How much violence does each of New Jersey’s most populous cities see?

Here’s a closer look at the State Police Uniform Crime Data for the largest cities in the state based on population. The 2016 data covers crime reported from January through December, 2016. Population figures were taken from the latest census data.

Overall, the state saw 375 homicides (up from 369 in 2015) and 1,451 rapes or attempted rapes (up from 1,362). Robberies and assaults were down, both slightly, and incidents of violent crime in the state decreased by 4.3 percent in 2016 compared to 2015…

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Major violent and property crime in the mid-Hudson region has declined 42 percent from 1990 to 2015 despite a growing population, mirroring a national trend.

The question is: Do you feel safer?

A recent national poll suggests people don’t. The Gallup poll done in October 2016 found that Americans’ direct experience with crime was at a 16-year high, reflecting a gradual increase in the percentage who said they or a household member had been the victim of a robbery, vandalism or violent crime in the past year.

In the same poll, Americans’ perceptions of the seriousness of crime nationally and in their local area was unchanged from 2015. But it has worsened slightly since 2001…