Union City, NJ Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Union City, NJ Summary

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

  • There were 1,285 total crimes committed in Union City in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,999.8 total crimes per 100K people in Union City.
  • The overall crime rate in Union City is -5.64% below the national average.
  • Union City ranks #361 safest out of 457 cities in New Jersey.
  • Union City ranks #7,224 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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Union City Vs New Jersey And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Union City is 1,999.8 per 100,000 people. That's -5.64% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and 21.56% higher than the New Jersey total crime rate of 1,645.1 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Union City
/ 100k People
New Jersey
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 1,285 1,999.8 1,645.1 2,119.2
Murder 1 1.6 2.3 5.0
Robbery 38 59.1 49.3 61.0
Aggravated Assault 156 242.8 148.8 256.0
Violent Crime 202 314.4 217.7 359.0
Burglary 67 104.3 145.3 229.0
Larceny 954 1,484.7 1,119.4 1,272.0
Car Theft 62 96.5 162.6 259.0
Property Crime 1,083 1,685.4 1,427.3 1,760.0

Union City 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 Union City

202
Violent Crimes
314.4
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-12.43%
Below The National Average
  • There were 202 violent crimes in Union City in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Union City is 314.4 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 318.1 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Union City each year. That compares to a 1 in 459.3 chance statewide.
  • That's -12.43% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 44.40% higher than the New Jersey violent crime rate of 217.7 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Union City

1,083
Property Crimes
1,685.4
Property Crimes / 100k People
-4.24%
Below The National Average
  • There were 1,083 property crimes in Union City in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Union City is 1,685.4 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 59.3 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Union City each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -4.24% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 18.08% higher than the New Jersey property crime rate of 1,427.3 per 100,000 people.

Union City SnackAbility

5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
6/10
Housing
8.5
Affordability
3
Diversity
8
Safety
6
Amenities
10
Education
5
Commute
4
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