Photo: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ, M.D. · CC BY-SA 4.0Crime reported in Tenafly, NJ
Tenafly’s police reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 2025, so there is no Safety Grade: the grade needs all three years, 2023–2025.
For every 1,000 residents, about 5 property crimes reported
And fewer than 1 violent crime, in 2024. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2024
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2024
Crimes reported to police in 2024 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
The years Tenafly’s police reported
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents, against the rest of New Jersey. A year the department didn’t report in full is a gap, not a zero.
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| Year | Tenafly | Rest of New Jersey | Tenafly | Rest of New Jersey |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6.4 | 13.9 | 0.3 | 1.9 |
| 2023 | 4.5 | 14.8 | 0.3 | 2.2 |
| 2024 | 4.7 | 14.0 | 0.1 | 2.2 |
| 2025 | not reported | 12.6 | not reported | 2.0 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
73 crimes reported in 2024
1 violent and 72 property, as reported to the FBI by Tenafly’s police.
2024 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
The nearest New Jersey towns with a Safety Grade
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Englewood | C+ | 2 mi | 3.0 | 11.4 |
| Englewood Cliffs | B | 2 mi | 0.2 | 13.1 |
| Bergenfield | A+ | 2 mi | 0.3 | 2.6 |
| Dumont | A | 3 mi | 0.3 | 2.9 |
| Teaneck Township | B+ | 4 mi | 0.9 | 8.6 |
| New Milford | A | 4 mi | 0.2 | 4.7 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Tenafly. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Tenafly.
11 people died in crashes on Tenafly’s roads in 2019–2023
Tenafly had 7 fatal crashes in five years, in which 11 people died; 2 were pedestrians.
That is 14.4 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for New Jersey towns of 5,000–25,000 people (4.5, 369 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.
Tenafly and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bergenfield | A+ | 0.3 | 2.6 |
| Cresskill | — | — | — |
| Englewood | C+ | 3.0 | 11.4 |
| Alpine | B+ | 0.4 | 9.8 |
| Englewood Cliffs | B | 0.2 | 13.1 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Cresskill reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2025 but not 2024.
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 Tenafly. 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 Tenafly’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (15,451 in 2024); our figure for Tenafly is 15,237 (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 Tenafly
Is Tenafly, NJ safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Tenafly. Tenafly’s police reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 2025, so there is no Safety Grade: the grade needs all three years, 2023–2025. The nearest New Jersey towns with a grade are Englewood (C+, 2 mi), Englewood Cliffs (B, 2 mi), Bergenfield (A+, 2 mi).
Who polices Tenafly?
Tenafly’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Tenafly”. 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, 2024, 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.