CrimeMetric

Crime in Bridgeton, New Jersey

Major crime in Bridgeton is 43% above the U.S. rate per resident: 2.3 times for persons crimes and 23% higher for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 27.5% from a year earlier.

Modeled estimates per resident, not counts of incidents. How we calculated this

Major crime
143
43% above the U.S. rate
1.8 times the New Jersey rate
down 27.5% in a year
Persons crimes
233
2.3 times the U.S. rate
3.9 times the New Jersey rate
down 2.4% in a year
Property crimes
123
23% above the U.S. rate
1.5 times the New Jersey rate
down 34.6% in a year
Social disorder
153
1.5 times the U.S. rate
2.8 times the New Jersey rate
down 11.4% in a year

Index: crimes per resident compared with the U.S., where 100 is the U.S. rate and 200 is twice it.

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Crime by type

Robbery stands out most, at 3.1 times the U.S. rate

Expected crimes per year in Bridgeton for each type, and the index against the U.S. rate per resident.

Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live

IndexPer year

How crime varies across Bridgeton

The middle half of Bridgeton residents live in neighborhoods with a major-crime index between 70 and 131; the typical (median) resident's is 112. The citywide figure (143) is higher than that because crime concentrates in a smaller set of areas.

Map of Bridgeton, with its census block groups shaded by major-crime index band
Block groups shaded by major-crime index, in the bar's bands below; pale gray where fewer than 100 people live. Tap one to compare it. Highways and boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau.
  • 0–509.0%
  • 50–10039.1%
  • 100–20035.4%
  • 200–4008.6%
  • 400+7.9%

Share of residents by the index of their census block group, a neighborhood of roughly 600 to 3,000 people.

When it happens

Highest on Friday and Saturday nights

Major-crime index by time of week, against the U.S. rate for the same hours.

Monday to Friday, 6am to 6pm143
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am141
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm138
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am152
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 27.5% in a year; across New Jersey it fell 10.2%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-27.5%NJ -10.2%-8.8%NJ -11.5%
Persons crimes-2.4%NJ -7.9%+0.2%NJ -1.4%
Property crimes-34.6%NJ -10.5%-12.6%NJ -13.1%
Social disorder-11.4%NJ -5.4%-0.3%NJ -4.7%

Change in expected crimes, with New Jersey as a whole in gray. The past year uses the reporting agencies' year-to-date FBI data; 2031 is the model's projection.

Similar-size places

Bridgeton against U.S. places with 25,000 to 50,000 residents

144 of the 960 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Bridgeton; the middle of the group is 77. The 9 nearest in population:

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; residents in gray.

Nearby places

Bridgeton has a higher major-crime index than 4 of its 8 nearest neighbors

The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Millville (10 mi), is 37% above Bridgeton's rate.

Millville10 mi196
Vineland12 mi173
Salem16 mi150
Glassboro20 mi143
Bridgeton143
Clayton18 mi65
Richwood20 mi51
Woodstown16 mi45
Buena16 mi24

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; distances between where residents live, in miles.

Questions about crime in Bridgeton

What are the most common crimes in Bridgeton?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are shoplifting (about 189 a year), other larceny (about 174 a year) and aggravated assault (about 163 a year). Compared with the U.S., robbery stands out most: 3.1 times the U.S. rate per resident.

How we calculated this

Each police agency's crimes, as reported to the FBI, are spread across the census block groups it serves using population, jobs, points of interest and, where available, local incident records. Bridgeton's figures add up its 15 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Bridgeton's published incident records inform the estimate for every neighborhood.
  • 62.7% of residents live in block groups whose estimate has high confidence (80% interval within about 5x).
  • 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: 29,099. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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CrimeMetric. "Crime in Bridgeton, New Jersey." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/nj/bridgeton

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100