StateMaster - New Jerseyan Crime statistics

Arson deaths	0	[35th of 49]
Firearms Death Rate per 100,000	4.9	[48th of 51]
Homicide > Victims by Sex > Female	25.5 %	[25th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Weapon > Other Weapons	20.5 %	[33rd of 49]
Lynchings > Black	1	[33rd of 44]
Lynchings > Total	2	[41st of 44]
Lynchings > White	1	[41st of 44]
Motor vehicle theft	24,724	[16th of 51]
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter	428	[14th of 51]
Prisoners under the jurisdiction of State or Federal correctional authorities	26,757	[15th of 50]
Property crime total	199,958	[16th of 51]
Robbery	13,357	[12th of 51]
State and Federal prisoners held in local jails	1,258	[12th of 44]
State and Federal prisoners held in private facilities	251	[26th of 50]
State Prisoners > Number of deaths	129	[15th of 50]
State Prisons > Number of Homicides	0	[49th of 50]
State Prisons > Number of Suicides	3	[27th of 50]
Terrorism > Victims of 9-11	694	[2nd of 40]
Violent crime	30,672	[16th of 51]
Women under the jurisdiction of State or Federal correctional authorities	147	[43rd of 50]

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SOURCES: US Fire Administration, 2001; statehealthfacts.org; Bureau of Justice Statistics ; UMKC School of Law; Bureau of Justice Statistics; Bureau of Justice Statistics; Bureau of Justice Statistics, State Prisoner Suicides and Homicides, 2001.; September 11th, 2001 Victims, website memorial, last update - Sept. 21, 2002.

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