Prospect Park, NJ Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Prospect Park, NJ Summary

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

  • There were 88 total crimes committed in Prospect Park in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,394.6 total crimes per 100K people in Prospect Park.
  • The overall crime rate in Prospect Park is -34.19% below the national average.
  • Prospect Park ranks #301 safest out of 457 cities in New Jersey.
  • Prospect Park ranks #5,742 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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Prospect Park Vs New Jersey And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Prospect Park is 1,394.6 per 100,000 people. That's -34.19% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -15.22% lower than the New Jersey total crime rate of 1,645.1 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Prospect Park
/ 100k People
New Jersey
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 88 1,394.6 1,645.1 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 2.3 5.0
Robbery 0 0.0 49.3 61.0
Aggravated Assault 6 95.1 148.8 256.0
Violent Crime 6 95.1 217.7 359.0
Burglary 25 396.2 145.3 229.0
Larceny 51 808.2 1,119.4 1,272.0
Car Theft 6 95.1 162.6 259.0
Property Crime 82 1,299.5 1,427.3 1,760.0

Prospect Park 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 Prospect Park

6
Violent Crimes
95.1
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-73.51%
Below The National Average
  • There were 6 violent crimes in Prospect Park in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Prospect Park is 95.1 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 1,051.7 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Prospect Park each year. That compares to a 1 in 459.3 chance statewide.
  • That's -73.51% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -56.32% lower than the New Jersey violent crime rate of 217.7 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Prospect Park

82
Property Crimes
1,299.5
Property Crimes / 100k People
-26.16%
Below The National Average
  • There were 82 property crimes in Prospect Park in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Prospect Park is 1,299.5 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 77.0 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Prospect Park each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -26.16% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -8.96% lower than the New Jersey property crime rate of 1,427.3 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Prospect Park

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Paterson, NJ 158,903 5,291 3,329.7 2,351.1 978.6
Fair Lawn, NJ 36,579 359 981.4 937.7 43.7
Elmwood Park, NJ 21,682 535 2,467.5 2,246.1 221.4
Hawthorne, NJ 19,899 178 894.5 869.4 25.1
Woodland Park, NJ 13,331 142 1,065.2 990.2 75.0
Glen Rock, NJ 12,331 78 632.6 616.3 16.2
Totowa, NJ 10,941 224 2,047.3 1,919.4 128.0
Haledon, NJ 8,848 168 1,898.7 1,876.1 22.6
North Haledon, NJ 8,732 30 343.6 286.3 57.3
Midland Park, NJ 7,110 50 703.2 661.0 42.2

Prospect Park SnackAbility

7
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
6/10
Housing
8.5
Affordability
3
Diversity
9.5
Safety
8
Amenities
9
Education
6
Commute
8
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