Photo: Soccera2g at English Wikipedia · Public domainIn Verona Township, the kinds of crime the grade counts fell 54% per resident from 2023 to 2025
Among its 4 neighbors with figures, only one records less crime per resident. All told, Verona Township grades A for safety (#75 of 342 graded towns in New Jersey): less crime per resident than 86% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025. Police counts work out at 0.4 violent crime and 5.0 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents annually; in the rest of New Jersey they are 2.1 and 13.8.
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 Verona Township
1 of the 4 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 5 New Jersey towns on Verona Township’s borders, 4 have a Safety Grade: Cedar Grove Township (A), Montclair Township (B+), Essex Fells (B), West Orange Township (B−). North Caldwell reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023. Neighbors ↓
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 Verona 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 | Verona Township property | Rest of New Jersey property | Verona Township violent | Rest of New Jersey violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 9.6 | 13.9 | 0.2 | 1.9 |
| 2023 | 6.6 | 14.8 | 0.3 | 2.2 |
| 2024 | 5.6 | 14.0 | 0.6 | 2.2 |
| 2025 | 3.0 | 12.6 | 0.2 | 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 | Verona Township | Rest of New Jersey | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.2 | 1.9 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.3 | 2.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.6 | 2.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.2 | 2.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Verona Township’s police reported 16 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.4 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 Verona 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 fewer than 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
47 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.
3 violent and 44 property, as reported to the FBI by Verona Township’s police.
No one died in a crash on Verona Township’s roads in 2019–2023
That is fewer than 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 Verona Township’s size would see about 3 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Verona Township’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.
Verona Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Verona Township | A | 0.4 | 5.0 |
| Montclair Township | B+ | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| Cedar Grove Township | A | 0.2 | 5.6 |
| North Caldwell | — | — | — |
| West Orange Township | B− | 1.5 | 12.9 |
| Essex Fells | B | 0.0 | 14.9 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. North Caldwell reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023.
New Jersey towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Verona Township | A | 0.4 | 5.0 |
| Berkeley Heights Township | A | 0.4 | 5.1 |
| Ramsey | B+ | 0.2 | 10.0 |
| Highland Park | B | 1.1 | 11.0 |
| Hanover Township | B | 0.7 | 13.4 |
| Hammonton | B | 1.8 | 8.8 |
The five graded New Jersey towns closest to Verona Township’s population (15,107), 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 Verona 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 Verona Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (14,817 in 2025); our figure for Verona Township is 15,107 (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 Verona Township
Is Verona Township, NJ safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Verona Township reports less crime per resident than 86% of U.S. towns, an A Safety Grade and #75 of 342 in New Jersey. Its police reported 0.4 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 Verona Township?
0.4 violent and 5.0 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.
Is Verona Township safer than Montclair Township?
Montclair Township reports more crime per resident than Verona Township: Montclair Township grades B+ for safety and Verona Township A. Montclair Township’s police reported 1.0 violent and 7.0 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Verona Township?
Verona Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Verona”. 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.