Chester has an overall crime rate of 12 per 1,000 residents, making the crime rate here near the average for all cities and towns of all sizes in America. According to our analysis of FBI crime data, your chance of becoming a victim of crime in Chester is 1 in 84. How does Chester fare compared to other communities in New Jersey of all population sizes? Chester's crime rate is lower than approximately 39% of New Jersey communities.

However, when you compare Chester to other communities of similar population, then Chester crime rate (violent and property crimes combined) is quite a bit higher than average. Regardless of how Chester does relative to all communities in America of all sizes, when NeighborhoodScout compared it to communities of similar population size, its crime rate per thousand residents stands out as higher than most.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Chester does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in Chester.

Importantly, our analysis shows that Chester has one of the lowest violent crime rates in all of America, across cities and towns of all sizes. Murder, rape, armed robbery and aggravated assault happen far less frequently here than in most places. Your chance of becoming a victim? Just one in 10000. Chester's violent crime rate is just 0 per 1,000 residents.

NeighborhoodScout's analysis also reveals that Chester's rate for property crime is 12 per one thousand population. This makes Chester a place where there is an above average chance of becoming a victim of a property crime, when compared to all other communities in America of all population sizes. Property crimes are motor vehicle theft, arson, larceny, and burglary. Your chance of becoming a victim of any of these crimes in Chester is one in 84.