Elizabeth NJ Robberies 1999-2018

Interactive chart of Elizabeth, New Jersey robbery statistics (i.e. the number of robberies per 100,000 population) from 1999 to 2018.
  • The Elizabeth NJ robbery rate for 2018 was 299.04 per 100,000 population, a 24.67% decline from 2017.
  • The Elizabeth NJ robbery rate for 2017 was 396.99 per 100,000 population, a 2.94% decline from 2016.
  • The Elizabeth NJ robbery rate for 2016 was 409 per 100,000 population, a 16.02% decline from 2015.
  • The Elizabeth NJ robbery rate for 2015 was 487 per 100,000 population, a 1.41% decline from 2014.
Data Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation - Crime in the U.S.

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City Name Population Rate
Orange City 30,449 505.76
Camden County Police Department 73,140 485.37
Bridgeton 24,386 438.78
Trenton 83,753 408.34
Irvington 54,220 402.07
Paterson 146,893 362.17
Asbury Park 15,717 343.58
Atlantic City 38,271 342.30
Brooklawn 1,904 315.13
Elizabeth 129,080 299.04
Woodbury 9,746 287.30
New Brunswick 56,577 250.99
Newark 282,258 244.10
Passaic 70,435 237.10
Lindenwold 17,204 232.50
Seaside Heights 2,872 208.91
East Orange 64,625 205.80
Wildwood 5,035 198.61
Plainfield 50,820 194.81
Salem 4,726 190.44
Fairview 14,428 173.27
Jersey City 270,175 169.52
Penns Grove 4,790 167.01
Clementon 4,887 163.70
Pleasantville 20,799 158.66
Millville 27,837 158.06
Pemberton Borough 1,331 150.26
Sea Isle City 2,061 145.56
Lawnside 2,875 139.13
Woodlynne 2,902 137.84
Paulsboro 5,812 137.65
Oaklyn 3,934 127.10
South Hackensack Township 2,473 121.31
Gloucester City 11,167 116.41
Pennsauken Township 35,420 115.75
Sea Girt 1,766 113.25
West New York 54,095 112.76
Lakehurst 2,672 112.28
Mount Ephraim 4,565 109.53
Somerdale 5,484 109.41
Union City 69,950 108.65
Phillipsburg 14,395 104.20
Keansburg 9,766 102.40
Burlington City 9,817 101.86
Perth Amboy 52,347 101.25
Hillside Township 22,078 99.65
Vineland 60,330 97.80
Egg Harbor City 4,162 96.11
Collingswood 13,843 93.91
Pemberton Township 27,212 91.87
Linden 42,806 91.11
Haddon Township 14,500 89.66
Bound Brook 10,360 86.87
Pine Hill 10,431 86.28
Neptune Township 27,825 86.25
Guttenberg 11,602 86.19
Garfield 32,203 83.84
North Plainfield 21,834 82.44
Cherry Hill Township 70,578 80.76
Long Branch 30,750 78.05
Deptford Township 30,137 73.00
Mount Holly Township 9,658 72.48
Willingboro Township 32,124 71.60
Magnolia 4,237 70.80
Keyport 7,065 70.77
Bayonne 66,824 70.33
Elmwood Park 20,277 69.04
Westampton Township 8,752 68.56
Secaucus 20,482 68.35
Winfield Township 1,514 66.05
Englewood 28,988 65.54
Middle Township 18,358 65.37
Eatontown 12,364 64.70
Roselle 21,787 64.26
Carteret 23,921 62.71
Hackensack 44,926 62.32
Harrison 18,058 60.91
Absecon 8,252 60.59
Island Heights 1,652 60.53
South Orange Village 16,880 59.24
Freehold Borough 11,873 58.96
Somers Point 10,436 57.49
