Safety · Kearny
Kearny, NJ crime & safety
Kearny's reported crime rate is well above New Jersey's. Most reported incidents are property crimes, mainly thefts. 90 violent crimes were reported in 2025.
Crime reported to police, trends and how Kearny compares with the towns next door, from FBI data.
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A grade needs all of the FBI's latest years (2023–2025). Kearny's police department reported only 2023 and 2025, so we don't grade it yet. The figures below are still real.
Reported crime, 2025
Kearny at a glance
Violent crime
2.2
per 1,000 residents · New Jersey 2
Property crime
26
per 1,000 residents · New Jersey 12.7
Incidents reported
1,147
90 violent · 1,057 property
Since 2022
▲ 17%
change in reported property crime
Violent crime per 1,000
Property crime per 1,000
Trend
Reported crime per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025
KearnyNew Jersey
Solid lines: property crime · dashed: violent crime.
Show as a table
| Year | Kearny property | New Jersey property | Kearny violent | New Jersey violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 22.3 | 14.3 | 1.2 | 2.2 |
| 2023 | 25.7 | 15.5 | 1.6 | 2.3 |
| 2024 | not reported | 14.3 | not reported | 2.2 |
| 2025 | 26 | 12.7 | 2.2 | 2 |
What gets reported
2025, by type
Larceny / theft
791
Burglary
195
Vehicle theft
71
Aggravated assault
61
Robbery
17
Rape
11
Homicide
1
Arson
2
Offenses reported to police, not convictions.
Who keeps Kearny safe
Local public safety
👮 Kearny 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.
Nearby
Kearny 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.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kearny | — | 2.2 | 26 | 2025 |
| Lyndhurst | B+ | 0.3 | 8 | 2025 |
| North Arlington | — | 1 | 10.3 | 2025 |
| Newark | C- | 5.2 | 17.8 | 2025 |
| Jersey City | C- | 4.9 | 18.3 | 2025 |
| Harrison | C | 2.1 | 13.1 | 2025 |
| Secaucus | C- | 1 | 23.8 | 2025 |
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 40,600, 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.