What is the crime rate in Plainfield, NJ?

In 2024, the Plainfield Police Department reported 230 violent crimes and 902 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 411 violent and 1,611 property crimes per 100,000 of the 55,975 residents it serves.

Across New Jersey the rates were 222 and 1,432.

Nationally they were 363 and 1,767.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 411
Property per 100,000: 1,611
Violent crimes: 230
Property crimes: 902

Crime reported by the Plainfield Police Department, 2023 to 2024

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	287	524	923	1,685	54,791
2024	230	411	902	1,611	55,975

Violent crimes reported went from 287 in 2023 to 230 in 2024.

Property crimes reported went from 923 in 2023 to 902 in 2024.

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

Plainfield against New Jersey and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2024
	Violent crime	Property crime
Plainfield	411	1,611
New Jersey	222	1,432
United States	363	1,767

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 Plainfield, 2024

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Plainfield	—	411	1,611
North Plainfield Borough	1.3 mi	129	1,211
Watchung Borough	2.2 mi	60	3,678
Fanwood Borough	2.4 mi	25	337
Scotch Plains Township	2.6 mi	32	443
South Plainfield Borough	2.8 mi	135	2,021
Dunellen Borough	3.1 mi	81	592
Green Brook Township	3.6 mi	106	519
Berkeley Heights Township	4.2 mi	34	276

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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