Edgewater Park Township 8,713 57.39
Hamilton Township - Mercer County 87,889 56.89
North Brunswick Township 42,205 56.87
Dover 17,982 55.61
Maple Shade Township 18,772 53.27
Bordentown City 3,823 52.31
Logan Township 5,844 51.33
Prospect Park 5,893 50.91
Glassboro 19,938 50.16
Clifton 85,732 50.16
West Orange 48,071 49.93
Ewing Township 36,142 49.80
Red Bank 12,128 49.47
Hamilton Township - Atlantic County 26,380 49.28
Ventnor City 10,182 49.11
Maplewood Township 24,635 48.71
Westville 4,121 48.53
Palisades Park 20,888 47.87
Morristown 18,860 47.72
Belleville 36,075 47.12
Pine Beach 2,148 46.55
Gibbsboro 2,211 45.23
Weehawken Township 15,567 44.97
Paramus 26,744 44.87
Beachwood 11,146 44.86
Delanco Township 4,509 44.36
Burlington Township 22,857 43.75
Edison Township 101,309 43.43
Stratford 6,913 43.40
Flemington 4,627 43.22
North Bergen Township 63,166 42.74
Hoboken 55,096 41.75
Mount Laurel Township 41,629 40.84
Lumberton Township 12,253 40.81
Union Township 58,861 40.77
Somerville 12,326 40.56
Millburn Township 20,250 39.51
Swedesboro 2,557 39.11
Gloucester Township 63,198 37.98
Bloomfield 50,777 37.42
East Newark 2,740 36.50
Lodi 24,720 36.41
Belmar 5,666 35.30
Hammonton 14,311 34.94
Clayton 8,624 34.79
Voorhees Township 29,071 34.40
Manasquan 5,903 33.88
Eastampton Township 5,940 33.67
Jamesburg 6,006 33.30
Monroe Township - Gloucester County 36,498 32.88
Lower Township 21,617 32.38
Carlstadt 6,252 31.99
Teaneck Township 40,939 31.75
Woodbridge Township 100,884 31.72
Netcong 3,182 31.43
Piscataway Township 57,342 31.39
Pohatcong Township 3,217 31.08
Maywood 9,763 30.73
Springfield Township - Burlington County 3,280 30.49
Stanhope 3,306 30.25
East Rutherford 9,941 30.18
Rahway 30,113 29.89
Ocean Township - Monmouth County 26,947 29.69
Linwood 6,822 29.32
Roselle Park 13,698 29.20
East Windsor Township 27,401 29.20
Lakewood Township 102,915 29.15
Manville 10,308 29.10
Milltown 7,099 28.17
Green Brook Township 7,138 28.02
South Toms River 3,740 26.74
Fairfield Township - Essex County 7,528 26.57
North Wildwood 3,816 26.21
Freehold Township 34,896 25.79
Franklin Township - Somerset County 66,624 25.52
West Long Branch 7,957 25.14
Moorestown Township 20,510 24.38
Edgewater 12,318 24.35
Bordentown Township 12,323 24.34
Boonton 8,236 24.28
Kenilworth 8,249 24.25
Evesham Township 45,354 24.25
Runnemede 8,261 24.21
Northfield 8,324 24.03
Wayne Township 54,340 23.92
Kearny 42,339 23.62
Mansfield Township - Burlington County 8,577 23.32
Boonton Township 4,299 23.26
Egg Harbor Township 43,276 23.11
Buena 4,405 22.70
Summit 22,125 22.60
Galloway Township 36,467 21.94
Middlesex Borough 13,704 21.89
Spring Lake Heights 4,607 21.71
South Bound Brook 4,621 21.64
Neptune City 4,694 21.30
Washington Township - Gloucester County 47,024 21.27
Metuchen 14,262 21.03
Greenwich Township - Gloucester County 4,769 20.97
