Photo: Zeete · CC BY-SA 4.0Reported crime per resident in Woodland Park fell 40% from 2023 to 2025
Among its 2 neighbors with figures, only one records less crime per resident. Woodland Park’s letter overall is B+ (#179 of 342 graded towns in New Jersey): less crime per resident than 65% of U.S. towns, from crimes its police reported through 2023 to 2025. On top of that, the local count comes to 0.6 violent crime and 10.3 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people each year, with 2.1 and 13.8 in the rest of New Jersey.
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 Woodland Park
1 of the 2 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 4 New Jersey towns on Woodland Park’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Little Falls Township (A−), Paterson (D). Clifton and Totowa reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023. Neighbors ↓
Among New Jersey towns, closer to the middle
New Jersey’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Woodland Park’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 48% of the 342 New Jersey towns we grade, against 65% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
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 Woodland Park’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 | Woodland Park property | Rest of New Jersey property | Woodland Park violent | Rest of New Jersey violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 10.9 | 13.9 | 0.5 | 1.9 |
| 2023 | 13.3 | 14.8 | 0.7 | 2.2 |
| 2024 | 9.9 | 14.0 | 0.8 | 2.2 |
| 2025 | 7.9 | 12.6 | 0.4 | 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 | Woodland Park | Rest of New Jersey | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.5 | 1.9 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.7 | 2.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.8 | 2.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.4 | 2.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Woodland Park’s police reported 25 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.6 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 Woodland Park 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.
113 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.
6 violent and 107 property, as reported to the FBI by Woodland Park’s police.
Six people died in crashes on Woodland Park’s roads in 2019–2023
Woodland Park had 6 fatal crashes in five years, in which six people died; 1 was a pedestrian. 2 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is more 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 Woodland Park’s size would see about 3 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Woodland Park’s own rate (9.0) 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.
Woodland Park and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodland Park | B+ | 0.6 | 10.3 |
| Clifton | — | — | — |
| Totowa | — | — | — |
| Little Falls Township | A− | 0.9 | 5.8 |
| Paterson | D | 9.0 | 23.7 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Clifton and Totowa reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023.
New Jersey towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodland Park | B+ | 0.6 | 10.3 |
| Clinton Township | A | 0.4 | 3.7 |
| Cedar Grove Township | A | 0.2 | 5.6 |
| Florence Township | A− | 1.3 | 3.2 |
| Ridgefield Park | B+ | 0.7 | 10.2 |
| Eatontown | C+ | 2.1 | 16.8 |
The five graded New Jersey towns closest to Woodland Park’s population (13,623), 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 Woodland Park. 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 Woodland Park’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (13,477 in 2025); our figure for Woodland Park is 13,623 (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 Woodland Park
Is Woodland Park, NJ safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Woodland Park reports less crime per resident than 65% of U.S. towns, a B+ Safety Grade and #179 of 342 in New Jersey. Its police reported 0.6 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 Woodland Park?
0.6 violent and 10.3 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 Woodland Park safer than Little Falls Township?
Little Falls Township reports less crime per resident than Woodland Park: Little Falls Township grades A− for safety and Woodland Park B+. Little Falls Township’s police reported 0.9 violent and 5.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Woodland Park?
Woodland Park’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Woodland Park”. 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.