CrimeMetric

Crime in Totowa, New Jersey

Major crime in Totowa is about the U.S. rate per resident: 71% lower for persons crimes and 12% higher for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 8.2% from a year earlier.

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

Major crime
97
about the U.S. rate
24% above the New Jersey rate
down 8.2% in a year
Persons crimes
29
71% below the U.S. rate
51% below the New Jersey rate
down 6.4% in a year
Property crimes
112
12% above the U.S. rate
37% above the New Jersey rate
down 8.3% in a year
Social disorder
24
76% below the U.S. rate
57% below the New Jersey rate
down 4.3% 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

Shoplifting stands out most, at 1.7 times the U.S. rate

Expected crimes per year in Totowa 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 Totowa

The middle half of Totowa residents live in neighborhoods with a major-crime index between 42 and 68; the typical (median) resident's is 52. The citywide figure (97) is higher than that because crime concentrates in a smaller set of areas.

Map of Totowa, 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. Highways and boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau.
  • 0–5046.9%
  • 50–10033.0%
  • 100–2004.6%
  • 200–40015.0%
  • 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 on weekday daytimes

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

Monday to Friday, 6am to 6pm108
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am95
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm92
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am74
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 8.2% in a year; across New Jersey it fell 10.2%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-8.2%NJ -10.2%-12.5%NJ -11.5%
Persons crimes-6.4%NJ -7.9%-5.3%NJ -1.4%
Property crimes-8.3%NJ -10.5%-12.9%NJ -13.1%
Social disorder-4.3%NJ -5.4%-2.4%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

Totowa against U.S. places with 10,000 to 25,000 residents

717 of the 2,149 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Totowa; the middle of the group is 72. The 9 nearest in population:

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

Nearby places

Totowa has a higher major-crime index than 6 of its 8 nearest neighbors

The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Woodland Park (1 mi), is 48% below Totowa's rate.

Paterson3 mi159
Clifton4 mi100
Totowa97
Haledon3 mi76
Hawthorne5 mi33
Preakness3 mi32
Singac2 mi28

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

Questions about crime in Totowa

What are the most common crimes in Totowa?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 64 a year), shoplifting (about 60 a year) and theft from vehicle (about 34 a year). Compared with the U.S., shoplifting stands out most: 1.7 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. Totowa's figures add up its 10 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Totowa 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: 11,290. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100