Winslow Township 38,382 20.84
South Plainfield 24,238 20.63
Mantua Township 14,772 20.31
Hazlet Township 19,970 20.03
Bridgewater Township 45,050 19.98
West Deptford Township 20,889 19.15
Franklin Township - Gloucester County 16,225 18.49
Lawrence Township - Mercer County 32,644 18.38
Morris Plains 5,509 18.15
Old Bridge Township 66,321 18.09
Berlin Township 5,532 18.08
Cinnaminson Township 16,630 18.04
Rochelle Park Township 5,648 17.71
Florham Park 11,602 17.24
Wallington 11,676 17.13
Watchung 5,939 16.84
Wanaque 11,960 16.72
Mullica Township 6,005 16.65
East Brunswick Township 48,342 16.55
Margate City 6,045 16.54
Rutherford 18,617 16.11
Cliffside Park 25,001 16.00
Cedar Grove Township 12,566 15.92
Fort Lee 37,729 15.90
Florence Township 12,748 15.69
Woodland Park 12,799 15.63
Ridgefield Park 13,028 15.35
Howell Township 52,672 15.19
South Brunswick Township 46,340 15.11
Berkeley Township 41,331 14.52
Nutley Township 28,596 13.99
Palmyra 7,198 13.89
Dunellen 7,328 13.65
Lyndhurst Township 22,384 13.40
Haddon Heights 7,497 13.34
Sayreville 45,062 13.31
Glen Ridge 7,622 13.12
Fanwood 7,768 12.87
Montclair 38,893 12.86
Newton 7,824 12.78
Medford Township 23,558 12.73
Riverside Township 7,875 12.70
North Arlington 15,868 12.60
Clark Township 16,079 12.44
South River 16,159 12.38
Bedminster Township 8,126 12.31
Delran Township 16,579 12.06
Fair Lawn 33,413 11.97
Haledon 8,363 11.96
Rockaway Township 25,328 11.84
North Haledon 8,469 11.81
Bogota 8,499 11.77
Long Hill Township 8,587 11.65
Pitman 8,696 11.50
Parsippany-Troy Hills Township 52,447 11.44
South Amboy 8,764 11.41
Dumont 17,825 11.22
Ocean Township - Ocean County 9,045 11.06
Wood-Ridge 9,105 10.98
Aberdeen Township 18,378 10.88
Toms River Township 92,191 10.85
Point Pleasant 18,474 10.83
Brick Township 74,712 10.71
West Windsor Township 28,277 10.61
Hawthorne 18,874 10.60
Hackettstown 9,530 10.49
Livingston Township 29,820 10.06
Colts Neck Township 9,944 10.06
Hillsdale 10,484 9.54
Princeton 31,856 9.42
Waterford Township 10,641 9.40
Raritan Township 22,092 9.05
Franklin Lakes 11,191 8.94
Haddonfield 11,253 8.89
Bellmawr 11,312 8.84
Ridgefield 11,329 8.83
Cranford Township 24,353 8.21
Scotch Plains Township 24,423 8.19
Harrison Township 12,915 7.74
Highland Park 13,989 7.15
Jackson Township 56,706 7.05
Lacey Township 28,654 6.98
Hanover Township 14,583 6.86
Robbinsville Township 14,710 6.80
Tenafly 14,742 6.78
Westfield 30,011 6.66
Madison 15,832 6.32
Warren Township 15,951 6.27
Denville Township 16,737 5.97
Wyckoff Township 17,161 5.83
Tinton Falls 17,754 5.63
Springfield Township - Union County 17,762 5.63
Hopewell Township 18,000 5.56
Sparta Township 18,694 5.35
Manalapan Township 40,150 4.98
Little Egg Harbor Township 21,087 4.74
Manchester Township 42,939 4.66
Morris Township 22,183 4.51
Barnegat Township 22,777 4.39
Bernards Township 26,813 3.73
Stafford Township 27,141 3.68
