Safety · West Orange
West Orange, NJ crime & safety
West Orange's reported crime rate is below New Jersey's. Most reported incidents are property crimes, mainly thefts. 55 violent crimes were reported in 2025.
Crime reported to police, trends and how West Orange compares with the towns next door, from FBI data.
TownTapestry Safety GradeNew
B−
West Orange’s Safety Grade: B-
West Orange reports less crime per resident than 51% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade. New Jersey has less reported crime than most states, so among its own towns West Orange sits closer to the middle.
BViolent crimeC+Property crime▼Improving since 2023
All U.S. towns we grade (6,620)Safer than 51%
More reported crimeLess reported crime
New Jersey towns we grade (318)Safer than 30%
Places of 25,000–100,000 people (1,259)Safer than 63%
High confidence. Built on 2,098 incidents over 3 years; ordinary year-to-year swings wouldn't change the grade.
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 Orange at a glance
Violent crime
1.1
per 1,000 residents · New Jersey 2
Property crime
9.3
per 1,000 residents · New Jersey 12.7
Incidents reported
515
55 violent · 460 property
Since 2022
▼ 40%
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 OrangeNew Jersey
Solid lines: property crime · dashed: violent crime.
Show as a table
| Year | West Orange property | New Jersey property | West Orange violent | New Jersey violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 15.4 | 14.3 | 1.8 | 2.2 |
| 2023 | 15.3 | 15.5 | 2 | 2.3 |
| 2024 | 14.2 | 14.3 | 1.4 | 2.2 |
| 2025 | 9.3 | 12.7 | 1.1 | 2 |
What gets reported
2025, by type
Larceny / theft
363
Burglary
55
Vehicle theft
42
Aggravated assault
38
Robbery
7
Rape
10
Homicide
0
Arson
0
Offenses reported to police, not convictions.
Who keeps West Orange safe
Local public safety
👮 West Orange 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.
Next door
West Orange 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 Orange | B- | 1.1 | 9.3 | 2025 |
| Montclair | B+ | 0.8 | 7.9 | 2025 |
| Livingston | B+ | 0.5 | 6.5 | 2025 |
| South Orange Village | B | 1 | 12.5 | 2025 |
| Essex Fells | B | 0 | 14 | 2025 |
| Verona | A | 0.2 | 3 | 2025 |
| Millburn | B- | 0.1 | 16.4 | 2025 |
No town figures in the FBI's data: City of Orange.
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 49,300, 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.