Crime in Edison, New Jersey
Updated ·Vorp Labs
The model puts major crime in Edison at 10% below the U.S. rate per resident: 46% lower for persons crimes and about the same for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 7.6% from a year earlier.
- Modeled from FBI crime data for the police agencies serving Edison. Where an agency didn't report to the FBI, its totals are estimated from its past reports or similar agencies.
- The model estimates about 15.5 major crimes per 1,000 residents a year (1.7 violent, 13.8 property), against 17.2 for the U.S.
- By the model's major-crime rate per resident, Edison is higher than 64% of the 364 other New Jersey places and 58% 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 Edison's 81 census block groups for 110,334 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 Edison.
- 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 Edison
Half of residents live where the major-crime index is between 41 and 107.
- 0–5041.4%
- 50–10033.2%
- 100–20021.2%
- 200–4001.4%
- 400+2.6%
Check an address in Edison
Theft from vehicle stands out most, at 1.7 times the U.S. rate
Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live
Property crimes
Social disorder
Highest on weeknights
100 is the U.S. rate, same hours.
Expected major crime fell 7.6% 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.
Edison against U.S. places with 100,000 to 250,000 residents
147 of the 278 other places of this size have a major-crime index at least 15% above Edison's, and 53 are within 15% of it; the middle of the group is 107. The 9 nearest in population:
U.S. = 100. Residents in gray.
Edison's major-crime index is higher than 5, lower than 2 and within 15% of 1 of its 8 nearest neighbors
The closest, Metuchen (1 mi), is 44% below Edison's rate.
U.S. = 100. Miles between population centers.
Questions about crime in Edison
Is Edison safe?
Edison's major-crime index is 90, 10% below the U.S. rate per resident and higher than 64% of the 364 other New Jersey places on CrimeMetric: violent crimes against people are 46% below the U.S. rate, and property crimes about the U.S. rate.
What is the crime rate in Edison?
The model expects about 1,713 major crimes a year in Edison, about 15.5 per 1,000 residents, 10% below the U.S. rate.
Is crime going up or down in Edison?
Expected major crimes in Edison are down 7.6% from a year earlier; across New Jersey they're down 10.2%.
What are the most common crimes in Edison?
By the model's expected count, the most common crimes against people and property are other larceny (about 520 a year), theft from vehicle (about 504 a year) and shoplifting (about 292 a year).
Are car break-ins common in Edison?
The model expects about 504 thefts from vehicles a year in Edison, 1.7 times the U.S. rate per resident.
Are car thefts common in Edison?
The model expects about 79 motor vehicle thefts a year in Edison, 55% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Is Edison safe at night?
The model's major-crime index is 101 on Sunday to Thursday nights from 6pm to 6am, against 93 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 Edison higher than the New Jersey average?
Edison's major-crime index is 90, 16% above the New Jersey rate per resident. New Jersey as a whole is 78, where 100 is the U.S. rate.
How does crime in Edison compare with Metuchen?
Metuchen, 1 mile away, has a major-crime index of 50, 44% below Edison's rate per resident. Edison's is 90.
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. Edison's figures add up its 81 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- Edison 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: 110,334. Model updated Nov 10, 2026. Release 2026-11-10
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in Edison, New Jersey." Vorp Labs, updated November 9, 2026 (model Nov 10, 2026). https://crimemetric.com/nj/edison
Quote this page's aggregate figures with a link to it. Data terms
Use these numbers in your product
Any U.S. address by API or MCP, free for 10,000 lookups a month.
Get a free API keyNearest cities we publish
Major-crime index, U.S. = 100
- Metuchen1 mi50
- Menlo Park Terrace3 mi76
- Fords3 mi107
- South Plainfield3 mi123
- Iselin4 mi58
- Keasbey4 mi91
- Highland Park4 mi50
- Woodbridge Township4 mi75