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Leonia, 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 2023 calendar year; released from FBI in October 2024 (latest available). Updated annually." Where is 2024 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

Leonia has an overall crime rate of 10 per 1,000 residents, making the crime rate here near the average for all cities and towns of all sizes in America. According to our analysis of FBI crime data, your chance of becoming a victim of crime in Leonia is 1 in 103. How does Leonia fare compared to other communities in New Jersey of all population sizes? Leonia's crime rate is lower than approximately 51% of New Jersey communities.

How does the crime rate in Leonia compare to similar sized communities across America? When NeighborhoodScout compared Leonia with other communities its size, we found that the crime rate was near the average for all other communities of similar size. So, whether Leonia's crime rate is high or low compared to all places in the US, when we control for population size and compare it to places that are similar in size, it is near the middle of the pack in crime rate; not much more or less dangerous, and about what we would expect from the statistics.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Leonia 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 Leonia.

For Leonia, 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 Leonia than in most of America. One's chance of becoming a victim of a violent crime here is one in 1551, which is a violent crime rate of 1 per one thousand inhabitants.

Moreover, the rate of property crime in Leonia; burglary, larceny ($50 or more), grand theft auto, and arson; is 9 per 1,000 residents. This is about average for all cities and towns in America of all population sizes.

Leonia Crime Data

total Crime Index

46

(100 is safest)


Safer than 46% of U.S. cities.

Leonia Annual Crimes

  Violent Property Total

Number of Crimes

6

84

90

Crime Rate
(per 1,000 residents)

0.64

9.03

9.67

Violent Crime

Violent Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

20 15 10 5 0
0.64
2.21
National Median: 4
    Leonia
    New Jersey

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Violent Crime

1 in 1,551

in Leonia

1 in 452

in New Jersey

Leonia Violent Crimes

Population: 9,303
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total 0 0 4 2
Rate per 1,000 0.00 0.00 0.43 0.21

United States Violent Crimes

Population: 334,914,895
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total 19,252 127,216 222,795 884,550
Rate per 1,000 0.06 0.38 0.67 2.64

Property Crime

Property Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

100 75 50 25 0
9.03
15.22
National Median: 19
    Leonia
    New Jersey

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Property Crime

1 in 111

in Leonia

1 in 66

in New Jersey

Property Crimes

Population: 9,303
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total 24 51 9
Rate per 1,000 2.58 5.48 0.97

United States Property Crimes

Population: 334,914,895
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total 839,563 4,512,064 1,067,522
Rate per 1,000 2.51 13.47 3.19

Leonia Crimes Per Square Mile

200 150 100 50 0
55
66
National Median: 26.5
    Leonia
    New Jersey