Allegation category

Sexual Assault/Criminal Sexual Violation

Violence / criminal tier

Grouped into that tier by this site, not by the reporting agency.

New Jersey law enforcement agencies recorded 3,143 allegations in this category between 2022 and 2025, the 6th-most most reported of the 31 categories and 3.9% of all allegations statewide.

These are complaints, not findings. A complaint is recorded when somebody makes it, whether or not an investigation later sustained it, so nothing on this page establishes that any officer did anything.

Allegations

3,143

2022 to 2025

Agencies reporting

116

At least one in the period

Reported in 2025

720

669 in 2022

By year

counts

Sexual Assault/Criminal Sexual Violation allegations reported, 2022 to 2025
Category	counts
2022	669
2023	1,004
2024	750
2025	720

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Where it is reported most

Agencies reporting the most Sexual Assault/Criminal Sexual Violation allegations
Agency	County	Allegations	Share of its own
Department Of Corrections	State	2,756	31.9%
Youth Justice Commission	State	60	5.9%
Camden Police Department	Camden	24	0.4%
Camden County Corrections	Camden	20	2.5%
Jersey City Police Department	Hudson	18	0.8%
Hackensack Police Department	Bergen	13	2.9%
Paterson Police Department	Passaic	12	0.9%
Hudson County Corrections	Hudson	10	2.6%
Middlesex County Corrections	Middlesex	9	3.8%
Bayonne Police Department	Hudson	7	1.6%
New Jersey State Police	State	7	0.2%
Perth Amboy Police Department	Middlesex	7	3.4%
Cliffside Park Police Department	Bergen	6	16.2%
Somerset County Corrections	Somerset	6	3.3%
Belleville Police Department	Essex	5	2.4%
Cumberland County Corrections	Cumberland	5	3.7%
Elizabeth Police Department	Union	5	0.6%
Neptune Township Police Department	Monmouth	5	2.5%
Newark Police Department	Essex	5	0.1%
Woodbridge Township Police Department	Middlesex	5	1.3%
Clifton Police Department	Passaic	4	1.3%
Manville Police Department	Somerset	4	9.5%
Middlesex County Sheriff's Department	Middlesex	4	1.9%
Ocean County Sheriff's Department	Ocean	4	10.3%
Raritan Police Department	Somerset	4	9.3%

AnalysisThis site's calculation: each agency's count in this category divided by its own total allegations.

A high share means this category is unusually prominent in what that agency records.

Agencies where Sexual Assault/Criminal Sexual Violation is the largest share of allegations
Agency	Share	This category	All allegations
Department Of Corrections	31.9%	2,756	8,649
Youth Justice Commission	5.9%	60	1,013
Middlesex County Corrections	3.8%	9	237
West Windsor Township Police Department	3.8%	2	53
Cumberland County Corrections	3.7%	5	134
Warren County Prosecutor's Office	3.4%	3	87
Perth Amboy Police Department	3.4%	7	208
Somerset County Corrections	3.3%	6	180
Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office	3.0%	2	66
Hackensack Police Department	2.9%	13	450
Hudson County Corrections	2.6%	10	391
North Wildwood City Police Department	2.5%	2	79
Camden County Corrections	2.5%	20	797
Neptune Township Police Department	2.5%	5	200
Belleville Police Department	2.4%	5	205

By county

Sexual Assault/Criminal Sexual Violation allegations by county
County	Allegations
Camden	66
Hudson	42
Middlesex	31
Bergen	27
Passaic	23
Somerset	21
Essex	18
Union	12
Monmouth	10
Mercer	10
Cape May	9
Cumberland	8
Ocean	8
Atlantic	6
Warren	6
Morris	6
Hunterdon	5
Burlington	5
Gloucester	3
Sussex	1

By year

Where it is reported most

Where it makes up the largest share

By county

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