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Short Hills, NJ crime analytics

Source & Methodology

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

The crime rate in Short Hills is considerably higher than the national average across all communities in America from the largest to the smallest, although at 23 crimes per one thousand residents, it is not among the communities with the very highest crime rate. The chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime in Short Hills is 1 in 43. Based on FBI crime data, Short Hills is not one of the safest communities in America. Relative to New Jersey, Short Hills has a crime rate that is higher than 87% of the state's cities and towns of all sizes.

Importantly, when you compare Short Hills to other communities of similar population, then Short Hills crime rate (violent and property crimes combined) is quite a bit higher than average. Regardless of how Short Hills does relative to all communities in America of all sizes, when NeighborhoodScout compared it to communities of similar population size, its crime rate per thousand residents stands out as higher than most.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Short Hills 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 Short Hills.

For Short Hills, 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 Short Hills than in most of America. One's chance of becoming a victim of a violent crime here is one in 4807, which is a violent crime rate of 0 per one thousand inhabitants.

NeighborhoodScout's analysis also reveals that Short Hills's rate for property crime is 23 per one thousand population. This makes Short Hills a place where there is an above average chance of becoming a victim of a property crime, when compared to all other communities in America of all population sizes. Property crimes are motor vehicle theft, arson, larceny, and burglary. Your chance of becoming a victim of any of these crimes in Short Hills is one in 43.

Short Hills Crime Data

total Crime Index

17

(100 is safest)


Safer than 17% of U.S. cities.

Short Hills Annual Crimes

  Violent Property Total

Number of Crimes

3

333

336

Crime Rate
(per 1,000 residents)

0.21

23.09

23.30

Violent Crime

Violent Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

20 15 10 5 0
0.21
2.03
National Median: 4
    Short Hills
    New Jersey

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Violent Crime

1 in 4,807

in Short Hills

1 in 493

in New Jersey

Short Hills Violent Crimes

Population: 14,422
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total Unreported Unreported Unreported Unreported
Rate per 1,000 Unreported Unreported Unreported Unreported

United States Violent Crimes

Population: 333,287,557
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

Property Crime

Property Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

100 75 50 25 0
23.09
14.17
National Median: 20
    Short Hills
    New Jersey

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Property Crime

1 in 43

in Short Hills

1 in 71

in New Jersey

Property Crimes

Population: 14,422
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total Unreported Unreported Unreported
Rate per 1,000 Unreported Unreported Unreported

United States Property Crimes

Population: 333,287,557
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total 899,293 4,672,363 942,173
Rate per 1,000 2.70 14.02 2.83

Short Hills Crimes Per Square Mile

200 150 100 50 0
64
61
National Median: 27.0
    Short Hills
    New Jersey