Morristown, NJ Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Morristown, NJ Summary

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

  • There were 225 total crimes committed in Morristown in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,062.7 total crimes per 100K people in Morristown.
  • The overall crime rate in Morristown is -49.85% below the national average.
  • Morristown ranks #247 safest out of 457 cities in New Jersey.
  • Morristown ranks #4,633 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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Morristown Vs New Jersey And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Morristown is 1,062.7 per 100,000 people. That's -49.85% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -35.40% lower than the New Jersey total crime rate of 1,645.1 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Morristown
/ 100k People
New Jersey
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 225 1,062.7 1,645.1 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 2.3 5.0
Robbery 12 56.7 49.3 61.0
Aggravated Assault 36 170.0 148.8 256.0
Violent Crime 56 264.5 217.7 359.0
Burglary 7 33.1 145.3 229.0
Larceny 146 689.6 1,119.4 1,272.0
Car Theft 16 75.6 162.6 259.0
Property Crime 169 798.2 1,427.3 1,760.0

Morristown 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 Morristown

56
Violent Crimes
264.5
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-26.32%
Below The National Average
  • There were 56 violent crimes in Morristown in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Morristown is 264.5 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 378.1 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Morristown each year. That compares to a 1 in 459.3 chance statewide.
  • That's -26.32% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 21.49% higher than the New Jersey violent crime rate of 217.7 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Morristown

169
Property Crimes
798.2
Property Crimes / 100k People
-54.65%
Below The National Average
  • There were 169 property crimes in Morristown in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Morristown is 798.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 125.3 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Morristown each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -54.65% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -44.08% lower than the New Jersey property crime rate of 1,427.3 per 100,000 people.

Morristown SnackAbility

8
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8.5/10
Housing
9.5
Affordability
5
Diversity
9
Safety
8
Amenities
9.5
Education
8.5
Commute
8
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