What is the crime rate in Elizabeth, NJ?

In 2025, the Elizabeth Police Department reported 487 violent crimes and 3,403 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 345 violent and 2,410 property crimes per 100,000 of the 141,194 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: 345
Property per 100,000: 2,410
Violent crimes: 487
Property crimes: 3,403

Crime reported by the Elizabeth 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	745	558	3,989	2,986	133,578
2024	571	412	3,686	2,661	138,500
2025	487	345	3,403	2,410	141,194

Violent crimes reported went from 745 in 2023 to 487 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 3,989 in 2023 to 3,403 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.

Elizabeth against New Jersey and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Elizabeth	345	2,410
Union County	151	1,394
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 Elizabeth, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Elizabeth	—	345	2,410
Hillside Township	2.8 mi	224	2,413
Linden	3.5 mi	188	2,135
Roselle Borough	3.6 mi	194	933
Roselle Park Borough	3.8 mi	21	615
Newark	4.1 mi	517	1,789
Bayonne	4.4 mi	275	1,209
Union Township (Union County)	4.4 mi	20	1,592
Irvington Township	4.5 mi	395	2,530

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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