Cliffside Park, NJ Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Cliffside Park, NJ Summary

Crime in Cliffside Park research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Cliffside Park over the past eight years using the FBI Crime Explorer. Based on the most recently available data released on October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Cliffside Park:

  • There were 201 total crimes committed in Cliffside Park in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 770.0 total crimes per 100K people in Cliffside Park.
  • The overall crime rate in Cliffside Park is -63.67% below the national average.
  • Cliffside Park ranks #179 safest out of 457 cities in New Jersey.
  • Cliffside Park ranks #3,472 safest out of 9,896 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as per capita comparisons and isn't meant to convey that 100,000+ people live in a location.

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Cliffside Park Vs New Jersey And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Cliffside Park is 770.0 per 100,000 people. That's -63.67% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -53.19% lower than the New Jersey total crime rate of 1,645.1 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Cliffside Park
/ 100k People
New Jersey
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 201 770.0 1,645.1 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 2.3 5.0
Robbery 7 26.8 49.3 61.0
Aggravated Assault 22 84.3 148.8 256.0
Violent Crime 33 126.4 217.7 359.0
Burglary 21 80.4 145.3 229.0
Larceny 132 505.7 1,119.4 1,272.0
Car Theft 15 57.5 162.6 259.0
Property Crime 168 643.6 1,427.3 1,760.0

Cliffside Park Crime Compared To New Jersey Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in New Jersey.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2024.

Violent Crime Rates In Cliffside Park

33
Violent Crimes
126.4
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-64.79%
Below The National Average
  • There were 33 violent crimes in Cliffside Park in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Cliffside Park is 126.4 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 791.1 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Cliffside Park each year. That compares to a 1 in 459.3 chance statewide.
  • That's -64.79% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -41.93% lower than the New Jersey violent crime rate of 217.7 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Cliffside Park

168
Property Crimes
643.6
Property Crimes / 100k People
-63.43%
Below The National Average
  • There were 168 property crimes in Cliffside Park in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Cliffside Park is 643.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 155.4 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Cliffside Park each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -63.43% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -54.91% lower than the New Jersey property crime rate of 1,427.3 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Cliffside Park

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
West New York, NJ 51,260 902 1,759.7 1,463.1 296.5
Fort Lee, NJ 40,445 498 1,231.3 1,100.3 131.0
Palisades Park, NJ 20,477 146 713.0 688.6 24.4
Port Washington, NY 19,888 186 935.2 809.5 125.7
Fairview, NJ 15,232 168 1,102.9 991.3 111.6
Edgewater, NJ 15,063 199 1,321.1 1,281.3 39.8
Ridgefield Park, NJ 13,401 151 1,126.8 1,044.7 82.1
Ridgefield, NJ 11,650 89 763.9 712.4 51.5
Guttenberg, NJ 11,426 133 1,164.0 954.0 210.0
Little Ferry, NJ 10,736 59 549.6 484.4 65.2

Cliffside Park SnackAbility

9
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8.5/10
Housing
9
Affordability
4
Diversity
10
Safety
9
Amenities
9.5
Education
8
Commute
3
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