Somerville, NJ Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Somerville, NJ Summary

Crime in Somerville research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Somerville over the past eight years using the FBI crime explorer. Based on the most recently available data released October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Somerville:

  • There were 151 total crimes committed in Somerville the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,183.5 total crimes per 100K people in Somerville.
  • The overall crime rate in Somerville is -49.08% below the national average.
  • Somerville ranks #282 safest out of 489 cities in New Jersey.
  • Somerville ranks #4,346 safest out of 9,869 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 doing per capita comparisons and isn't conveying that there are 100,000+ people in a location.

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Somerville Vs New Jersey And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Somerville is 1,183.5 per 100,000 people. That's -49.08% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -12.57% lower than the New Jersey total crime rate of 1,353.6 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Somerville
/ 100k People
New Jersey
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 151 1,183.5 1,353.6 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 3.7 6.3
Robbery 3 23.5 49.4 66.1
Aggravated Assault 7 54.9 127.9 268.2
Violent Crime 10 78.4 195.4 369.8
Burglary 13 101.9 146.2 269.8
Larceny 118 924.8 896.3 1,401.9
Car Theft 10 78.4 115.7 282.7
Property Crime 141 1,105.1 1,158.2 1,954.4

Somerville Crime Compared To New Jersey Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in New Jersey.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2022.

Violent Crime Rates In Somerville

10
Violent Crimes
78.4
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-78.81%
Below The National Average
  • There were 10 violent crimes in Somerville in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Somerville is 78.4 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 1,275.9 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Somerville each year. That compares to a 1 in 511.9 chance statewide.
  • That's -78.81% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -59.88% lower than the New Jersey violent crime rate of 195.4 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Somerville

141
Property Crimes
1,105.1
Property Crimes / 100k People
-43.46%
Below The National Average
  • There were 141 property crimes in Somerville in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Somerville is 1,105.1 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 90.5 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Somerville each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -43.46% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -4.58% lower than the New Jersey property crime rate of 1,158.2 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Somerville

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Westfield, NJ 30,628 238 777.1 760.7 16.3
Florham Park, NJ 13,685 57 416.5 387.3 29.2
Bound Brook, NJ 11,948 136 1,138.3 1,029.5 108.8
Manville, NJ 10,763 137 1,272.9 1,189.3 83.6
Raritan, NJ 10,609 82 772.9 763.5 9.4
Bernardsville, NJ 7,786 27 346.8 346.8 0.0
Mountainside, NJ 6,902 39 565.1 565.1 0.0
Mendham, NJ 4,975 15 301.5 301.5 0.0
South Bound Brook, NJ 4,784 44 919.7 898.8 20.9

Somerville SnackAbility

7.5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8.5/10
Housing
9
Affordability
6
Diversity
10
Safety
8.5
Amenities
9
Education
8
Commute
7
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