What is the crime rate in Westfield Town, NJ?

In 2025, the Westfield Police Department reported 0 violent crimes and 174 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 0 violent and 539 property crimes per 100,000 of the 32,308 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: 0
Property per 100,000: 539
Violent crimes: 0
Property crimes: 174

Crime reported by the Westfield 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	5	16	263	863	30,478
2024	5	16	173	556	31,111
2025	0	0	174	539	32,308

Violent crimes reported went from 5 in 2023 to 0 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 263 in 2023 to 174 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.

Westfield Town against New Jersey and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Westfield Town	0	539
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 Westfield Town, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Westfield Town	—	0	539
Garwood Borough	1.1 mi	0	0
Scotch Plains Township	2.0 mi	32	443
Cranford Township	2.1 mi	36	507
Mountainside Borough	2.2 mi	14	508
Fanwood Borough	2.3 mi	25	337
Clark Township	2.7 mi	18	1,360
Winfield Township	3.0 mi	208	1,040
Springfield Township (Union County)	3.2 mi	85	783

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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