Photo: Luigi Novi · CC BY 4.0What the figures say about crime in Union City, NJ
Weehawken Township itself is graded B−, and no other graded town is as close. Union City’s police reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2025 but not 2024, so there is no Safety Grade: the grade needs all three years, 2023–2025.
For every 1,000 residents, about 14 property crimes reported
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 3 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
The years Union City’s police reported
Show as a table
| Year | Union City | Rest of New Jersey | Union City | Rest of New Jersey |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 17.4 | 13.8 | 3.3 | 1.9 |
| 2023 | 16.9 | 14.7 | 3.1 | 2.2 |
| 2024 | not reported | 14.0 | not reported | 2.2 |
| 2025 | 14.0 | 12.6 | 2.5 | 2.0 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
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.
1,098 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.
165 violent and 933 property, as reported to the FBI by Union City’s police.
The nearest New Jersey towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weehawken Township | B− | 1 mi | 1.2 | 13.7 |
| Hoboken | C+ | 2 mi | 1.8 | 15.4 |
| West New York | C+ | 2 mi | 2.6 | 13.3 |
| North Bergen Township | B | 2 mi | 1.6 | 7.5 |
| Secaucus | C− | 2 mi | 1.4 | 31.2 |
| Guttenberg | B− | 2 mi | 2.3 | 9.0 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Union City. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Union City.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Four people died in crashes on Union City’s roads in 2019–2023
Union City had 4 fatal crashes in five years, in which four people died; 2 were pedestrians and 2 were cyclists.
That is fewer than is typical for New Jersey towns of 25,000–100,000 people: at their median rate (5.8 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Union City’s size would see about 19 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Union City’s own rate (1.2) 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.
Union City and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Bergen Township | B | 1.6 | 7.5 |
| Weehawken Township | B− | 1.2 | 13.7 |
| Jersey City | C− | 4.5 | 17.7 |
| West New York | C+ | 2.6 | 13.3 |
| Hoboken | C+ | 1.8 | 15.4 |
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 Union City. A citywide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of the city to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Union City’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (66,539 in 2025); our figure for Union City is 66,656 (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 Union City
Is Union City, NJ safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Union City. The nearest New Jersey towns with a grade are Weehawken Township (B−, 1 mi), Hoboken (C+, 2 mi), West New York (C+, 2 mi).
Who polices Union City?
Union City’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Union City”. 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.