Wallington, NJ Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Wallington, NJ Summary

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

  • There were 157 total crimes committed in Wallington the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,336.3 total crimes per 100K people in Wallington.
  • The overall crime rate in Wallington is -42.51% below the national average.
  • Wallington ranks #313 safest out of 489 cities in New Jersey.
  • Wallington ranks #4,828 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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Wallington Vs New Jersey And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Wallington is 1,336.3 per 100,000 people. That's -42.51% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -1.28% lower than the New Jersey total crime rate of 1,353.6 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Wallington
/ 100k People
New Jersey
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 157 1,336.3 1,353.6 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 3.7 6.3
Robbery 0 0.0 49.4 66.1
Aggravated Assault 5 42.6 127.9 268.2
Violent Crime 6 51.1 195.4 369.8
Burglary 9 76.6 146.2 269.8
Larceny 134 1,140.5 896.3 1,401.9
Car Theft 8 68.1 115.7 282.7
Property Crime 151 1,285.2 1,158.2 1,954.4

Wallington 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 Wallington

6
Violent Crimes
51.1
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-86.19%
Below The National Average
  • There were 6 violent crimes in Wallington in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Wallington is 51.1 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 1,958.2 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Wallington each year. That compares to a 1 in 511.9 chance statewide.
  • That's -86.19% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -73.86% lower than the New Jersey violent crime rate of 195.4 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Wallington

151
Property Crimes
1,285.2
Property Crimes / 100k People
-34.24%
Below The National Average
  • There were 151 property crimes in Wallington in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Wallington is 1,285.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 77.8 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Wallington each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -34.24% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And 10.97% higher than the New Jersey property crime rate of 1,158.2 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Wallington

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Clifton, NJ 88,768 1,807 2,035.6 1,930.9 104.8
Passaic, NJ 69,003 1,761 2,552.1 2,008.6 543.5
Garfield, NJ 32,351 535 1,653.7 1,542.5 111.3
Lodi, NJ 25,788 368 1,427.0 1,295.2 131.8
Rutherford, NJ 18,592 225 1,210.2 1,172.5 37.7
Hasbrouck Heights, NJ 12,005 79 658.1 633.1 25.0
East Rutherford, NJ 9,904 175 1,767.0 1,686.2 80.8
Wood-Ridge, NJ 9,489 50 526.9 505.8 21.1
Moonachie, NJ 3,093 53 1,713.5 1,681.2 32.3

Wallington SnackAbility

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