Norwood, NJ Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Norwood, NJ Summary

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

  • There were 21 total crimes committed in Norwood in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 356.5 total crimes per 100K people in Norwood.
  • The overall crime rate in Norwood is -83.18% below the national average.
  • Norwood ranks #61 safest out of 457 cities in New Jersey.
  • Norwood ranks #1,510 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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Norwood Vs New Jersey And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Norwood is 356.5 per 100,000 people. That's -83.18% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -78.33% lower than the New Jersey total crime rate of 1,645.1 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Norwood
/ 100k People
New Jersey
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 21 356.5 1,645.1 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 2.3 5.0
Robbery 2 34.0 49.3 61.0
Aggravated Assault 0 0.0 148.8 256.0
Violent Crime 2 34.0 217.7 359.0
Burglary 7 118.8 145.3 229.0
Larceny 12 203.7 1,119.4 1,272.0
Car Theft 0 0.0 162.6 259.0
Property Crime 19 322.6 1,427.3 1,760.0

Norwood 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 Norwood

2
Violent Crimes
34.0
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-90.54%
Below The National Average
  • There were 2 violent crimes in Norwood in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Norwood is 34.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 2,945.0 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Norwood each year. That compares to a 1 in 459.3 chance statewide.
  • That's -90.54% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -84.40% lower than the New Jersey violent crime rate of 217.7 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Norwood

19
Property Crimes
322.6
Property Crimes / 100k People
-81.67%
Below The National Average
  • There were 19 property crimes in Norwood in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Norwood is 322.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 310.0 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Norwood each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -81.67% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -77.40% lower than the New Jersey property crime rate of 1,427.3 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Norwood

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
Closter, NJ 8,724 105 1,203.6 1,192.1 11.5
Old Tappan, NJ 6,282 15 238.8 191.0 47.8
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

Norwood SnackAbility

6
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
9/10
Housing
9.5
Affordability
6
Diversity
8.5
Safety
9
Amenities
8
Education
8.5
Commute
3
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