Safety · West Caldwell
West Caldwell, NJ crime & safety
West Caldwell's reported crime rate is below New Jersey's. Most reported incidents are property crimes, mainly thefts. 4 violent crimes were reported in 2025.
Crime reported to police, trends and how West Caldwell compares with the towns next door, from FBI data.
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A−
West Caldwell’s Safety Grade: A-
West Caldwell reports less crime per resident than 78% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade.
AViolent crimeBProperty crime→Steady since 2023
All U.S. towns we grade (6,620)Safer than 78%
More reported crimeLess reported crime
New Jersey towns we grade (318)Safer than 62%
Places of 5,000–25,000 people (2,890)Safer than 77%
Good confidence. Built on 285 incidents over 3 years. With counts this size, ordinary swings could put West Caldwell anywhere from B+ to A-.
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
West Caldwell at a glance
Violent crime
0.4
per 1,000 residents · New Jersey 2
Property crime
9.7
per 1,000 residents · New Jersey 12.7
Incidents reported
113
4 violent · 109 property
Since 2022
▲ 35%
change in reported property crime
Violent crime per 1,000
Property crime per 1,000
Trend
Reported crime per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025
West CaldwellNew Jersey
Solid lines: property crime · dashed: violent crime.
Show as a table
| Year | West Caldwell property | New Jersey property | West Caldwell violent | New Jersey violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7.2 | 14.3 | 0.1 | 2.2 |
| 2023 | 7.9 | 15.5 | 0.3 | 2.3 |
| 2024 | 7.3 | 14.3 | 0.4 | 2.2 |
| 2025 | 9.7 | 12.7 | 0.4 | 2 |
What gets reported
2025, by type
Larceny / theft
91
Burglary
14
Vehicle theft
4
Aggravated assault
2
Robbery
2
Rape
0
Homicide
0
Arson
0
Offenses reported to police, not convictions.
Who keeps West Caldwell safe
Local public safety
👮 West Caldwell 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
West Caldwell 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Caldwell | A- | 0.4 | 9.7 | 2025 |
| Caldwell | A | 0.2 | 4.6 | 2025 |
| East Hanover | B- | 0.4 | 20 | 2025 |
| Essex Fells | B | 0 | 14 | 2025 |
| Roseland | — | 0.2 | 7.5 | 2024 |
| North Caldwell | — | 0.3 | 1.5 | 2025 |
No town figures in the FBI's data: Fairfield.
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 11,200, 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.