Photo: Freeholdman12 · CC BY 4.0Westfield has less violent crime per resident than 97% of U.S. towns
Typical years here bring 0.1 violent crime plus 6.5 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, against 2.1 plus 13.8 in the rest of New Jersey. Next door, 2 of 5 towns with figures record less crime per resident. Overall, Westfield grades A for safety (#84 of 342 graded towns in New Jersey): less crime per resident than 85% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported in 2023–2025. What’s more, the crimes the grade counts fell 39% per resident from 2023 to 2025.
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 Westfield
2 of the 5 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 5 New Jersey towns on Westfield’s borders, 5 have a Safety Grade: Mountainside (A), Garwood (A), Scotch Plains Township (A−), Cranford Township (A−), Springfield Township (B+). 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 Westfield’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 | Westfield property | Rest of New Jersey property | Westfield violent | Rest of New Jersey violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7.6 | 13.9 | 0.2 | 1.9 |
| 2023 | 8.7 | 14.8 | 0.2 | 2.2 |
| 2024 | 5.6 | 14.0 | 0.2 | 2.2 |
| 2025 | 5.4 | 12.6 | 0.0 | 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 | Westfield | Rest of New Jersey | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.2 | 1.9 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.2 | 2.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.2 | 2.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Westfield’s police reported 10 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.1 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 Westfield 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 no violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
174 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.
0 violent and 174 property, as reported to the FBI by Westfield’s police.
Three people died in crashes on Westfield’s roads in 2019–2023
Westfield had 3 fatal crashes in five years, in which three people died; 2 were pedestrians.
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 Westfield’s size would see about 9 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Westfield’s own rate (1.9) 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.
Westfield and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westfield | A | 0.1 | 6.5 |
| Mountainside | A | 0.1 | 3.6 |
| Scotch Plains Township | A− | 0.3 | 5.7 |
| Cranford Township | A− | 0.3 | 7.6 |
| Garwood | A | 0.2 | 5.7 |
| Springfield Township | B+ | 0.8 | 9.9 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
New Jersey towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westfield | A | 0.1 | 6.5 |
| Livingston Township | B+ | 0.6 | 9.3 |
| Voorhees Township | B− | 0.7 | 16.4 |
| Garfield | C+ | 1.7 | 16.8 |
| Long Branch | C+ | 2.4 | 14.7 |
| Willingboro Township | C | 3.6 | 12.4 |
The five graded New Jersey towns closest to Westfield’s population (32,595), 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 Westfield. 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 Westfield’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (32,308 in 2025); our figure for Westfield is 32,595 (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 Westfield
Is Westfield, NJ safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Westfield reports less crime per resident than 85% of U.S. towns, an A Safety Grade and #84 of 342 in New Jersey. Its police reported 0.1 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 Westfield?
0.1 violent and 6.5 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.
How many homicides were there in Westfield in 2025?
Westfield’s police reported 0 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 0.0 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Westfield safer than Mountainside?
Mountainside reports less crime per resident than Westfield: Mountainside grades A for safety and Westfield A. Mountainside’s police reported 0.1 violent and 3.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Westfield?
Westfield’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Westfield”. 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.