Crime in West New York, New Jersey
Major crime in West New York is 31% below the U.S. rate per resident: 36% lower for persons crimes and 30% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 19.0% from a year earlier.
Modeled estimates per resident, not counts of incidents. How we calculated this
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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No crime type in West New York is more than 10% above the U.S. rate
Expected crimes per year in West New York for each type, and the index against the U.S. rate per resident.
Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live
Property crimes
Social disorder
How crime varies across West New York
The middle half of West New York residents live in neighborhoods with a major-crime index between 49 and 84; the typical (median) resident's is 65.
- 0–5027.4%
- 50–10066.0%
- 100–2005.5%
- 200–4001.1%
- 400+0.0%
Share of residents by the index of their census block group, a neighborhood of roughly 600 to 3,000 people.
Highest on weekday daytimes
Major-crime index by time of week, against the U.S. rate for the same hours.
Major crime fell 19.0% in a year; across New Jersey it fell 10.2%
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.
West New York against U.S. places with 50,000 to 100,000 residents
379 of the 540 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than West New York; the middle of the group is 92. The 9 nearest in population:
Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; residents in gray.
West New York 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, Guttenberg (1 mi), is 22% below West New York's rate.
Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; distances between where residents live, in miles.
Questions about crime in West New York
What are the most common crimes in West New York?
By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 294 a year), shoplifting (about 110 a year) and aggravated assault (about 75 a year). Compared with the U.S., other larceny stands out most: 8% 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. West New York's figures add up its 30 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- West New York has no published incident records in our data, so its estimate relies on agency totals and neighborhood characteristics.
- 23.1% 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: 54,375. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in West New York, New Jersey." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/nj/west-new-york
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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100
- Guttenberg1 mi53
- Union City2 mi78
- Secaucus3 mi138
- Cliffside Park3 mi36
- Hoboken3 mi75
- Ridgefield3 mi40
- Palisades Park4 mi31
- Little Ferry5 mi39