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Safest Counties (Lowest Violent Crime) in New Jersey (2026)

Hunterdon has the lowest violent crime rate of any county in New Jersey, at 23.7 per 100k, followed by Morris and Sussex. Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer (per-agency, 2018-2022 average), FBI CDE 2020-2024 avg. The full ranking of the top 21 counties is below.

Data updated 2024 - Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer (per-agency, 2018-2022 average)

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Safest counties for violent crime rate in New Jersey

Top 21 of 21 counties with data.

Ranked by violent crime rate (FBI Crime Data Explorer (per-agency, 2018-2022 average), FBI CDE 2020-2024 avg), lowest first.

Safest counties for violent crime rate in New Jersey
RankCountyValue
1Hunterdon23.7 per 100k
2Morris38.8 per 100k
3Sussex40.9 per 100k
4Somerset50.2 per 100k
5Warren62.8 per 100k
6Bergen68.1 per 100k
7Ocean87.8 per 100k
8Gloucester106.7 per 100k
9Monmouth113.6 per 100k
10Burlington128.0 per 100k
11Middlesex162.5 per 100k
12Cape May181.3 per 100k
13Union231.8 per 100k
14Salem268.5 per 100k
15Essex289.2 per 100k
16Hudson306.5 per 100k
17Atlantic321.8 per 100k
18Camden337.0 per 100k
19Mercer338.8 per 100k
20Cumberland365.9 per 100k
21Passaic376.1 per 100k

How this ranking works

This page ranks New Jersey counties by violent crime rate, sorted so the safest places appear first. Click any county to see its housing, schools, crime, and demographics in detail.

For violent crime rate, a lower value is generally more favorable, so the top of the list is the lowest. Want to weigh violent crime rate against schools, taxes, commute, and more at once? Use the live map to build a custom match.

Data comes from public sources. Source attribution and the exact data vintage are shown above and on the full map of violent crime rate.

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