 The 2016 total crime rate per thousand residents was 12.1 (vs. 12.0 in 2015).The violent crime rate per thousand residents for the State New Jersey was 2.2 and the non-violent crime rate 10.4.Gang violence hit Teaneck in July 2006 with the death of Ricky Lee Smith, Jr., a teenager shot outside a house party by a member of the Bloods gang who had attended the party.