NEW JERSEY, after ALOT of research here is the bad town list (Newark: place to live, dangerous)

[Gonutz nj]

Originally Posted by E-TOWN-R.I.P.

Gonutz: I think this is a pretty accurate list. These would be my only changes:

Jersey City - 4
Elizabeth - 4
Hillside - 3
Perth Amboy - 2
Linden - 2
Union - 1

IMHO

well yea I could agree in ways, the thing with Union though its really suprising to go look at the stats, its actually worse than people think it has more crime than Linden...I didnt believe it either

[Gonutz nj]

Originally Posted by nykstevenyg

Btw, Union should not even be on this list. to make it tier 2? I know it has vauxhall but Union is overall a safe town. Hillside, Rahway, Linden are a lot more dangerous then Union ( and only parts of those towns are bad). I am not saying Union is as nice as other comparable towns but it does not even belong on this list.

Union is worse than people think, look up Union's stats on this website, then look at Rahway and Linden, compare

[NEWJERSEY1]

you forgot to add Englewood, Fairview, and Westwood. Old jackasses be getting arrested for Child Pornography and Robbery in those areas.

[block911]

Originally Posted by Gonutz nj

dont think anything is wrong with South Brunswick when it comes to crime lol

Cops bust South Brunswick massage parlor for prostitution - NJ.com

[Gonutz nj]

Originally Posted by block911

Cops bust South Brunswick massage parlor for prostitution - NJ.com

hahah really? wow ok well there is crime everywhere, ya know maybe its probably cuz its close to New Brunswick, which isnt the best of places

[Gonutz nj]

Originally Posted by NEWJERSEY1

you forgot to add Englewood, Fairview, and Westwood. Old jackasses be getting arrested for Child Pornography and Robbery in those areas.

well thats not cool at all, but I cant list every town that has crime cuz I would be listing almost every town, Im naming the ones that have the most and are considered to have dangerous area's. Englewood I know has some shady area's however I do know that

[nykstevenyg]

Every place has crime, Englewood should be on the list. It probably has higher crime than Union and less crime than Hillside.

[Gonutz nj]

Originally Posted by nykstevenyg

Every place has crime, Englewood should be on the list. It probably has higher crime than Union and less crime than Hillside.

Crime in Englewood by Year

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Murders - 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0
Rapes - 1 0 4 1 6 3 5 3 1
Robberies - 22 19 33 25 27 22 26 19 38
Assaults - 43 38 46 41 34 29 42 44 31
Burglaries - 129 155 201 167 121 142 141 177 145
Thefts - 344 458 429 375 344 340 368 371 246
Auto thefts 69 49 73 51 60 42 68 36
Arson 8 4 3 4 7 2 1 0 2
City-data.com crime index


Crime in Union by Year

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Murders - 1 2 3 3 6 4 3 1 1
Rapes - 17 10 1 5 16 4 10 4 4
Robberies - 181 173 206 177 176 208 178 214 182
Assaults - 122 136 116 125 134 107 134 188 219
Burglaries - 596 547 496 474 453 409 396 405 332
Thefts - 927 987 1,038 899 893 858 836 931 917
Auto thefts - 531 565 574 529 444 346 267 240 173
Arson - 3 4 4 1 0 0 3 6 7
City-data.com crime index

Union's numbers are way bigger, the information was based on this websites statistics.

[nykstevenyg]

Something needs to be remembered, Highways. For example Paramus in terms of city-data crime is quite high, go check it out. Yet living one town a way I know that Paramus is a wonderful town and is very safe. Those numbers are high because of all the shopping there. Union obviously does have probably some sort of small crime issue but having route 22 with a lot of shopping and out of towners does make it worse. Also, it is bigger then Englewood. Except for Vauxhall I still contend Union is a better town overall than Englewood.

[nobi]

I will agree with nykstevenyg on every comment he said so far. People make Union worse then it is and most of the crime that happens is around Rd 22 (car thefts, robberies) and mostly on parking lots.