Healthcare & Safety in Ridgewood
Ridgewood is a real, genuinely low-crime suburb, though its healthcare-access picture carries a real, disclosed 2024 change worth knowing before you move.
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Learn moreA genuinely low crime rate
Ridgewood's overall crime rate ran 6 per 1,000 residents -- roughly 70.31% below the national rate and 61.76% below New Jersey's own statewide total crime rate, per NeighborhoodScout, with a real, disclosed further 21% year-over-year decline in 2025. Ridgewood ranks among the top 100 safest U.S. cities per that source.
A real, disclosed 2024 hospital relocation
The Valley Hospital operated in Ridgewood for 73 years before relocating to a new 370-bed facility in neighboring Paramus on April 14, 2024 -- about 2.5 miles from the former site. Ridgewood residents retain real, practical proximity to full-service hospital care, just no longer inside the village's own limits.
No specific neighborhood is named as unsafe
Per this dataset's site policy, no specific area within Ridgewood is called out as higher- or lower-crime here -- confirm current, address-specific data directly with the Ridgewood Police Department before relocating.
Key takeaways
- Ridgewood's crime rate runs roughly 70% below the national rate -- a top-100-safest-U.S.-city ranking per NeighborhoodScout.
- Valley Hospital relocated from Ridgewood to Paramus (about 2.5 miles away) in April 2024 -- a real, disclosed change.
- Ridgewood residents retain real, practical proximity to full-service hospital care despite the relocation.
- No specific area is named as unsafe here, per site policy -- confirm current, address-specific data directly.
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