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Home • Hate Crime • 2018 • Tables • Table 13 State Cuts • New Jersey

New Jersey

NEW JERSEY

Hate Crime Incidents

per Bias Motivation and Quarter

by Agency, 2018

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 308 198 53 4 1 7
Cities 277 183 46 4 1 7
Aberdeen Township 2 0 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 2 18,378
Barnegat Township 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 22,777
Berkeley Heights Township 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13,646
Berlin 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7,495
Beverly 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2,497
Bloomingdale 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 8,211
Boonton 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 8,236
Bordentown Township 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 12,323
Brick Township 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 74,712
Bridgeton 4 1 4 0 0 0 5 0 1 3 24,386
Bridgewater Township 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 45,050
Brooklawn 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1,904
Burlington City 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9,817
Camden County Police Department 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 73,140
Carteret 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 23,921
Cedar Grove Township 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 12,566
Chatham 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8,793
Cherry Hill Township 2 2 2 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 70,578
Cinnaminson Township 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 16,630
Clifton 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 85,732
Closter 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 8,691
Colts Neck Township 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9,944
Cranbury Township 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3,900
Deal 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 730
Delanco Township 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4,509
Denville Township 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 16,737
Dover 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17,982
Dumont 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 17,825
East Brunswick Township2 7 5 3 0 0 0 3 4 3 4 48,342
East Hanover Township 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11,084
East Orange 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 64,625
East Rutherford 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 9,941
Edison Township 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 101,309
Egg Harbor Township 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 43,276
Elizabeth 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 129,080
Emerson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7,679
Englewood 6 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 2 28,988
Evesham Township2 12 10 1 0 0 0 7 8 5 2 45,354
Fair Lawn 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 33,413
Fort Lee 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 37,729
Franklin Lakes 0 5 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 11,191
Franklin Township, Somerset County 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 66,624
Freehold Borough 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11,873
Freehold Township 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 34,896
Galloway Township 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 36,467
Glen Ridge 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7,622
Gloucester City 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11,167
Hackensack 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 44,926
Haddonfield 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 11,253
Hamilton Township, Atlantic County 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 87,889
Hamilton Township, Mercer County2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 26,380
Hanover Township 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 14,583
Hardyston Township 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7,823
Harrison Township 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12,915
Haworth 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3,463
Highland Park 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13,989
Highlands 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4,794
Hightstown 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5,289
Hillsborough Township 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 39,796
Hillsdale 2 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 7 10,484
Hoboken 3 1 3 0 0 0 2 4 1 0 55,096
Holmdel Township 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 16,621
Hopewell Township 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 18,000
Howell Township 11 2 1 0 0 0 2 8 1 3 52,672
Jackson Township 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 56,706
Jefferson Township 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 21,071
Jersey City 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 270,175
Keansburg 7 1 3 0 0 0 3 2 3 3 9,766
Lakewood Township 2 16 0 0 0 0 3 3 11 1 102,915
Lambertville 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3,811
Leonia 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9,175
Lincoln Park 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10,308
Linden 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 42,806
Little Egg Harbor Township 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 21,087
Little Falls Township 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 14,306
Livingston Township 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 29,820
Lodi 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 24,720
Long Branch 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 30,750
Lower Township 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 21,617
Madison 12 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 11 15,832
Mahwah Township 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 26,501
Manalapan Township 4 5 1 0 0 0 3 3 2 2 40,150
Mansfield Township, Burlington County 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 8,577
Maple Shade Township 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 18,772
Maplewood Township 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 24,635
Marlboro Township 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 40,338
Medford Township 4 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 3 23,558
Mendham 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4,905
Merchantville 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3,712
Metuchen 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 14,262
Middle Township 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 18,358
Middletown Township 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 65,469
Millburn Township 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 20,250
Millville 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 27,837
Monmouth Beach 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3,231
Monroe Township, Gloucester County 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 1 36,498
Monroe Township, Middlesex County 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 45,597
Montclair 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 38,893
Montgomery Township 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 23,515
Montville Township 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 21,396
Moorestown Township 6 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 1 20,510
Morris Township 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 22,183
Mountainside 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6,925
Mount Holly Township 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 9,658
Mount Laurel Township 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 41,629
Neptune Township 8 8 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 17 27,825
New Brunswick 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 56,577
New Milford 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 16,701
New Providence 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 13,283
Newton 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 7,824
North Arlington 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15,868
North Bergen Township2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 63,166
Northfield 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8,324
North Haledon 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 8,469
Ocean Township, Monmouth County 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 26,947
Old Bridge Township 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 66,321
Oradell 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 8,243
Paramus 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 26,744
Parsippany-Troy Hills Township 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 52,447
Paulsboro 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5,812
Pemberton Township 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 27,212
Pennsauken Township 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 35,420
Piscataway Township 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 57,342
Pitman 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 8,696
Pleasantville 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20,799
Point Pleasant Beach 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4,472
Pompton Lakes 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 11,062
Princeton 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 31,856
Rahway 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 30,113
Randolph Township 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 25,552
Raritan Township 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 22,092
Ridgefield Park 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13,028
Ridgewood 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 25,429
Riverside Township 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7,875
River Vale Township 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10,157
Rockaway Township 9 3 2 0 0 0 9 2 1 2 25,328
Roselle 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 21,787
Scotch Plains Township 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 24,423
Sea Girt 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1,766
Secaucus 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20,482
Shrewsbury 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4,170
South Brunswick Township2 4 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 1 46,340
South Orange Village 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 16,880
South Plainfield 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 24,238
Sparta Township 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 18,694
Spotswood 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 8,364
Stanhope 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3,306
Summit 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 22,125
Teaneck Township 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 40,939
Tenafly 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 14,742
Tinton Falls 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 17,754
Toms River Township 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 92,191
Totowa 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10,666
Tuckerton 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3,336
Union City 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 69,950
Verona 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13,437
Vineland 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 60,330
Voorhees Township2 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 29,071
Washington Township, Gloucester County 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 47,024
Washington Township, Morris County 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 18,484
Washington Township, Warren County 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6,434
Wayne Township 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 54,340
Weehawken Township 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15,567
Westampton Township 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8,752
Westfield2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 30,011
West New York 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 54,095
West Orange 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 48,071
West Windsor Township 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 28,277
Willingboro Township 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 32,124
Winslow Township 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 38,382
Woodbridge Township 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 100,884
Woodbury 12 0 3 1 0 0 3 4 4 5 9,746
Universities and Colleges 29 15 7 0 0 0
Monmouth University 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7,049
Montclair State University 6 3 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 5 23,989
Princeton University 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 8,483
Rutgers University:
Newark 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15,098
New Brunswick2 12 12 6 0 0 0 7 7 9 6 56,027
The College of New Jersey 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 8,792
State Police Agencies 1 0 0 0 0 0
State Police, Atlantic County 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Other Agencies 1 0 0 0 0 0
New Jersey Transit Police 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
  • 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 2017 school year, the most recent available. The enrollment figures include full-time and part-time students.
  • 2 The figures shown include one incident reported with more than one bias motivation.