Bergenfield 27,684 3.61
Mount Olive Township 28,994 3.45
Middletown Township 65,469 3.05
Hillsborough Township 39,796 2.51
Marlboro Township 40,338 2.48
Woolwich Township 12,636 0.00
Woodstown 3,447 0.00
Woodcliff Lake 5,844 0.00
Woodbury Heights 2,944 0.00
Wildwood Crest 3,116 0.00
Wharton 6,482 0.00
Westwood 11,219 0.00
West Wildwood 561 0.00
West Milford Township 26,560 0.00
West Cape May 1,015 0.00
West Caldwell Township 10,912 0.00
West Amwell Township 2,757 0.00
Wenonah 2,201 0.00
Washington Township - Warren County 6,434 0.00
Washington Township - Morris County 18,484 0.00
Washington Township - Bergen County 9,299 0.00
Washington 6,535 0.00
Wall Township 25,955 0.00
Waldwick 10,019 0.00
Verona 13,437 0.00
Vernon Township 22,057 0.00
Upper Saddle River 8,330 0.00
Union Beach 5,469 0.00
Tuckerton 3,336 0.00
Totowa 10,666 0.00
Tewksbury Township 5,825 0.00
Teterboro 68 0.00
Tavistock 5 0.00
Surf City 1,174 0.00
Stone Harbor 816 0.00
Spring Lake 2,958 0.00
Spotswood 8,364 0.00
South Harrison Township 3,118 0.00
Shrewsbury 4,170 0.00
Ship Bottom 1,129 0.00
Seaside Park 1,526 0.00
Sea Bright 1,379 0.00
Saddle River 3,230 0.00
Saddle Brook Township 14,037 0.00
Rumson 6,835 0.00
Roxbury Township 23,010 0.00
Roseland 5,867 0.00
Rockleigh 526 0.00
Rockaway 6,388 0.00
River Vale Township 10,157 0.00
Riverton 2,698 0.00
River Edge 11,611 0.00
Riverdale 4,293 0.00
Ringwood 12,303 0.00
Ridgewood 25,429 0.00
Readington Township 15,941 0.00
Raritan 8,098 0.00
Randolph Township 25,552 0.00
Ramsey 15,126 0.00
Pompton Lakes 11,062 0.00
Point Pleasant Beach 4,472 0.00
Plumsted Township 8,460 0.00
Plainsboro Township 23,243 0.00
Pine Valley 11 0.00
Pequannock Township 15,177 0.00
Pennsville Township 12,378 0.00
Pennington 2,554 0.00
Peapack-Gladstone 2,588 0.00
Park Ridge 8,858 0.00
Oxford Township 2,446 0.00
Oradell 8,243 0.00
Old Tappan 5,998 0.00
Ogdensburg 2,262 0.00
Oceanport 5,742 0.00
Ocean Gate 2,001 0.00
Ocean City 11,138 0.00
Oakland 13,102 0.00
Norwood 5,836 0.00
Northvale 4,965 0.00
North Hanover Township 7,518 0.00
North Caldwell 6,716 0.00
New Providence 13,283 0.00
New Milford 16,701 0.00
New Hanover Township 7,504 0.00
Newfield 1,535 0.00
National Park 2,934 0.00
Mount Arlington 5,914 0.00
Mountainside 6,925 0.00
Mountain Lakes 4,308 0.00
Moonachie 2,774 0.00
Montville Township 21,396 0.00
Montvale 8,729 0.00
Montgomery Township 23,515 0.00
Monroe Township - Middlesex County 45,597 0.00
Monmouth Beach 3,231 0.00
Mine Hill Township 3,534 0.00
Midland Park 7,313 0.00
Merchantville 3,712 0.00
Mendham Township 5,757 0.00
Mendham 4,905 0.00
Medford Lakes 3,995 0.00
Matawan 8,864 0.00
Mantoloking 249 0.00
Mansfield Township - Warren County 7,431 0.00
Mahwah Township 26,501 0.00
Lower Alloways Creek Township 1,676 0.00
Lopatcong Township 8,384 0.00
Longport 873 0.00
Long Beach Township 3,029 0.00
Loch Arbour 181 0.00
