Analytics built by: Location, Inc.
Raw data sources: 18,000 local law enforcement agencies in the U.S.
Date(s) & Update Frequency: Reflects 2022 calendar year; released from FBI in Oct. 2023 (latest available). Updated annually. Where is 2023 data?
Methodology: Our nationwide meta-analysis overcomes the issues inherent in any crime database, including non-reporting and reporting errors. This is possible by associating the 9.4 million reported crimes in the U.S, including over 2 million geocoded point locations…. Read more about Scout's Crime Data
With a crime rate for both violent and property crime combined of 7 per 1,000 residents, the crime rate in Pompton Lakes is one of the lower rates in America among communities of all sizes (lower than 63% of America's communities). One's chance of becoming a victim of crime in Pompton Lakes is one in 145. Compared to communities within New Jersey, Pompton Lakes‘s crime rate is lower than nearly 66% of the state's cities and towns.
Compared to other communities of similar population size, Pompton Lakes has a crime rate that is noticeably lower than the average. This means that for comparably sized cities all across America, Pompton Lakes is actually safer than most according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis of FBI crime data.
Now let us turn to take a look at how Pompton Lakes does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in Pompton Lakes.
For Pompton Lakes, NeighborhoodScout found that the violent crime rate is well below the national average for all communities of all population sizes. Violent crimes such as assault, rape, murder and armed robbery happen less often in Pompton Lakes than in most of America. One's chance of becoming a victim of a violent crime here is one in 1212, which is a violent crime rate of 1 per one thousand inhabitants.
NeighborhoodScout's analysis of property crime reveals that the property crime rate in Pompton Lakes is below average to all cities and towns in the nation. This means that you are less likely to become a victim of arson, motor vehicle theft, larceny, or burglary in Pompton Lakes than in most communities in America. Your chance of becoming a victim of property crime if you live here? Just one in 165.
(100 is safest)
Violent | Property | Total | |
---|---|---|---|
Number of Crimes |
9 |
66 |
75 |
Crime Rate
|
0.83 |
6.05 |
6.88 |
Murder | Rape | Robbery | Assault | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Report Total | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
Rate per 1,000 | 0.00 | 0.28 | 0.00 | 0.55 |
Murder | Rape | Robbery | Assault | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Report Total | 21,156 | 133,294 | 220,450 | 893,980 |
Rate per 1,000 | 0.06 | 0.40 | 0.66 | 2.68 |
burglary | theft | motor vehicle theft | |
---|---|---|---|
Report Total | 5 | 59 | 2 |
Rate per 1,000 | 0.46 | 5.41 | 0.18 |
burglary | theft | motor vehicle theft | |
---|---|---|---|
Report Total | 899,293 | 4,672,363 | 942,173 |
Rate per 1,000 | 2.70 | 14.02 | 2.83 |