Crime in Belleville, New Jersey
Updated ·Vorp Labs
The model puts major crime in Belleville at 12% below the U.S. rate per resident: 38% lower for persons crimes and 6% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 28.0% from a year earlier.
- Modeled from FBI crime data for the police agencies serving Belleville. Where an agency didn't report to the FBI, its totals are estimated from its past reports or similar agencies.
- The model estimates about 15.1 major crimes per 1,000 residents a year (1.9 violent, 13.2 property), against 17.2 for the U.S.
- By the model's major-crime rate per resident, Belleville is higher than 62% of the 364 other New Jersey places and 56% of the 8,446 other places nationwide on CrimeMetric.
Where these numbers come from
The estimates start from what police agencies report to the FBI, modeled across Belleville's 32 census block groups for 39,480 residents. How New Jersey residents' crime totals reach the FBI: detailed incident reports for 79.1%, summary counts only for 14.7% and estimates from past reports or similar agencies for 6.2% (shares of 2020 residents). Sources · Method
- Year: many show an agency's last full FBI year (often two years back). These figures are the model's estimate for the current year, release 2026-11-10.
- Crimes counted: some add simple assault, vandalism or drug offenses to "violent" or "property" crime; here major crime is persons plus property crime, and social disorder is separate.
- Area: an agency's totals cover its jurisdiction, which can differ from the city's limits; these are summed over the block groups inside Belleville.
- Scale: a grade or a 1-to-100 score ranks places against each other; a rate per 1,000 residents and an index against the U.S. rate don't.
Rates are the model's estimates of reported crime per 1,000 residents a year. Index: 100 is the U.S. rate per resident; 200 is twice it. How we calculated this
How crime varies across Belleville
Half of residents live where the major-crime index is between 51 and 118.
- 0–5024.2%
- 50–10041.0%
- 100–20030.1%
- 200–4004.7%
- 400+0.0%
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Shoplifting stands out most, at 1.7 times the U.S. rate
Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live
Property crimes
Social disorder
Highest in the daytime
100 is the U.S. rate, same hours.
Expected major crime fell 28.0% in a year; across New Jersey it fell 10.2%
Change in the model's expected crimes, not a count of reports; New Jersey in gray. 2031 is a model projection, not tested against past years.
Belleville against U.S. places with 25,000 to 50,000 residents
332 of the 1,120 other places of this size have a major-crime index at least 15% above Belleville's, and 203 are within 15% of it; the middle of the group is 73. The 9 nearest in population:
U.S. = 100. Residents in gray.
Belleville's major-crime index is higher than 5, lower than 2 and within 15% of 1 of its 8 nearest neighbors
The closest, Silver Lake (1 mi), is 48% above Belleville's rate.
U.S. = 100. Miles between population centers.
Questions about crime in Belleville
Is Belleville safe?
Belleville's major-crime index is 88, 12% below the U.S. rate per resident and higher than 62% of the 364 other New Jersey places on CrimeMetric: violent crimes against people are 38% below the U.S. rate, and property crimes 6% below the U.S. rate.
What is the crime rate in Belleville?
The model expects about 597 major crimes a year in Belleville, about 15.1 per 1,000 residents, 12% below the U.S. rate.
Is crime going up or down in Belleville?
Expected major crimes in Belleville are down 28.0% from a year earlier; across New Jersey they're down 10.2%.
What are the most common crimes in Belleville?
By the model's expected count, the most common crimes against people and property are shoplifting (about 214 a year), theft from vehicle (about 144 a year) and other larceny (about 96 a year).
Are car break-ins common in Belleville?
The model expects about 144 thefts from vehicles a year in Belleville, 37% above the U.S. rate per resident.
Are car thefts common in Belleville?
The model expects about 49 motor vehicle thefts a year in Belleville, 23% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Is Belleville safe at night?
The model's major-crime index is 80 on Sunday to Thursday nights from 6pm to 6am, against 103 at its highest in the daytime; 100 is the U.S. rate for the same hours. That's a citywide estimate per resident for those hours: it can't speak to a particular street, venue or evening. For one address, use the address lookup on this page.
Is crime in Belleville higher than the New Jersey average?
Belleville's major-crime index is 88, within 15% of the New Jersey rate per resident. New Jersey as a whole is 78, where 100 is the U.S. rate.
How does crime in Belleville compare with Silver Lake?
Silver Lake, 1 mile away, has a major-crime index of 130, 48% above Belleville's rate per resident. Belleville's is 88.
How we calculated this
Each police agency's crimes, as reported to the FBI or estimated where it didn't report, are spread across the census block groups it serves using population, jobs, points of interest and, where available, local incident records. Belleville's figures add up its 32 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- Belleville has no published incident records in our data, so its estimate relies on agency totals and neighborhood characteristics.
- Rates are per resident, so places where many people work or visit but few live, such as downtowns, airports and stadiums, can read high.
- Disorderly conduct and trespassing are modeled, because the FBI records them only through arrests.
- Residents: 39,480. Model updated Nov 10, 2026. Release 2026-11-10
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in Belleville, New Jersey." Vorp Labs, updated November 9, 2026 (model Nov 10, 2026). https://crimemetric.com/nj/belleville
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