What is the crime rate in Bayonne, NJ?

In 2025, the Bayonne Police Department reported 207 violent crimes and 909 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 275 violent and 1,209 property crimes per 100,000 of the 75,204 residents it serves.

Across New Jersey the rates were 199 and 1,267.

Nationally they were 330 and 1,552.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 275
Property per 100,000: 1,209
Violent crimes: 207
Property crimes: 909

Crime reported by the Bayonne Police Department, 2023 to 2025

Offenses known to law enforcement, reported to the FBI; rates per 100,000 residents of the area the department serves
Year	Violent crimes	Violent per 100,000	Property crimes	Property per 100,000	Residents served
2023	183	266	1,008	1,466	68,762
2024	205	287	931	1,304	71,396
2025	207	275	909	1,209	75,204

Violent crimes reported went from 183 in 2023 to 207 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 1,008 in 2023 to 909 in 2025.

In a small town a handful of incidents moves these numbers a long way, so one year’s change says little on its own.

Bayonne against New Jersey and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Bayonne	275	1,209
Hudson County	323	1,566
New Jersey	199	1,267
United States	330	1,552

These are rates per resident; they are not adjusted for visitors, commuters or the size of the area, which raise or lower a town’s figures without changing anybody’s risk.

Crime reported in places near Bayonne, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Bayonne	—	275	1,209
Jersey City	4.1 mi	487	1,831
Elizabeth	4.4 mi	345	2,410
Newark	5.4 mi	517	1,789
Harrison Town	6.0 mi	214	1,306
Kearny Town	6.2 mi	222	2,608
Hillside Township	6.6 mi	224	2,413
East Newark Borough	6.8 mi	198	869
Linden	7.0 mi	188	2,135

Neighboring departments count the same offenses the same way, but their areas, populations and visitors differ, so a difference between two towns is a starting point for a question, not an answer.

How to read these numbers

These are offenses known to the police and reported to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program: crimes nobody reported, or that a department did not record, are not in them.

Violent crime is murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft and arson.

A department reports the crimes in the area it polices, which can differ from the town’s boundaries, and the FBI estimates the population it serves.

The FBI asks that these figures not be used to rank places or to judge how safe a neighborhood is: crime depends on many local factors, and the counts describe a whole town, not any street or home.

A year is shown only when the department reported all twelve months.

FBI: Uniform Crime Reporting statistics and their proper use

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