CrimeMetric

Crime in Menlo Park Terrace, New Jersey

Major crime in Menlo Park Terrace is 19% below the U.S. rate per resident: 58% lower for persons crimes and 11% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 4.1% from a year earlier.

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

Major crime
81
19% below the U.S. rate
about the New Jersey rate
down 4.1% in a year
Persons crimes
42
58% below the U.S. rate
29% below the New Jersey rate
down 6.8% in a year
Property crimes
89
11% below the U.S. rate
9% above the New Jersey rate
down 3.8% in a year
Social disorder
63
37% below the U.S. rate
14% above the New Jersey rate
down 2.8% 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

Theft from vehicle stands out most, at 41% above the U.S. rate

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

Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live

IndexPer year

Neighborhoods in Menlo Park Terrace

Menlo Park Terrace is made up of 3 census block groups. The typical resident lives where the major-crime index is 63; the middle half of residents live where it is between 25 and 63.

Map of Menlo Park Terrace, with its census block groups shaded by major-crime index band
Block groups shaded by major-crime index, in the key's bands below; pale gray where fewer than 100 people live. Highways and boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau.
  • 0–5041.4%
  • 50–10039.5%
  • 100–2000.0%
  • 200–40019.0%
  • 400+0.0%

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

When it happens

Highest in the daytime

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

Monday to Friday, 6am to 6pm86
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am76
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm87
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am68
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 4.1% in a year; across New Jersey it fell 10.2%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-4.1%NJ -10.2%-13.3%NJ -11.5%
Persons crimes-6.8%NJ -7.9%-1.0%NJ -1.4%
Property crimes-3.8%NJ -10.5%-14.6%NJ -13.1%
Social disorder-2.8%NJ -5.4%-6.9%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

Menlo Park Terrace against U.S. places with 2,000 to 5,000 residents

569 of the 1,761 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Menlo Park Terrace; the middle of the group is 58. The 9 nearest in population:

Vinton, LA3,107191
Wewoka, OK3,109126
Menlo Park Terrace, NJ3,10581
Weston, WV3,10445
Many, LA3,10834

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

Nearby places

Menlo Park Terrace has a higher major-crime index than 5 of its 8 nearest neighbors

The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Fords (1 mi), is 34% above Menlo Park Terrace's rate.

Woodbridge2 mi110
Fords1 mi108
Keasbey3 mi88
Menlo Park Terrace81
Avenel3 mi66
Iselin1 mi57
Sewaren3 mi51
Metuchen2 mi51
Colonia3 mi45

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

Questions about crime in Menlo Park Terrace

What are the most common crimes in Menlo Park Terrace?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 14 a year), theft from vehicle (about 12 a year) and shoplifting (about 9 a year). Compared with the U.S., theft from vehicle stands out most: 41% above 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. Menlo Park Terrace's figures add up its 3 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Menlo Park Terrace has no published incident records in our data, so its estimate relies on agency totals and neighborhood characteristics.
  • 0.0% 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: 3,105. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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CrimeMetric. "Crime in Menlo Park Terrace, New Jersey." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/nj/menlo-park-terrace

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100