Ridgewood, NJ Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Ridgewood, NJ Summary

Crime in Ridgewood research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Ridgewood over the past eight years using the FBI crime explorer. Based on the most recently available data released October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Ridgewood:

  • There were 210 total crimes committed in Ridgewood the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 792.9 total crimes per 100K people in Ridgewood.
  • The overall crime rate in Ridgewood is -65.88% below the national average.
  • Ridgewood ranks #195 safest out of 489 cities in New Jersey.
  • Ridgewood ranks #3,008 safest out of 9,869 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as doing per capita comparisons and isn't conveying that there are 100,000+ people in a location.

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Ridgewood Vs New Jersey And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Ridgewood is 792.9 per 100,000 people. That's -65.88% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -41.42% lower than the New Jersey total crime rate of 1,353.6 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Ridgewood
/ 100k People
New Jersey
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 210 792.9 1,353.6 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 3.7 6.3
Robbery 1 3.8 49.4 66.1
Aggravated Assault 6 22.7 127.9 268.2
Violent Crime 8 30.2 195.4 369.8
Burglary 21 79.3 146.2 269.8
Larceny 128 483.3 896.3 1,401.9
Car Theft 53 200.1 115.7 282.7
Property Crime 202 762.7 1,158.2 1,954.4

Ridgewood Crime Compared To New Jersey Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in New Jersey.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2022.

Violent Crime Rates In Ridgewood

8
Violent Crimes
30.2
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-91.83%
Below The National Average
  • There were 8 violent crimes in Ridgewood in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Ridgewood is 30.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 3,310.6 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Ridgewood each year. That compares to a 1 in 511.9 chance statewide.
  • That's -91.83% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -84.54% lower than the New Jersey violent crime rate of 195.4 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Ridgewood

202
Property Crimes
762.7
Property Crimes / 100k People
-60.98%
Below The National Average
  • There were 202 property crimes in Ridgewood in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Ridgewood is 762.7 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 131.1 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Ridgewood each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -60.98% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -34.15% lower than the New Jersey property crime rate of 1,158.2 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Ridgewood

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Fair Lawn, NJ 35,424 273 770.7 719.9 50.8
Paramus, NJ 26,242 1,105 4,210.8 4,172.7 38.1
Hawthorne, NJ 19,163 160 834.9 814.1 20.9
Glen Rock, NJ 12,017 61 507.6 474.3 33.3
Waldwick, NJ 10,055 33 328.2 308.3 19.9
North Haledon, NJ 8,788 39 443.8 409.6 34.1
Midland Park, NJ 6,930 36 519.5 461.8 57.7
Allendale, NJ 6,751 48 711.0 696.2 14.8
Ho-Ho-Kus, NJ 4,058 28 690.0 690.0 0.0
Saddle River, NJ 3,338 51 1,527.9 1,497.9 30.0

Ridgewood SnackAbility

10
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
9/10
Housing
10
Affordability
8
Diversity
8.5
Safety
9
Amenities
9
Education
9.5
Commute
3
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