneck Township?
Teaneck Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Teaneck 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.