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Home • Hate Crime • 2017 • Tables • Table 13 State Cuts • New Jersey

Table 13

NEW JERSEY

Hate Crime Incidents

per Bias Motivation and Quarter

by Agency, 2017

Agency type Agency name Number of incidents per bias motivation Number of incidents per quarter Population1
Race/
Ethnicity/
Ancestry 		Religion Sexual
orientation 		Disability Gender Gender
identity 		1st
quarter 		2nd
quarter 		3rd
quarter 		4th
quarter
Total 260 180 51 4 0 0
Cities 241 163 41 3 0 0
Aberdeen Township 2 3 1 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 18,403
Belmar 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5,666
Belvidere 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2,589
Bergenfield 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 27,891
Berkeley Heights Township 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13,654
Berkeley Township 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 42,036
Boonton 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 8,421
Bradley Beach 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4,236
Brick Township 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 75,566
Bridgeton 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 24,937
Bridgewater Township 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 45,417
Brigantine 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8,976
Burlington Township 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 22,772
Carteret 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 24,283
Chatham 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 9,011
Chatham Township 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10,515
Cinnaminson Township 2 3 1 0 0 0 2 3 0 1 16,696
Collingswood 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14,080
Colts Neck Township 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 9,936
Deal 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 730
Delanco Township 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4,528
Dover 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 18,339
Eastampton Township 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5,962
East Brunswick Township 11 13 0 0 0 0 4 13 5 2 49,019
East Hanover Township 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 11,284
East Orange 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 65,160
East Windsor Township 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 27,571
Eatontown 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12,258
Edison Township 6 3 1 0 0 0 2 2 4 2 102,699
Egg Harbor Township 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 43,515
Elizabeth 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 129,726
Elmwood Park 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20,515
Emerson 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7,747
Englewood 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 28,795
Evesham Township 10 7 0 1 0 0 2 4 5 7 45,314
Fair Lawn 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 33,759
Fort Lee 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 38,095
Franklin Lakes 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 10,939
Franklin Township, Somerset County 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 67,463
Freehold Borough 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11,865
Freehold Township 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 35,531
Hackensack 4 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 6 45,226
Hackettstown 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9,520
Haddonfield 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11,445
Haddon Township 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 14,731
Hamilton Township, Mercer County 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 88,723
Hanover Township 1 4 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 14,904
Harrison Township 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13,128
Haworth 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3,491
High Bridge 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3,524
Highland Park 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 14,287
Hightstown 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5,522
Hillsborough Township 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 40,369
Hoboken 3 3 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 1 55,348
Hopewell Township 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 18,633
Howell Township 7 4 0 0 0 0 4 2 4 1 52,432
Interlaken 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 798
Jefferson Township 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 21,505
Jersey City 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 267,906
Keansburg 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 7 2 9,782
Kinnelon 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 10,275
Lakewood Township 7 15 0 0 0 0 4 6 7 5 102,759
Lawrence Township, Mercer County 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 32,929
Lindenwold 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17,516
Livingston Township 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 29,987
Lodi 2 0 3 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 24,981
Lopatcong Township 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8,298
Lumberton Township 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12,286
Madison 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 16,175
Magnolia 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4,310
Manalapan Township 4 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 1 40,177
Manasquan 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 5,804
Manchester Township 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 43,916
Mansfield Township, Warren County 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7,435
Mantua Township 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15,123
Maple Shade Township 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 18,797
Maplewood Township 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 24,863
Medford Lakes 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4,038
Medford Township 3 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 23,503
Metuchen 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 13,981
Middlesex Borough 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 13,897
Millburn Township 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20,421
Monmouth Beach 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3,213
Monroe Township, Middlesex County 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 45,722
Montclair 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 39,029
Montvale 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8,653
Moorestown Township 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 20,534
Mount Laurel Township 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 41,712
Mount Olive Township 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 29,410
Mullica Township 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6,024
Neptune Township 6 0 1 0 0 0 4 1 0 2 27,757
New Brunswick 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 57,481
Newton 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 7,874
North Bergen Township 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 63,490
Northfield 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8,376
Oakland 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13,243
Ocean Township, Monmouth County 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 0 26,637
Old Bridge Township 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 67,162
Old Tappan 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6,069
Oradell 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 8,291
Palmyra 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 7,217
Paramus 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 27,075
Passaic 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 71,053
Paulsboro 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5,959
Pennsville Township 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12,564
Pequannock Township 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15,472
Piscataway Township 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 58,109
Plainfield 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 50,983
Point Pleasant 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 18,696
Pompton Lakes 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11,176
Princeton 8 7 0 0 0 0 1 6 5 3 31,845
Ramsey 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15,273
Randolph Township 4 4 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 2 25,950
Ridgewood 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 25,729
River Edge 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 11,744
Robbinsville Township 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 14,446
Roselle Park 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13,747
Shrewsbury 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4,178
South Brunswick Township 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 46,280
South Orange Village 4 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 16,407
South Plainfield 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 24,458
South River 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 16,399
Springfield Township, Union County 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 17,805
Stone Harbor 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 827
Summit 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 22,195
Teaneck Township 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 41,377
Tenafly 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 14,960
Toms River Township 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 92,543
Trenton 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 84,231
Union City 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 70,053
Union Township 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 59,051
Verona 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13,584
Vineland 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 4 60,477
Voorhees Township 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 29,532
Washington Township, Gloucester County 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 48,088
Washington Township, Warren County 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6,429
Waterford Township 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 10,817
Weehawken Township 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 15,683
Westampton Township 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 8,775
West Long Branch 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 7,944
West New York 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 54,156
West Windsor Township 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 28,495
Wildwood 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5,087
Willingboro Township 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 31,726
Woodbridge Township 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 102,129
Woodbury 27 1 4 1 0 0 4 10 14 5 9,970
Universities and Colleges 12 15 10 0 0 0
Montclair State University 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 2 20,987
Princeton University 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 8,181
Rutgers University:
Newark 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 12,321
New Brunswick 4 12 9 0 0 0 6 7 3 9 50,146
Stockton University 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 8,728
Metropolitan Counties 3 1 0 0 0 0
Bergen 1 1 0 0 0 0 2
Cape May 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Warren 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
State Police Agencies 4 1 0 1 0 0
New Jersey State Police 4 1 0 1 0 0 4 2
  • 1 Population figures are published only for the cities. The figures listed for the universities and colleges are student enrollment and were provided by the United States Department of Education for the 2016 school year, the most recent available. The enrollment figures include full-time and part-time students.

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