Closter, NJ Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Closter, NJ Summary

Crime in Closter research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Closter 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 Closter:

  • There were 105 total crimes committed in Closter in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,203.6 total crimes per 100K people in Closter.
  • The overall crime rate in Closter is -43.21% below the national average.
  • Closter ranks #272 safest out of 457 cities in New Jersey.
  • Closter ranks #5,149 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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Closter Vs New Jersey And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Closter is 1,203.6 per 100,000 people. That's -43.21% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -26.84% lower than the New Jersey total crime rate of 1,645.1 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Closter
/ 100k People
New Jersey
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 105 1,203.6 1,645.1 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 2.3 5.0
Robbery 0 0.0 49.3 61.0
Aggravated Assault 1 11.5 148.8 256.0
Violent Crime 1 11.5 217.7 359.0
Burglary 7 80.2 145.3 229.0
Larceny 97 1,111.9 1,119.4 1,272.0
Car Theft 0 0.0 162.6 259.0
Property Crime 104 1,192.1 1,427.3 1,760.0

Closter 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 Closter

1
Violent Crimes
11.5
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-96.81%
Below The National Average
  • There were 1 violent crimes in Closter in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Closter is 11.5 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 8,724.0 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Closter each year. That compares to a 1 in 459.3 chance statewide.
  • That's -96.81% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -94.73% lower than the New Jersey violent crime rate of 217.7 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Closter

104
Property Crimes
1,192.1
Property Crimes / 100k People
-32.27%
Below The National Average
  • There were 104 property crimes in Closter in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Closter is 1,192.1 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 83.9 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Closter each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -32.27% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -16.48% lower than the New Jersey property crime rate of 1,427.3 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Closter

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Port Washington, NY 19,888 186 935.2 809.5 125.7
Dumont, NJ 18,765 57 303.8 287.8 16.0
Cresskill, NJ 9,078 31 341.5 330.5 11.0
Emerson, NJ 7,402 7 94.6 94.6 0.0
Norwood, NJ 5,890 21 356.5 322.6 34.0
Harrington Park, NJ 5,193 11 211.8 211.8 0.0
Northvale, NJ 4,945 31 626.9 586.5 40.4
Demarest, NJ 4,913 26 529.2 529.2 0.0
Haworth, NJ 3,391 11 324.4 294.9 29.5

Closter SnackAbility

10
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
9/10
Housing
10
Affordability
7
Diversity
9.5
Safety
9
Amenities
8.5
Education
9
Commute
3
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