FBI arson data · 2024
New Jersey Arson
361 arson offenses were reported by 660 New Jersey law-enforcement agencies in 2024 — 1.0% of the national total. The most was reported by Camden County Police Department (38).
New Jersey agencies with the most reported arson
| Agency | Type | County | Arsons |
|---|---|---|---|
| Camden County Police Department | County | Camden County | 38 |
| Trenton Police Department | City | Mercer County | 18 |
| Paterson Police Department | City | Passaic County | 14 |
| Newark Police Department | City | Essex County | 12 |
| Atlantic City Police Department | City | Atlantic County | 10 |
| New Jersey Transit Police | Other State Agency | Essex County | 9 |
| State Park Police | Other State Agency | Mercer County | 9 |
| Vineland Police Department | City | Cumberland County | 8 |
| Evesham Township Police Department | City | Burlington County | 7 |
| Pemberton Township Police Department | City | Burlington County | 7 |
| Lakewood Township Police Department | City | Ocean County | 7 |
| Jersey City Police Department | City | Hudson County | 6 |
| New Brunswick Police Department | City | Middlesex County | 6 |
| East Orange Police Department | City | Essex County | 5 |
| Edison Township Police Department | City | Middlesex County | 5 |
| Woodbridge Township Police Department | City | Middlesex County | 5 |
| Toms River Township Police Department | City | Ocean County | 5 |
| Little Egg Harbor Township Police Department | City | Ocean County | 5 |
| Egg Harbor Township Police Department | City | Atlantic County | 4 |
| Hamilton Township, Atlantic County Police Department | City | Atlantic County | 4 |
| Teaneck Township Police Department | City | Bergen County | 4 |
| Willingboro Township Police Department | City | Burlington County | 4 |
| Millville Police Department | City | Cumberland County | 4 |
| Hamilton Township, Mercer County Police Department | City | Mercer County | 4 |
| East Brunswick Township Police Department | City | Middlesex County | 4 |
New Jersey arson by county
By the reporting agency's headquarters county — multi-jurisdiction agencies land in one county. Counties with no reported arson are not listed.
About this data
- Counts are arson offenses (fires), not arrests. Each figure is a fire that a law-enforcement agency determined or suspected was intentionally set. Arson arrests are a different, much smaller number — most arsons are never cleared — and are tracked separately in our Arrests dataset.
- The figures are de-duplicated across the FBI's two overlapping reporting streams — the legacy SRS summary system and NIBRS incident data. Most agencies appear in both, so naively summing the two streams, as some published totals do, roughly doubles the count. Each agency here is counted once, from its best available stream.
- Reported agencies only. The total covers agencies in the FBI's 2024 master files — about 96% of the FBI's own de-duplicated figure of 36,558, which comes from its live database and includes some later-arriving reports. Nothing here is estimated, so totals slightly undercount and are not strictly comparable across areas with different reporting coverage.
- Location is the reporting agency's headquarters county, not where the fire happened. Multi-jurisdiction agencies concentrate in one county — every NYPD-reported arson lands in New York County, for example — and county figures cover geolocated agencies only, so they sum to slightly less than the national total.
- Zero and missing mean different things. A zero means agencies in that county reported to the FBI and logged no arson; a county with no figure at all had no reporting agency headquartered there.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, 2024 SRS and NIBRS files, de-duplicated by agency. pumsdata is independent and not affiliated with the FBI. How our data works.
New Jersey arson — FAQ
How many arsons were reported in New Jersey in 2024?+
361 arson offenses were reported to the FBI by 660 New Jersey law-enforcement agencies in 2024; 123 of those agencies logged at least one arson. Actual arsons are somewhat higher, since not every agency reports.
Which agency reported the most arson in New Jersey?+
Camden County Police Department, with 38 reported arson offenses in 2024 (headquartered in Camden County).
What share of U.S. arson happens in New Jersey?+
New Jersey's 361 reported arsons were 1.0% of the 34,990 reported nationwide in 2024. Reporting coverage varies by state, so shares are approximate.
Where does this data come from?+
The FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program's 2024 SRS and NIBRS files, de-duplicated by agency. Counts are arson offenses (fires), not arrests, from reporting agencies only. pumsdata is independent and not affiliated with the FBI.