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Violent crimes in New Jersey

Violent crimes in New Jersey was 18,508 in 2025, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. That is down 11.3% from 2024. That is the 20th highest of 51 states in 2025.

2025, count18,508
Change on 2024-11.3%
Rank20th of 51US states ranked
Series high50,0571990
Series low17,0032021

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Violent crimes in New Jersey, 1979 to 2025

10K20K30K40K50K60K19791986199320002007201420251979: 36,747 count1980: 44,373 count1981: 46,674 count1982: 45,175 count1983: 41,304 count1984: 39,659 count1985: 41,172 count1986: 43,623 count1987: 41,507 count1988: 44,993 count1989: 47,111 count1990: 50,057 count1991: 49,257 count1992: 48,745 count1993: 49,390 count1994: 48,544 count1995: 47,652 count1996: 42,459 count1997: 39,673 count1998: 35,720 count1999: 33,540 count2000: 32,298 count2001: 33,094 count2002: 32,252 count2003: 31,488 count2004: 30,943 count2005: 30,919 count2006: 30,550 count2007: 28,544 count2008: 28,351 count2009: 27,113 count2010: 27,055 count2011: 27,203 count2012: 25,727 count2013: 25,748 count2014: 23,319 count2015: 22,879 count2016: 21,861 count2017: 20,604 count2018: 18,536 count2019: 18,382 count2020: 17,353 count2021: 17,003 count2022: 20,185 count2023: 21,136 count2024: 20,876 count2025: 18,508 count10K20K30K40K50K60K19791995201120251979: 36,747 count1980: 44,373 count1981: 46,674 count1982: 45,175 count1983: 41,304 count1984: 39,659 count1985: 41,172 count1986: 43,623 count1987: 41,507 count1988: 44,993 count1989: 47,111 count1990: 50,057 count1991: 49,257 count1992: 48,745 count1993: 49,390 count1994: 48,544 count1995: 47,652 count1996: 42,459 count1997: 39,673 count1998: 35,720 count1999: 33,540 count2000: 32,298 count2001: 33,094 count2002: 32,252 count2003: 31,488 count2004: 30,943 count2005: 30,919 count2006: 30,550 count2007: 28,544 count2008: 28,351 count2009: 27,113 count2010: 27,055 count2011: 27,203 count2012: 25,727 count2013: 25,748 count2014: 23,319 count2015: 22,879 count2016: 21,861 count2017: 20,604 count2018: 18,536 count2019: 18,382 count2020: 17,353 count2021: 17,003 count2022: 20,185 count2023: 21,136 count2024: 20,876 count2025: 18,508 count
count. Source: FBI, FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: violent crime. Retrieved 2026-10-18, published 2026-08-14.
All 47 values
Periodcount
202518,508
202420,876
202321,136
202220,185
202117,003
202017,353
201918,382
201818,536
201720,604
201621,861
201522,879
201423,319
201325,748
201225,727
201127,203
201027,055
200927,113
200828,351
200728,544
200630,550
200530,919
200430,943
200331,488
200232,252
200133,094
200032,298
199933,540
199835,720
199739,673
199642,459
199547,652
199448,544
199349,390
199248,745
199149,257
199050,057
198947,111
198844,993
198741,507
198643,623
198541,172
198439,659
198341,304
198245,175
198146,674
198044,373
197936,747

Compared with United States

Place2025
New Jersey18,508
United States1,119,768

New Jersey compared with nearby places

Alabama: 18,090 countAlaska: 5,377 countArizona: 28,814 countArkansas: 16,564 countCalifornia: 170,300 countColorado: 25,353 countConnecticut: 4,043 countDelaware: 3,677 countDistrict of Columbia: 5,570 countFlorida: 61,203 countGeorgia: 33,554 countHawaii: 2,938 countIdaho: 4,410 countIllinois: 31,924 countIndiana: 17,737 countIowa: 7,574 countKansas: 13,613 countKentucky: 9,770 countLouisiana: 23,788 countMaine: 1,319 countMaryland: 22,432 countMassachusetts: 21,657 countMichigan: 42,157 countMinnesota: 13,031 countMississippi: 6,704 countMissouri: 26,196 countMontana: 4,797 countNebraska: 4,408 countNevada: 12,445 countNew Hampshire: 1,664 countNew Jersey: 18,508 countNew Mexico: 13,213 countNew York: 73,681 countNorth Carolina: 36,991 countNorth Dakota: 1,903 countOhio: 32,796 countOklahoma: 16,810 countOregon: 13,300 countPennsylvania: 29,613 countRhode Island: 1,606 countSouth Carolina: 21,590 countSouth Dakota: 2,875 countTennessee: 36,014 countTexas: 109,357 countUtah: 8,340 countVermont: 1,382 countVirginia: 18,284 countWashington: 22,715 countWest Virginia: 4,269 countWisconsin: 14,353 countWyoming: 1,059 count
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Violent crimes, 2025, count. New Jersey is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

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Definition

Estimated number of violent crimes: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault known to law enforcement. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program.

Rape is counted under the revised definition from 2013 and the legacy definition before. FBI estimates for the whole population: agencies that did not report, or reported part of the year, are filled in by the FBI. The FBI revises earlier years in each annual release, and from 2021 the estimates are built from incident-based (NIBRS) reports. The national series has no values for 2017 to 2020 in the FBI estimates file.

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Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer. FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: violent crime. https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads. Retrieved 2026-10-18.

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Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. (2026). FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: violent crime (Violent crimes, New Jersey, 1979 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 18, 2026, from https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads

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FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: violent crime, Violent crimes, New Jersey, 1979 to 2025. Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program, 14 Aug. 2026, https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/violent-crimes/new-jersey. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

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Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. 2026. FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: violent crime. Violent crimes, New Jersey, 1979 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 18, 2026. https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/violent-crimes/new-jersey.

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Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program (2026) FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: violent crime, Violent crimes, New Jersey, 1979 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/violent-crimes/new-jersey (Accessed: 18 October 2026).

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  title = {{FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: violent crime: Violent crimes, New Jersey, 1979 to 2025}},
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What is the violent crimes in New Jersey?

Violent crimes in New Jersey was 18,508 in 2025, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. That is down 11.3% from 2024. That is the 20th highest of 51 states in 2025.

Where does this figure come from?

Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: violent crime. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-18.

What was the highest violent crimes in New Jersey?

50,057 in 1990, the highest value since 1979 in this series.

Violent crimes elsewhere in United States

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