What is the crime rate in West Milford Township, NJ?

In 2025, the West Milford Township Police Department reported 20 violent crimes and 67 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 80 violent and 268 property crimes per 100,000 of the 25,014 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: 80
Property per 100,000: 268
Violent crimes: 20
Property crimes: 67

Crime reported by the West Milford Township 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	14	58	64	264	24,268
2024	23	93	85	344	24,725
2025	20	80	67	268	25,014

Violent crimes reported went from 14 in 2023 to 20 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 64 in 2023 to 67 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.

West Milford Township against New Jersey and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
West Milford Township	80	268
Passaic County	400	1,668
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 West Milford Township, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
West Milford Township	—	80	268
Bloomingdale Borough	5.6 mi	51	154
Ringwood Borough	6.2 mi	42	195
Wanaque Borough	6.9 mi	70	106
Butler Borough	7.8 mi	122	595
Vernon Township	8.0 mi	9	143
Kinnelon Borough	8.5 mi	10	168
Riverdale Borough	8.5 mi	48	2,001
Hardyston Township	8.8 mi	23	175

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

The figures for West Milford Township include the places inside it that have pages of their own: Hewitt, Macopin, Newfoundland, Upper Greenwood Lake.

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