Crime & Safety in Atlantic City
Atlantic City's crime profile is genuinely two-sided: a real, still-elevated overall crime and violent-crime rate (approximately 3.1x and 278% above the national average, respectively, per two separate aggregators) alongside a real, current 2025 improvement (crime down 16%, homicides down from 8 to 5) this record discloses plainly rather than presenting either figure in isolation.
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Learn moreA Real, Disclosed, Genuinely Elevated Overall Crime Rate
City-Data.com's own crime index put Atlantic City's overall 2025 crime rate at approximately 3.1 times the national average, and a separate estimate put the city's violent crime rate at approximately 1,438.3 per 100,000 residents -- approximately 278% higher than the national average, placing Atlantic City in roughly the 12th percentile for violent-crime safety among cities that source reviewed. This record states this plainly rather than leading only with the real 2025 improvement below.
A Real, Current 2025 Improvement
Alongside that honest disclosure, 2025 DID bring a real, meaningful improvement: the overall crime rate fell approximately 16% compared to 2024, and homicides fell from 8 in 2024 to 5 in 2025 -- a real, current decline this record does not omit simply because the underlying baseline remains elevated.
A Tourism-Economy City With Real, Concentrated Visitor-Area Policing
As a major tourist destination with a real, substantial casino-and-hospitality economy (detailed on the jobs-economy topic page), Atlantic City maintains real, concentrated policing and security presence in its boardwalk and casino-district visitor areas specifically, distinct from citywide averages that blend visitor-heavy and residential areas together. This pass did not independently confirm a specific, current breakdown of crime data by visitor-district versus residential-neighborhood area.
Sourcing Caveats
This record's crime figures come from secondary aggregators (City-Data.com, CrimeGrade.org) rather than an independently re-verified primary Atlantic City Police Department or FBI Uniform Crime Report dataset this pass, disclosed as a real, modest confidence caveat.
Key takeaways
- Atlantic City's overall crime rate ran approximately 3.1x the national average in 2025 per one aggregator, with violent crime cited at approximately 278% above the national average.
- A real, current 2025 improvement: overall crime fell approximately 16% and homicides fell from 8 (2024) to 5 (2025).
- Atlantic City maintains real, concentrated policing in its boardwalk and casino-district visitor areas, though this pass did not confirm a specific visitor-area-vs-residential crime breakdown.
- Crime figures come from secondary aggregators rather than an independently re-verified primary dataset this pass -- a real, disclosed confidence caveat.
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