Tenafly, NJ Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Tenafly, NJ Summary

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

  • There were 73 total crimes committed in Tenafly in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 472.5 total crimes per 100K people in Tenafly.
  • The overall crime rate in Tenafly is -77.71% below the national average.
  • Tenafly ranks #93 safest out of 457 cities in New Jersey.
  • Tenafly ranks #2,072 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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Tenafly Vs New Jersey And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Tenafly is 472.5 per 100,000 people. That's -77.71% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -71.28% lower than the New Jersey total crime rate of 1,645.1 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Tenafly
/ 100k People
New Jersey
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 73 472.5 1,645.1 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 2.3 5.0
Robbery 0 0.0 49.3 61.0
Aggravated Assault 1 6.5 148.8 256.0
Violent Crime 1 6.5 217.7 359.0
Burglary 16 103.6 145.3 229.0
Larceny 47 304.2 1,119.4 1,272.0
Car Theft 9 58.2 162.6 259.0
Property Crime 72 466.0 1,427.3 1,760.0

Tenafly 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 Tenafly

1
Violent Crimes
6.5
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-98.20%
Below The National Average
  • There were 1 violent crimes in Tenafly in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Tenafly is 6.5 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 15,451.0 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Tenafly each year. That compares to a 1 in 459.3 chance statewide.
  • That's -98.20% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -97.03% lower than the New Jersey violent crime rate of 217.7 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Tenafly

72
Property Crimes
466.0
Property Crimes / 100k People
-73.52%
Below The National Average
  • There were 72 property crimes in Tenafly in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Tenafly is 466.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 214.6 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Tenafly each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -73.52% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -67.35% lower than the New Jersey property crime rate of 1,427.3 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Tenafly

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Englewood, NJ 30,405 398 1,309.0 1,078.8 230.2
Bergenfield, NJ 28,879 81 280.5 232.0 48.5
Port Washington, NY 19,888 186 935.2 809.5 125.7
Dumont, NJ 18,765 57 303.8 287.8 16.0
New Milford, NJ 17,261 86 498.2 486.6 11.6
Cresskill, NJ 9,078 31 341.5 330.5 11.0
Closter, NJ 8,724 105 1,203.6 1,192.1 11.5
Englewood Cliffs, NJ 5,434 85 1,564.2 1,509.0 55.2
Demarest, NJ 4,913 26 529.2 529.2 0.0
Haworth, NJ 3,391 11 324.4 294.9 29.5

Tenafly SnackAbility

10
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8.5/10
Housing
10
Affordability
5
Diversity
9
Safety
9
Amenities
9
Education
9.5
Commute
2
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