What is the crime rate in Trenton, NJ?

In 2025, the Trenton Police Department reported 737 violent crimes and 2,203 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 808 violent and 2,415 property crimes per 100,000 of the 91,236 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: 808
Property per 100,000: 2,415
Violent crimes: 737
Property crimes: 2,203

Crime reported by the Trenton 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	931	1,040	1,678	1,875	89,509
2024	935	1,025	2,106	2,308	91,236
2025	737	808	2,203	2,415	91,236

Violent crimes reported went from 931 in 2023 to 737 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 1,678 in 2023 to 2,203 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.

Trenton against New Jersey and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Trenton	808	2,415
Mercer County	268	1,597
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 Trenton, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Trenton	—	808	2,415
Morrisville	1.4 mi	164	1,850
Ewing Township	3.3 mi	200	2,026
Falls Township (Bucks County)	3.3 mi	102	1,394
Yardley	4.1 mi	39	580
Hamilton Township (Mercer County)	4.8 mi	160	1,980
Lower Makefield Township	4.9 mi	29	368
Lawrence Township (Mercer County)	5.5 mi	37	1,336
Bordentown	5.9 mi	24	612

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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