Hoboken, NJ Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Hoboken, NJ Summary

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

  • There were 1,130 total crimes committed in Hoboken in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,972.3 total crimes per 100K people in Hoboken.
  • The overall crime rate in Hoboken is -6.93% below the national average.
  • Hoboken ranks #356 safest out of 457 cities in New Jersey.
  • Hoboken ranks #7,150 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.

Additional research about crime in New Jersey

Hoboken Vs New Jersey And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Hoboken is 1,972.3 per 100,000 people. That's -6.93% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and 19.89% higher than the New Jersey total crime rate of 1,645.1 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Hoboken
/ 100k People
New Jersey
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 1,130 1,972.3 1,645.1 2,119.2
Murder 1 1.7 2.3 5.0
Robbery 36 62.8 49.3 61.0
Aggravated Assault 70 122.2 148.8 256.0
Violent Crime 108 188.5 217.7 359.0
Burglary 68 118.7 145.3 229.0
Larceny 894 1,560.4 1,119.4 1,272.0
Car Theft 60 104.7 162.6 259.0
Property Crime 1,022 1,783.8 1,427.3 1,760.0

Hoboken 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 Hoboken

108
Violent Crimes
188.5
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-47.49%
Below The National Average
  • There were 108 violent crimes in Hoboken in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Hoboken is 188.5 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 530.5 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Hoboken each year. That compares to a 1 in 459.3 chance statewide.
  • That's -47.49% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -13.41% lower than the New Jersey violent crime rate of 217.7 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Hoboken

1,022
Property Crimes
1,783.8
Property Crimes / 100k People
1.35%
Above The National Average
  • There were 1,022 property crimes in Hoboken in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Hoboken is 1,783.8 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 56.1 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Hoboken each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 1.35% higher than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 24.97% higher than the New Jersey property crime rate of 1,427.3 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Hoboken

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
Kearny, NJ 39,111 1,069 2,733.2 2,569.6 163.6
Cliffside Park, NJ 26,105 201 770.0 643.6 126.4
Secaucus, NJ 21,121 800 3,787.7 3,636.2 151.5
Port Washington, NY 19,888 186 935.2 809.5 125.7
Fairview, NJ 15,232 168 1,102.9 991.3 111.6
Ridgefield, NJ 11,650 89 763.9 712.4 51.5
Guttenberg, NJ 11,426 133 1,164.0 954.0 210.0
East Rutherford, NJ 10,644 185 1,738.1 1,625.3 112.7
Union, OH 6,977 84 1,204.0 1,118.0 86.0

Hoboken SnackAbility

10
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
9/10
Housing
10
Affordability
6
Diversity
8.5
Safety
8
Amenities
10
Education
9
Commute
3
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