Photo: NJZombie · CC BY-SA 4.0Crime and safety in Teterboro, NJ
The closest graded town is South Hackensack Township, 1 mile away, at D. Teterboro’s police reported to the FBI for 2023 but not 2024 or 2025, so there is no Safety Grade: the grade needs all three years, 2023–2025. Inside a 10-mile circle sit 60 graded neighbors.
202 crimes reported in 2023
In a town this small, a few incidents move the numbers a lot, so we show counts rather than rates.
Every offense type reported in 2023
2023 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
2 violent and 200 property, as reported to the FBI by Teterboro’s police.
The nearest New Jersey towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Hackensack Township | D | 1 mi | 4.6 | 27.5 |
| Moonachie | B+ | 1 mi | 1.2 | 7.5 |
| Hasbrouck Heights | A | 1 mi | 0.2 | 4.4 |
| Wood-Ridge | A | 1 mi | 0.4 | 5.2 |
| Carlstadt | B | 2 mi | 0.4 | 13.9 |
| Lodi | B− | 2 mi | 1.6 | 13.1 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Teterboro. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Teterboro.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Three people died in crashes on Teterboro’s roads in 2019–2023
Teterboro had 3 fatal crashes in five years, in which three people died; 3 were pedestrians.
That is more than 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 Teterboro’s size would see about 0 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Teterboro’s own rate (441.2) 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.
Teterboro and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Hackensack Township | D | 4.6 | 27.5 |
| Hasbrouck Heights | A | 0.2 | 4.4 |
| Moonachie | B+ | 1.2 | 7.5 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
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 Teterboro. 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 Teterboro’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (70 in 2023); our figure for Teterboro is 70 (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 Teterboro
Is Teterboro, NJ safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Teterboro. The nearest New Jersey towns with a grade are South Hackensack Township (D, 1 mi), Moonachie (B+, 1 mi), Hasbrouck Heights (A, 1 mi).
Who polices Teterboro?
Teterboro’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Teterboro”. 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, 2023, 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.