What is the crime rate in Garfield, NJ?

In 2025, the Garfield Police Department reported 61 violent crimes and 561 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 181 violent and 1,663 property crimes per 100,000 of the 33,737 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: 181
Property per 100,000: 1,663
Violent crimes: 61
Property crimes: 561

Crime reported by the Garfield 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	39	120	529	1,630	32,449
2024	66	199	582	1,757	33,129
2025	61	181	561	1,663	33,737

Violent crimes reported went from 39 in 2023 to 61 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 529 in 2023 to 561 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.

Garfield against New Jersey and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Garfield	181	1,663
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 Garfield, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Garfield	—	181	1,663
Lodi Borough	1.4 mi	190	1,186
Saddle Brook Township	1.8 mi	41	1,017
Elmwood Park Borough	1.8 mi	216	1,877
Wallington Borough	1.8 mi	83	1,256
Passaic	1.9 mi	584	1,839
Hasbrouck Heights Borough	2.1 mi	16	375
Wood-Ridge Borough	2.3 mi	57	507
Rochelle Park Township	2.4 mi	33	1,141

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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