Hackensack Water Company Complex · Photo: Jim.henderson · CC0Weehawken Township records less violent crime per head than 63% of U.S. towns
All told, Weehawken Township grades B− for safety (#233 of 342 graded towns in New Jersey): close to the middle of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025. Add to that, in a usual year, 1.2 violent crimes and 13.7 incidents of property crime are logged per 1,000 inhabitants; in the rest of New Jersey, 2.1 and 13.8. Neither of the two towns next door with figures records less crime per resident.
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 Weehawken Township
Weehawken Township reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 3 New Jersey towns on Weehawken Township’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Hoboken (C+), West New York (C+). Union City reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2025 but not 2024. Neighbors ↓
Among New Jersey towns, closer to the middle
New Jersey’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Weehawken Township’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 32% of the 342 New Jersey towns we grade, against 50% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Weehawken Township’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Weehawken Township’s grade up; property crime pulls it down. Its property rate (13.7) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Weehawken Township | Rest of New Jersey | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.7 | 1.9 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.7 | 2.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Weehawken Township’s police reported 62 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.2 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 Weehawken 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 about 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | Weehawken Township property | Rest of New Jersey property | Weehawken Township violent | Rest of New Jersey violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 14.9 | 13.8 | 0.7 | 1.9 |
| 2023 | 14.9 | 14.8 | 0.7 | 2.2 |
| 2024 | 14.2 | 14.0 | 1.6 | 2.2 |
| 2025 | 11.9 | 12.6 | 1.2 | 2.0 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of New Jersey.
237 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.
22 violent and 215 property, as reported to the FBI by Weehawken Township’s police.
One person died in crashes on Weehawken Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Weehawken Township had 1 fatal crash in five years, in which one person died.
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 Weehawken Township’s size would see about 4 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Weehawken Township’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.
Weehawken Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weehawken Township | B− | 1.2 | 13.7 |
| Hoboken | C+ | 1.8 | 15.4 |
| Union City | — | — | — |
| West New York | C+ | 2.6 | 13.3 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Union City reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2025 but not 2024.
New Jersey towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weehawken Township | B− | 1.2 | 13.7 |
| Denville Township | A+ | 0.1 | 3.3 |
| Warren Township | A | 0.1 | 4.0 |
| Washington Township | A | 0.3 | 3.3 |
| Holmdel Township | A− | 0.3 | 6.8 |
| Cinnaminson Township | C+ | 1.0 | 19.4 |
The five graded New Jersey towns closest to Weehawken Township’s population (17,827), 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 Weehawken 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 Weehawken Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (18,053 in 2025); our figure for Weehawken Township is 17,827 (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 Weehawken Township
Is Weehawken Township, NJ safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Weehawken Township reports less crime per resident than 50% of U.S. towns, a B− Safety Grade and #233 of 342 in New Jersey. Its police reported 1.2 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 Weehawken Township?
1.2 violent and 13.7 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 Weehawken Township safer than Hoboken?
Hoboken reports more crime per resident than Weehawken Township: Hoboken grades C+ for safety and Weehawken Township B−. Hoboken’s police reported 1.8 violent and 15.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Weehawken Township?
Weehawken Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Weehawken Township”. 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.