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Jersey City, NJ · the CityFunIndex

Safety in Jersey City

Jersey City ranks #42 of 134 US cities for staying safe, with a safety score of 69 — Fun. That puts it in the 69th percentile nationally and #2 of 2 in New Jersey.

safety score
69
Fun
National rank
#42 of 134
In New Jersey
#2 of 2
Percentile
69th

The typical city scores 50 for staying safe; Jersey City sits 19 points above the median.

How safety is measured

Reported violent and property crime rates.

The safety score is the flip side of our crime measure — 100 minus the raw crime score — so a city with less of it scores higher.

Data sources: FBI Crime Data Explorer and city open-data crime portals.

Full methodology → Glossary The raw measurement is part of the Data plan →

Ranked around Jersey City

  1. T#39 Newark, NJ 71
  2. #41 Lincoln, NE 70
  3. #42 Jersey City, NJ — this page 69
  4. T#43 Aspen, CO 68
  5. T#43 Tucson, AZ 68

See the full leaderboard — The safest cities in America →

Top US cities for staying safe

  1. #1 Jackson, WY 100
  2. #2 Gilbert, AZ 99
  3. T#3 Boise, ID 98
  4. T#3 Santa Clarita, CA 98
  5. #5 Irvine, CA 97

More about Jersey City

Jersey City scores 43 overall (Some Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: