Raritan, NJ Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Raritan, NJ Summary

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

  • There were 82 total crimes committed in Raritan the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 772.9 total crimes per 100K people in Raritan.
  • The overall crime rate in Raritan is -66.74% below the national average.
  • Raritan ranks #187 safest out of 489 cities in New Jersey.
  • Raritan ranks #2,926 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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Raritan Vs New Jersey And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Raritan is 772.9 per 100,000 people. That's -66.74% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -42.90% lower than the New Jersey total crime rate of 1,353.6 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Raritan
/ 100k People
New Jersey
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 82 772.9 1,353.6 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 3.7 6.3
Robbery 0 0.0 49.4 66.1
Aggravated Assault 1 9.4 127.9 268.2
Violent Crime 1 9.4 195.4 369.8
Burglary 4 37.7 146.2 269.8
Larceny 71 669.2 896.3 1,401.9
Car Theft 6 56.6 115.7 282.7
Property Crime 81 763.5 1,158.2 1,954.4

Raritan 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 Raritan

1
Violent Crimes
9.4
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-97.45%
Below The National Average
  • There were 1 violent crimes in Raritan in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Raritan is 9.4 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 10,609.0 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Raritan each year. That compares to a 1 in 511.9 chance statewide.
  • That's -97.45% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -95.18% lower than the New Jersey violent crime rate of 195.4 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Raritan

81
Property Crimes
763.5
Property Crimes / 100k People
-60.93%
Below The National Average
  • There were 81 property crimes in Raritan in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Raritan is 763.5 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 131.0 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Raritan each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -60.93% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -34.08% lower than the New Jersey property crime rate of 1,158.2 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Raritan

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
Somerville, NJ 12,759 151 1,183.5 1,105.1 78.4
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
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

Raritan SnackAbility

9
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8/10
Housing
9
Affordability
5
Diversity
9
Safety
9
Amenities
8.5
Education
8
Commute
6
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