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Safewise analyzed the most recent FBI crime report and put together this resource, which shows that New Jersey has an overall violent crime right at less than half that of the country’s.
River Vale and Bernards Township, home to 10,000 and 27,000 respectively, are both at the top of the list having gone an entire year without a single incident of reported violent crime, the report says.
"The fifty safest cities that made our list logged violent crime rates at least 92% below the national average," Safewise said. "Meanwhile, property crime rates averaged 74% less than the national rate."
These municipalities in Bergen and Passaic counties made the list:
1. River Vale: Population: 10,053; Total crimes: 0% violent, 100% property
8. Glen Rock: Population: 12,014; Total crimes: 1.35% violent, 98.65% property
12. New Milford; Population: 16,804; Total crimes: 4.88% violent, 95.12% property
13. Saddle Brook Township: Population: 14,108; Total crimes: 0.80% violent, 99.20% property
14. Mahwah Township: Population: 26,588; Total crimes: 2.67% violent, 97.33% property
17. Dumont: Population: 18,010; Total crimes: 3.16% violent, 96.84% property
20. Westwood: Population: 11,252; Total crimes: 4.08% violent, 95.92% property
26. Waldwick: Population: 10,134; Total crimes: 3.39% violent, 96.61% property
33. Ringwood: Population: 12,427; Total crimes: 5.00% violent, 95.00% property
37. Ridgefield: Population: 11,380; Total crimes: 5.17% violent, 94.83% property
40. Tenafly: Population: 14,877; Total crimes: 5.88% violent, 94.12% property
41. Ridgewood: Population: 25,617; Total crimes: 3.41% violent, 96.59% property
43. Hillsdale: Population: 10,569; Total crimes: 8.57% violent, 91.43% property
47. Bergenfield; Population: 27,646; Total crimes: 8.08% violent, 91.92% property
48. Wyckoff Township; Population: 17,242; Total crimes: 4.81% violent, 95.19% property
49. Wayne Township; Population: 55,023; Total crimes: 1.52% violent, 98.48% property
50. Edgewater; Population: 12,079; Total crimes: 2.84% violent, 97.16% property
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