Gov. Phil Murphy signed a bill aimed at addressing unruly behavior that has plagued the Jersey Shore and other communities.

New Jersey trails only New Hampshire on the list of safest states, Newsweek said this summer, citing a Consumer Affairs report. The Garden State boasted the lowest crime rate, at 16.8 incidents ...

Violent crime was down in Brooklyn in May, according to the latest NYPD data, as city officials celebrated a citywide drop in ...

New Jersey GOP assemblywoman Vicky Flynn said on Wednesday that "soft-on-crime" policies in the blue state led to a weekend of chaos at a popular Jersey shore boardwalk.

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed a new law to combat rowdy pop-up parties, and it goes into effect immediately.

BERGEN COUNTY, N.J. (WABC) -- Fraudsters in New Jersey have found a new way to ... by dozens of families in Bergen County. "We've had incidents where the sheriff's officer number has shown up ...

City of Middletown police say Kevin Herrera, 30, was identified as a suspect following a comprehensive investigation into 29 reported incidents ... the Middletown and New Jersey Railroad Station.

Does New Jersey have a crime problem? The answer to that question ... The Garden State boasted the lowest crime rate, at 16.8 incidents per 100,000 residents (well below the national average ...