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Safety in Newark

Newark ranks T#39 of 134 US cities for staying safe, with a safety score of 71 — Very Fun. That puts it in the 72nd percentile nationally and #1 of 2 in New Jersey.

safety score
71
Very Fun
National rank
T#39 of 134
In New Jersey
#1 of 2
Percentile
72nd

The typical city scores 50 for staying safe; Newark sits 21 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 Newark

  1. #37 Santa Barbara, CA 73
  2. #38 Anaheim, CA 72
  3. T#39 Newark, NJ — this page 71
  4. #41 Lincoln, NE 70
  5. #42 Jersey City, NJ 69

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 Newark

Newark scores 36 overall (Some Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: