Hackensack, NJ Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Hackensack, NJ Summary

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

  • There were 1,060 total crimes committed in Hackensack in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 2,271.4 total crimes per 100K people in Hackensack.
  • The overall crime rate in Hackensack is 7.18% above the national average.
  • Hackensack ranks #384 safest out of 457 cities in New Jersey.
  • Hackensack ranks #7,694 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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Hackensack Vs New Jersey And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Hackensack is 2,271.4 per 100,000 people. That's 7.18% higher than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and 38.08% higher than the New Jersey total crime rate of 1,645.1 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Hackensack
/ 100k People
New Jersey
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 1,060 2,271.4 1,645.1 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 2.3 5.0
Robbery 19 40.7 49.3 61.0
Aggravated Assault 87 186.4 148.8 256.0
Violent Crime 115 246.4 217.7 359.0
Burglary 121 259.3 145.3 229.0
Larceny 739 1,583.6 1,119.4 1,272.0
Car Theft 85 182.1 162.6 259.0
Property Crime 945 2,025.0 1,427.3 1,760.0

Hackensack 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 Hackensack

115
Violent Crimes
246.4
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-31.36%
Below The National Average
  • There were 115 violent crimes in Hackensack in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Hackensack is 246.4 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 405.8 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Hackensack each year. That compares to a 1 in 459.3 chance statewide.
  • That's -31.36% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 13.19% higher than the New Jersey violent crime rate of 217.7 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Hackensack

945
Property Crimes
2,025.0
Property Crimes / 100k People
15.06%
Above The National Average
  • There were 945 property crimes in Hackensack in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Hackensack is 2,025.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 49.4 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Hackensack each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 15.06% higher than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 41.87% higher than the New Jersey property crime rate of 1,427.3 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Hackensack

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Garfield, NJ 33,129 646 1,950.0 1,750.7 199.2
Bergenfield, NJ 28,879 81 280.5 232.0 48.5
Lodi, NJ 26,296 397 1,509.7 1,350.0 159.7
Port Washington, NY 19,888 186 935.2 809.5 125.7
Ridgefield Park, NJ 13,401 151 1,126.8 1,044.7 82.1
Hasbrouck Heights, NJ 12,272 61 497.1 472.6 24.4
River Edge, NJ 12,236 96 784.6 768.2 16.3
Little Ferry, NJ 10,736 59 549.6 484.4 65.2
Maywood, NJ 10,230 158 1,544.5 1,397.8 146.6
Bogota, NJ 10,126 51 503.7 454.3 49.4

Hackensack SnackAbility

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