Allegation category

Theft

Violence / criminal tier

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

New Jersey law enforcement agencies recorded 811 allegations in this category between 2022 and 2025, the 18th-most most reported of the 31 categories and 1.0% 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

811

2022 to 2025

Agencies reporting

161

At least one in the period

Reported in 2025

171

233 in 2022

By year

counts

Theft allegations reported, 2022 to 2025
Category	counts
2022	233
2023	225
2024	182
2025	171

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Where it is reported most

Agencies reporting the most Theft allegations
Agency	County	Allegations	Share of its own
Newark Police Department	Essex	94	1.7%
Camden Police Department	Camden	91	1.3%
Paterson Police Department	Passaic	48	3.6%
Jersey City Police Department	Hudson	41	1.8%
Essex County Prosecutor's Office	Essex	27	25.5%
Essex County Sheriff's Office	Essex	22	2.9%
Rutgers University Police Department	State	22	5.4%
New Jersey State Police	State	19	0.4%
North Bergen Police Department	Hudson	14	4.7%
Linden Police Department	Union	12	2.8%
Cumberland County Prosecutor's Office	Cumberland	11	13.3%
Elizabeth Police Department	Union	10	1.3%
Hackensack Police Department	Bergen	10	2.2%
Gloucester Township Police Department	Camden	9	1.8%
Union County Prosecutor's Office	Union	9	7.3%
Voorhees Township Police Department	Camden	8	7.1%
Brick Township Police Department	Ocean	7	4.2%
Department Of Corrections	State	7	0.1%
Irvington Police Department	Essex	7	0.6%
Lawrence Township Police Department	Mercer	7	3.3%
Monroe Township Police Department	Middlesex	7	10.4%
Orange Police Department	Essex	7	1.4%
Paramus Police Department	Bergen	7	8.3%
Sayreville Police Department	Middlesex	7	5.4%
Trenton Police Department	Mercer	7	0.7%

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 Theft is the largest share of allegations
Agency	Share	This category	All allegations
Essex County Prosecutor's Office	25.5%	27	106
Cumberland County Prosecutor's Office	13.3%	11	83
Westfield Police Department	12.1%	7	58
Monroe Township Police Department	10.4%	7	67
Paramus Police Department	8.3%	7	84
Union County Prosecutor's Office	7.3%	9	124
Voorhees Township Police Department	7.1%	8	112
Somerset County Sheriff's Department	5.8%	3	52
Sayreville Police Department	5.4%	7	130
East Brunswick Township Police Department	5.4%	3	56
Rutgers University Police Department	5.4%	22	411
Fair Lawn Police Department	5.3%	4	76
Ocean Township Police Department	5.2%	5	97
North Bergen Police Department	4.7%	14	296
Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office	4.6%	4	87

By county

Theft allegations by county
County	Allegations
Essex	176
Camden	133
Passaic	78
Hudson	73
Union	53
Middlesex	44
Bergen	37
Monmouth	27
Cumberland	22
Mercer	20
Morris	16
Atlantic	15
Gloucester	14
Ocean	13
Sussex	10
Cape May	10
Somerset	9
Burlington	7
Hunterdon	1
Warren	1

By year

Where it is reported most

Where it makes up the largest share

By county

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