Essex County, New Jersey Crime

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Crime in Essex County, New Jersey

Crime is ranked on a scale of 1 (low crime) to 100 (high crime)

Essex County violent crime is 17.3. (The US average is 22.7)

Essex County property crime is 30.3. (The US average is 35.4)

NOTE: The city of Essex, New Jersey does not have FBI Crime Statistics. The closest similar sized city with FBI crime data is the city of Baltimore, Maryland. The charts below are detailed crime statistics for the city of Baltimore, New Jersey. Click links below to see charts for each crime category.

Violent Crimes - Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Property Crimes - Burglary Larceny Auto Theft

West Orange, NJ Crime History

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Year	Violent	Murder	Rape	Robbery	Assault	Property	Burglary	Larceny	Auto
2000	238.3	2.4	2.4	158	75.4	3158	583.5	1762.6	812
2001	189.8	0	0	105.9	83.9	3043	673	1527	843
2002	187.4	0	0	106.8	80.6	2748.3	544.9	1554	649.5
2003	178	2.2	2.2	107.7	65.9	3062.9	593.3	1654.5	815.2
2004	169.7	0	2.2	92.5	74.9	2520.7	478.1	1509.3	533.2
2005	202.5	0	0	122.4	80.1	2383.7	425.1	1424.4	534.2
2006	183	0	0	115.2	67.8	2397	442.8	1545.3	408.9
2007	205.3	4.6	4.6	110.7	85.4	1834.2	373.8	1155.9	304.5
2008	228.4	0	14.1	98.9	115.4	1768.3	419.1	1167.9	181.3
2009	165.3	0	2.4	94.4	68.5	1683.3	368.3	1189.9	125.1
2010	204.3	0	11.7	82.2	110.4	1364.2	307.6	943.9	112.7
2011	166.1	2.2	4.3	92.8	66.9	1719.1	433.6	1117.3	168.2
2012	146.2	4.3	0	66.7	75.3	1406.3	318.2	937.5	150.5
2013		2.1	2.1	94	70.5	1463.9	324.8	1027.9	111.1
2014	217.7	2.1	12.8	76.8	125.9	1506.6	290.2	1039.2	177.1
2015	210.2	2.1	19.1	80.7	108.3	1499	239.9	1112.6	146.5
2016	223.8	0	35.9	78.1	109.8	1779.5	251.2	1372.1	156.2
2017	195.3	0	18.9	67.2	109.2	1762	289.8	1293.7	178.5
2018	189.3	2.1	27	49.9	110.3	1279.4	168.5	961.1	149.8
2019	192.9	0	35.6	33.5	123.7	1411	167.7	1115.4	127.9

Crime in Nearby Cities

City	Violent per 100k	Property per 100k	Pop.	Miles	Data Year
West Orange, NJ	192.9	1,411.0	47,696	1	2019
Orange, NJ	621.8	2,078.0	30,558	1	2019
East Orange, NJ	428.3	1,392.5	64,200	2	2019
Glen Ridge, NJ	52.8	1,425.9	7,574	2	2019
South Orange, NJ	77.7	1,666.7	16,740	3	2019
Montclair, NJ	150.2	1,232.4	38,625	3	2019

Crime in Similar Size Cities

City	Violent per 100k	Property per 100k	Pop.	Miles	Data Year
Baltimore, MD	1858.7	4,311.2	597,239	162	2019
Washington, DC	977.1	4,245.8	705,749	196	2019
Boston, MA	607.2	4,245.8	698,941	198	2019
Columbus, OH	503.4	3,308.0	906,120	463	2019
Detroit, MI	1,965.3	4,302.9	663,502	470	2019
Charlotte-Mecklenburg, NC	739.4	3,925.8	944,260	526	2019

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