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Irvington, NJ crime & safety

Irvington's reported crime rate is well above New Jersey's. Most reported incidents are property crimes, mainly thefts. 245 violent crimes were reported in 2025.

Crime reported to police, trends and how Irvington compares with the towns next door, from FBI data.

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Irvington’s Safety Grade: D

Irvington reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 86% report less.

C-Violent crimeDProperty crime→Steady since 2023
All U.S. towns we grade (6,620)Safer than 14%
More reported crimeLess reported crime
New Jersey towns we grade (318)Safer than 5%
Places of 25,000–100,000 people (1,259)Safer than 17%
Good confidence. Built on 5,463 incidents over 3 years. With counts this size, ordinary swings could put Irvington anywhere from D to C-.
How the Safety Grade works
  • One score, from FBI data. Property crimes + 4 × violent crimes reported to police, per resident, pooled over the FBI’s latest 3 years (2023–2025). Violent crime counts four times as much because it matters more to how safe a place feels. It’s the same score behind our Safest towns in NJ ranking.
  • Graded on a national curve. Every U.S. town and city with 1,000+ residents that reported all 3 years (6,620 places) is lined up by score: A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
  • Violent and property sub-grades use the same curve on each rate alone.
  • Trend compares 2025 with 2023 and only says “improving” or “rising” when the change is bigger than normal year-to-year swings.
  • Not graded: towns under 1,000 people, and towns missing any of the 3 years.
  • What it can’t see: unreported crime, traffic safety, or which part of town incidents happen in. Towns with a campus, highway or big shopping center count incidents involving visitors. It’s our own summary of public data, not an official rating.
Reported crime, 2025

Irvington at a glance

Violent crime
4
per 1,000 residents · New Jersey 2
Property crime
25.3
per 1,000 residents · New Jersey 12.7
Incidents reported
1,814
245 violent · 1,569 property
Since 2023
▼ 1%
change in reported property crime
Violent crime per 1,000
Irvington 4
New Jersey 2
U.S. 3.3
Property crime per 1,000
Irvington 25.3
New Jersey 12.7
U.S. 15.5
Trend

Reported crime per 1,000 residents, 2023–2025

IrvingtonNew Jersey
051015202530 202320242025 Property Violent
Solid lines: property crime · dashed: violent crime.
Show as a table
YearIrvington propertyNew Jersey propertyIrvington violentNew Jersey violent
202325.615.54.72.3
202425.814.34.42.2
202525.312.742
What gets reported

2025, by type

Larceny / theft
921
Burglary
83
Vehicle theft
565
Aggravated assault
108
Robbery
108
Rape
28
Homicide
1
Arson
0

Offenses reported to police, not convictions.

Who keeps Irvington safe

Local public safety

👮 Irvington Police DepartmentReports its crime counts to the FBI — the figures on this page.
🚨 EmergenciesCall 911. For non-emergency numbers, alerts and preparedness, see the town guide.

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Nearby

Irvington and its neighbors

Reported crime per 1,000 residents in each town's latest year. * = a count, for towns under 1,000 people. Grade: the Safety Grade; — = not graded.
TownGradeViolentPropertyYear
IrvingtonD425.32025
NewarkC-5.217.82025
MaplewoodB0.58.82025
UnionB-0.215.92025
How to read these numbers

What this data can and can't tell you

  • It's reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many thefts and some assaults are never reported.
  • Small numbers swing. In a town of about 62,000, a handful of incidents moves the rate noticeably from year to year. The trend matters more than any one year.
  • Visitors count too. Towns with a campus, highway, beach or shopping center see incidents involving people who don't live there, which raises the per-resident rate.
  • Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn't report a full year, not that nothing happened.

Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. This isn't an official statement of public safety — in an emergency, call 911.

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