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Internal affairs investigations per 1,000 residents
Investigation volume against the population being policed. The default, because population is the one denominator here that is complete and means exactly what it says.
County investigations for the latest year divided by 2020 Census population, times 1,000. State agencies operate in every county and are reported outside the county system, so none of their investigations appear in any county.
Internal affairs investigations per 1,000 residents, 2025
Per 1,000 residents · 21 counties
Counties are grouped by rank into 6 equal-sized groups, compared against the other 20 shown here only. Shading is rate per 1,000 residents, not a grade or a judgment. Boundary values are printed above the ramp.
County outlines are generalized for display and are not legal boundaries. Population is from the 2020 Census. Internal affairs figures are more recent, so a per-resident rate mixes vintages.
| County | rate per 1,000 residents |
|---|---|
| Atlantic | 1.88 |
| Bergen | 0.81 |
| Burlington | 1.08 |
| Camden | 4.59 |
| Cape May | 1.80 |
| Cumberland | 1.92 |
| Essex | 3.42 |
| Gloucester | 0.90 |
| Hudson | 1.66 |
| Hunterdon | 0.85 |
| Mercer | 0.93 |
| Middlesex | 0.72 |
| Monmouth | 1.03 |
| Morris | 0.87 |
| Ocean | 0.55 |
| Passaic | 1.27 |
| Salem | 1.02 |
| Somerset | 0.89 |
| Sussex | 1.07 |
| Union | 1.29 |
| Warren | 0.89 |
Counties ranked
- 1Camden4.59 (group 6 of 6, lowest to highest)
- 2Essex3.42 (group 6 of 6, lowest to highest)
- 3Cumberland1.92 (group 6 of 6, lowest to highest)
- 4Atlantic1.88 (group 6 of 6, lowest to highest)
- 5Cape May1.80 (group 5 of 6, lowest to highest)
- 6Hudson1.66 (group 5 of 6, lowest to highest)
- 7Union1.29 (group 5 of 6, lowest to highest)
- 8Passaic1.27 (group 4 of 6, lowest to highest)
- 9Burlington1.08 (group 4 of 6, lowest to highest)
- 10Sussex1.07 (group 4 of 6, lowest to highest)
- 11Monmouth1.03 (group 3 of 6, lowest to highest)
- 12Salem1.02 (group 3 of 6, lowest to highest)
- 13Mercer0.93 (group 3 of 6, lowest to highest)
- 14Gloucester0.90 (group 3 of 6, lowest to highest)
- 15Warren0.89 (group 2 of 6, lowest to highest)
- 16Somerset0.89 (group 2 of 6, lowest to highest)
- 17Morris0.87 (group 2 of 6, lowest to highest)
- 18Hunterdon0.85 (group 1 of 6, lowest to highest)
- 19Bergen0.81 (group 1 of 6, lowest to highest)
- 20Middlesex0.72 (group 1 of 6, lowest to highest)
- 21Ocean0.55 (group 1 of 6, lowest to highest)
Per 1,000 residents, 2025.
Not on this map: the State Police, the Department of Corrections, Transit Police, and other state-level agencies. They operate across county lines and the Attorney General reports them outside the county system, so their activity appears in no county here. They are in the rankings.
Sources
- [1]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 1. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. County totals summed over each county's agency rows; row 1 is the header.
- [2]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. Record counts from each county's rows, all years; row 1 is the header.
- [3]New Jersey county boundaries. New Jersey Office of Information Technology, Office of GIS (NJOGIS). NJ_Counties_3857 (FeatureServer layer 0), https://services2.arcgis.com/XVOqAjTOJ5P6ngMu/arcgis/rest/services/NJ_Counties_3857/FeatureServer/0. 2020 boundary delineation. Retrieved 2026-07-27. Boundaries are generalized for display. This data set is not a survey document and must not be used as such. The polygons do not represent legal boundaries.
- [4]County population: 2020 Decennial Census, as republished by NJOGIS, carried on NJ_Counties_3857 (FeatureServer layer 0). New Jersey Office of Information Technology, Office of GIS (NJOGIS), https://services2.arcgis.com/XVOqAjTOJ5P6ngMu/arcgis/rest/services/NJ_Counties_3857/FeatureServer/0. Retrieved 2026-07-27.