Hopper-Goetschius House · Photo: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ M.D. · CC BY-SA 4.0Recorded crime in Upper Saddle River, without a grade
Drive 10 miles in any direction and you reach 29 towns with grades of their own. Upper Saddle River’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. The nearest town with a Safety Grade is Ramsey, 2 miles away, graded B+.
For every 1,000 residents, about 3 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 fewer than 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
The years Upper Saddle River’s police reported
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| Year | Upper Saddle River | Rest of New Jersey | Upper Saddle River | Rest of New Jersey |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7.0 | 13.9 | 0.1 | 1.9 |
| 2023 | 3.6 | 14.8 | 0.1 | 2.2 |
| 2024 | not reported | 14.0 | not reported | 2.2 |
| 2025 | 3.0 | 12.6 | 0.1 | 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.
27 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.
1 violent and 26 property, as reported to the FBI by Upper Saddle River’s police.
The nearest New Jersey towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ramsey | B+ | 2 mi | 0.2 | 10.0 |
| Allendale | A | 3 mi | 0.3 | 2.8 |
| Saddle River | A− | 3 mi | 0.4 | 7.8 |
| Montvale | B+ | 3 mi | 0.5 | 9.3 |
| Woodcliff Lake | A | 3 mi | 0.1 | 6.3 |
| Park Ridge | A+ | 3 mi | 0.2 | 1.9 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Upper Saddle River. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Upper Saddle River.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
No one died in a crash on Upper Saddle River’s roads in 2019–2023
That is about what is typical for New Jersey towns of 5,000–25,000 people: at their median rate (4.5 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Upper Saddle River’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Upper Saddle River’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.
Upper Saddle River and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ramsey | B+ | 0.2 | 10.0 |
| Saddle River | A− | 0.4 | 7.8 |
| Mahwah Township | — | — | — |
| Montvale | B+ | 0.5 | 9.3 |
| Woodcliff Lake | A | 0.1 | 6.3 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Mahwah Township reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 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 Upper Saddle River. 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 Upper Saddle River’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (8,779 in 2025); our figure for Upper Saddle River is 8,650 (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 Upper Saddle River
Is Upper Saddle River, NJ safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Upper Saddle River. The nearest New Jersey towns with a grade are Ramsey (B+, 2 mi), Allendale (A, 3 mi), Saddle River (A−, 3 mi).
Who polices Upper Saddle River?
Upper Saddle River’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Upper Saddle River”. 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.