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Table 13

NEW JERSEY

Hate Crime Incidents
per Bias Motivation and Quarter
by State and Agency, 2011

Agency type Agency name Number of incidents per bias motivation Number of incidents per quarter1 Population2
Race Religion Sexual
orientation 		Ethnicity Disability 1st
quarter 		2nd
quarter 		3rd
quarter 		4th
quarter
Total 222 166 61 52 7
Cities 218 163 61 52 7
Aberdeen Township 6 1 4 0 0 3 4 1 3 18,271
Alpine 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1,855
Asbury Park 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 16,170
Atlantic City 4 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 39,690
Audubon 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8,848
Bayonne 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 63,234
Belleville 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 36,046
Berkeley Township 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 41,392
Boonton Township 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4,277
Branchburg Township 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 14,507
Brick Township 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 75,322
Brielle 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 4,790
Buena 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 4,618
Burlington 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 9,953
Butler 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 7,564
Byram Township 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8,378
Camden 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 77,604
Cherry Hill Township 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 71,281
Chesterfield Township 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 7,725
Clark Township 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14,805
Clementon 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5,017
Cliffside Park 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 23,673
Clinton Township 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13,523
Colts Neck Township 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10,176
Cranbury Township 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3,870
Cranford Township 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 22,700
Deal 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 752
Delran Township 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 16,952
Denville Township 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 16,690
East Brunswick Township 1 5 0 1 0 1 3 1 2 47,670
Eatontown 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 12,751
Edison Township 2 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 3 100,300
Egg Harbor Township 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 43,467
Elizabeth 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 125,386
Evesham Township 2 3 2 0 0 2 3 1 1 45,690
Ewing Township 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 35,909
Fair Lawn 2 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 2 32,565
Fort Lee 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 2 2 35,463
Franklin Lakes 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 10,625
Freehold 2 1 0 3 0 1 2 1 2 12,092
Freehold Township 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 36,304
Galloway Township 2 2 1 1 0 2 2 1 1 37,473
Glassboro 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 18,641
Gloucester Township 1 2 1 3 0 2 2 1 2 64,849
Green Brook Township 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 7,227
Greenwich Township, Warren County 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5,731
Hackensack 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 43,157
Haddon Township 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 14,756
Hamilton Township, Atlantic County 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 26,591
Hammonton 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14,840
Hanover Township 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13,758
Harding Township 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3,851
Highland Park 1 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 9 14,029
Hillsborough Township 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 38,430
Hoboken 2 0 3 1 0 3 2 0 1 50,171
Holmdel Township 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 16,829
Howell Township 8 6 1 1 0 2 2 5 7 51,245
Jackson Township 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 55,039
Jersey City 4 2 2 3 0 3 5 3 248,423
Keansburg 12 1 3 0 0 3 8 3 2 10,139
Kearny 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 40,819
Lacey Township 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 27,736
Lakehurst 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2,663
Lakewood Township 3 18 1 3 0 2 6 7 10 93,152
Lambertville 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3,919
Little Egg Harbor Township 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 20,132
Little Falls Township 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 14,480
Little Ferry 2 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 10,661
Lodi 3 1 3 0 0 2 2 2 1 24,216
Long Branch 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 30,821
Lower Township 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 22,942
Lumberton Township 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12,601
Manalapan Township 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 39,001
Manasquan 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 5,917
Manchester Township 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 43,213
Mansfield Township, Warren County 3 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 5 7,751
Maplewood Township 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 23,946
Margate City 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 6,375
Marlboro Township 4 6 0 1 0 5 3 2 1 40,325
Matawan 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 8,839
Maywood 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9,587
Medford Township 2 1 2 1 0 3 2 0 1 23,110
Mendham Township 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5,889
Merchantville 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3,834
Metuchen 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13,619
Middlesex 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 13,680
Middle Township 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 18,974
Middletown Township 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 66,743
Monroe Township, Middlesex County 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 39,262
Montclair 5 2 3 0 0 0 0 6 4 37,794
Montgomery Township 3 6 0 1 0 7 0 0 3 22,328
Montville Township 0 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 21,600
Moorestown Township 3 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 20,795
Mount Laurel Township 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 42,003
Mount Olive Township 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 28,211
Mullica Township 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6,167
Neptune Township 13 2 4 1 0 4 5 5 6 28,028
Newark 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 278,064
New Brunswick 2 3 0 1 0 1 2 1 2 55,365
New Providence 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 12,212
North Arlington 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 15,443
North Bergen Township 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 60,975
North Brunswick Township 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 40,878
North Hanover Township 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7,704
North Plainfield 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 22,009
North Wildwood 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4,054
Nutley Township 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 28,464
Oaklyn 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4,051
Ocean Township, Ocean County 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 8,360
Old Bridge Township 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 65,593
Palmyra 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 7,423
Passaic 1 2 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 70,013
Paterson 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 146,685
Paulsboro 2 0 1 0 3 0 3 3 0 6,117
Pemberton Township 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 28,005
Pennsauken Township 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 36,004
Phillipsburg 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 15,000
Piscataway Township 1 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 3 56,231
Plainsboro Township 0 2 1 1 0 1 3 0 0 23,076
Point Pleasant 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 18,453
Point Pleasant Beach 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4,681
Pompton Lakes 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 11,134
Princeton 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12,348
Ramsey 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14,521
Randolph Township 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 25,820
Ridgefield Park 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 12,771
Riverdale 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3,571
River Edge 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 11,378
Riverside Township 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 8,106
Robbinsville Township 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 13,687
Runnemede 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 8,496
Saddle River 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3,162
Sea Isle City 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2,121
Secaucus 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 16,318
Somers Point 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10,831
Somerville 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 12,138
South Brunswick Township 3 2 0 2 0 4 1 1 1 43,561
South Plainfield 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 23,463
Spotswood 3 2 2 0 0 2 1 1 3 8,284
Stafford Township 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 26,623
Teaneck Township 2 6 1 0 0 0 5 3 1 39,908
Tinton Falls 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 17,952
Union City 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 66,676
Vineland 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 60,926
Washington 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 6,483
Washington Township, Gloucester County 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 48,720
Washington Township, Warren County 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6,673
Waterford Township 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 10,684
Wayne Township 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 54,899
West Deptford Township 6 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 4 21,749
West Long Branch 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 8,124
West Orange 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 46,361
West Windsor Township 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 27,255
Wildwood 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5,343
Winslow Township 3 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 39,630
Woodbridge Township 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 99,915
Woodbury 6 0 0 1 0 2 4 0 1 10,208
State Police Agencies 4 3 0 0 0
State Police:
Atlantic County 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Burlington County 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Cumberland County 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Hunterdon County 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Sussex County 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
  • 1 Agencies published in this table indicated that at least one hate crime incident occurred in their respective jurisdictions during the quarter(s) for which they submitted a report to the Hate Crime Statistics Program. Blanks indicate quarters for which agencies did not submit reports.
  • 2 Population figures are published only for the cities.

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