Crime in Saddle Brook, New Jersey
Updated ·Vorp Labs
The model puts major crime in Saddle Brook at 41% below the U.S. rate per resident: 87% lower for persons crimes and 30% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 7.5% from a year earlier.
- Modeled from FBI crime data for the police agencies serving Saddle Brook. Where an agency didn't report to the FBI, its totals are estimated from its past reports or similar agencies.
- The model estimates about 10.2 major crimes per 1,000 residents a year (0.4 violent, 9.8 property), against 17.2 for the U.S.
- By the model's major-crime rate per resident, Saddle Brook is lower than 44% of the 364 other New Jersey places and 50% 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 Saddle Brook's 11 census block groups for 14,507 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 Saddle Brook.
- 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 Saddle Brook
Half of residents live where the major-crime index is between 28 and 84.
- 0–5041.7%
- 50–10050.4%
- 100–2007.9%
- 200–4000.0%
- 400+0.0%
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Every crime type in Saddle Brook is near or below 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 7.5% 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.
Saddle Brook against U.S. places with 10,000 to 25,000 residents
1,222 of the 2,480 other places of this size have a major-crime index at least 15% above Saddle Brook's, and 370 are within 15% of it; the middle of the group is 67. The 9 nearest in population:
U.S. = 100. Residents in gray.
Saddle Brook's major-crime index is higher than 2, lower than 5 and within 15% of 1 of its 8 nearest neighbors
The closest, Elmwood Park (1 mi), is 1.9 times Saddle Brook's rate.
U.S. = 100. Miles between population centers.
Questions about crime in Saddle Brook
Is Saddle Brook safe?
Saddle Brook's major-crime index is 59, 41% below the U.S. rate per resident and lower than 44% of the 364 other New Jersey places on CrimeMetric: violent crimes against people are 87% below the U.S. rate, and property crimes 30% below the U.S. rate.
What is the crime rate in Saddle Brook?
The model expects about 148 major crimes a year in Saddle Brook, about 10.2 per 1,000 residents, 41% below the U.S. rate.
Is crime going up or down in Saddle Brook?
Expected major crimes in Saddle Brook are down 7.5% from a year earlier; across New Jersey they're down 10.2%.
What are the most common crimes in Saddle Brook?
By the model's expected count, the most common crimes against people and property are other larceny (about 58 a year), shoplifting (about 44 a year) and theft from vehicle (about 30 a year).
Are car break-ins common in Saddle Brook?
The model expects about 30 thefts from vehicles a year in Saddle Brook, 23% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Are car thefts common in Saddle Brook?
The model expects about 4 motor vehicle thefts a year in Saddle Brook, 83% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Is Saddle Brook safe at night?
The model's major-crime index is 66 on Sunday to Thursday nights from 6pm to 6am, against 59 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 Saddle Brook higher than the New Jersey average?
Saddle Brook's major-crime index is 59, 24% below the New Jersey rate per resident. New Jersey as a whole is 78, where 100 is the U.S. rate.
How does crime in Saddle Brook compare with Elmwood Park?
Elmwood Park, 1 mile away, has a major-crime index of 113, 1.9 times Saddle Brook's rate per resident. Saddle Brook's is 59.
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. Saddle Brook's figures add up its 11 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- Saddle Brook 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: 14,507. Model updated Nov 10, 2026. Release 2026-11-10
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in Saddle Brook, New Jersey." Vorp Labs, updated November 9, 2026 (model Nov 10, 2026). https://crimemetric.com/nj/saddle-brook
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