Little Silver 5,898 0.00
Little Ferry 10,895 0.00
Little Falls Township 14,306 0.00
Lincoln Park 10,308 0.00
Leonia 9,175 0.00
Lebanon Township 6,070 0.00
Lavallette 1,824 0.00
Laurel Springs 1,856 0.00
Lambertville 3,811 0.00
Lake Como 1,710 0.00
Kinnelon 10,080 0.00
Jefferson Township 21,071 0.00
Interlaken 798 0.00
Independence Township 5,495 0.00
Hopewell Borough 1,921 0.00
Hopatcong 14,183 0.00
Holmdel Township 16,621 0.00
Holland Township 5,128 0.00
Ho-Ho-Kus 4,139 0.00
Hi-Nella 855 0.00
Hightstown 5,289 0.00
Highlands 4,794 0.00
High Bridge 3,528 0.00
Helmetta 2,198 0.00
Haworth 3,463 0.00
Hasbrouck Heights 12,163 0.00
Harvey Cedars 338 0.00
Harrington Park 4,802 0.00
Hardyston Township 7,823 0.00
Harding Township 3,824 0.00
Hamburg 3,109 0.00
Greenwich Township - Warren County 5,510 0.00
Glen Rock 11,937 0.00
Garwood 4,370 0.00
Frenchtown 1,363 0.00
Franklin Township - Hunterdon County 3,238 0.00
Franklin 4,735 0.00
Fieldsboro 529 0.00
Far Hills 918 0.00
Fair Haven 5,927 0.00
Essex Fells 2,109 0.00
Englishtown 1,959 0.00
Englewood Cliffs 5,395 0.00
Emerson 7,679 0.00
Elsinboro Township 968 0.00
Elmer 1,301 0.00
Elk Township 4,116 0.00
East Hanover Township 11,084 0.00
East Greenwich Township 10,504 0.00
Demarest 4,977 0.00
Delaware Township 4,461 0.00
Deal 730 0.00
Cresskill 8,862 0.00
Cranbury Township 3,900 0.00
Closter 8,691 0.00
Clinton Township 12,824 0.00
Clinton 2,699 0.00
Chester Township 7,809 0.00
Chesterfield Township 7,567 0.00
Chester 1,643 0.00
Chesilhurst 1,617 0.00
Chatham Township 10,288 0.00
Chatham 8,793 0.00
Cape May Point 277 0.00
Cape May 3,463 0.00
Califon 1,068 0.00
Caldwell 7,999 0.00
Byram Township 7,925 0.00
Butler 7,679 0.00
Brigantine 8,896 0.00
Brielle 4,719 0.00
Branchburg Township 14,577 0.00
Bradley Beach 4,214 0.00
Bloomingdale 8,211 0.00
Blairstown Township 5,787 0.00
Beverly 2,497 0.00
Bernardsville 7,742 0.00
Berlin 7,495 0.00
Berkeley Heights Township 13,646 0.00
Belvidere 2,592 0.00
Beach Haven 1,169 0.00
Bay Head 971 0.00
Barrington 6,661 0.00
Barnegat Light 580 0.00
Avon-by-the-Sea 1,780 0.00
Avalon 1,258 0.00
Audubon Park 997 0.00
Audubon 8,599 0.00
Atlantic Highlands 4,302 0.00
Andover Township 5,936 0.00
Alpine 1,873 0.00
Alpha 2,288 0.00
Allentown 1,809 0.00
Allenhurst 488 0.00
Allendale 6,865 0.00
Historical Robberies per 100,000 Population
Year Elizabeth NJ US
2018 299.04 71.44 86.21
2017 396.99 88.82 98.60
2016 409.00 99.57 102.90
2015 487.00 108.88 102.25
2014 493.98 117.45 101.25
2013 435.99 135.60 109.04
2012 423.66 128.39 113.12
2011 576.62 138.19 113.86
2010 600.82 134.30 119.32
2009 609.24 133.66 133.14
2008 600.05 146.28 145.88
2007 487.18 144.68 148.31
2006 425.72 153.13 150.05
2005 432.81 151.84 140.79
2004 381.21 150.56 136.71
2003 423.49 154.38 142.45
2002 463.90 162.74 146.13
2001 450.77 165.78 148.45
2000 488.33 161.07 144.98
1999 556.52 174.90 150.12