New Milford, NJ Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In New Milford, NJ Summary

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

  • There were 86 total crimes committed in New Milford in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 498.2 total crimes per 100K people in New Milford.
  • The overall crime rate in New Milford is -76.49% below the national average.
  • New Milford ranks #99 safest out of 457 cities in New Jersey.
  • New Milford ranks #2,203 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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New Milford Vs New Jersey And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in New Milford is 498.2 per 100,000 people. That's -76.49% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -69.71% lower than the New Jersey total crime rate of 1,645.1 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
New Milford
/ 100k People
New Jersey
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 86 498.2 1,645.1 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 2.3 5.0
Robbery 0 0.0 49.3 61.0
Aggravated Assault 2 11.6 148.8 256.0
Violent Crime 2 11.6 217.7 359.0
Burglary 3 17.4 145.3 229.0
Larceny 81 469.3 1,119.4 1,272.0
Car Theft 0 0.0 162.6 259.0
Property Crime 84 486.6 1,427.3 1,760.0

New Milford 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 New Milford

2
Violent Crimes
11.6
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-96.77%
Below The National Average
  • There were 2 violent crimes in New Milford in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in New Milford is 11.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 8,630.5 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in New Milford each year. That compares to a 1 in 459.3 chance statewide.
  • That's -96.77% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -94.68% lower than the New Jersey violent crime rate of 217.7 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In New Milford

84
Property Crimes
486.6
Property Crimes / 100k People
-72.35%
Below The National Average
  • There were 84 property crimes in New Milford in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in New Milford is 486.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 205.5 chance of being the victim of a property crime in New Milford each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -72.35% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -65.91% lower than the New Jersey property crime rate of 1,427.3 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around New Milford

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Hackensack, NJ 46,667 1,060 2,271.4 2,025.0 246.4
Bergenfield, NJ 28,879 81 280.5 232.0 48.5
Paramus, NJ 26,745 1,318 4,928.0 4,898.1 29.9
Port Washington, NY 19,888 186 935.2 809.5 125.7
Dumont, NJ 18,765 57 303.8 287.8 16.0
River Edge, NJ 12,236 96 784.6 768.2 16.3
Maywood, NJ 10,230 158 1,544.5 1,397.8 146.6
Cresskill, NJ 9,078 31 341.5 330.5 11.0
Oradell, NJ 8,354 18 215.5 167.6 47.9
Emerson, NJ 7,402 7 94.6 94.6 0.0

New Milford SnackAbility

9.5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8/10
Housing
9
Affordability
6
Diversity
9.5
Safety
8.5
Amenities
9.5
Education
8.5
Commute
5
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