City of Newark Police Department

City of Newark Police Department (Newark Police Division) provides municipal law enforcement within the Newark Department of Public Safety for the City of Newark, New Jersey (Essex County). Official NPD materials state the division is entrusted to protect and serve by securing neighborhoods, business districts, municipal assets, and life, liberty, and property, and report responding to more than 520,000 calls for service yearly. Official Contact materials list Public Safety / Police Division headquarters at 480 Clinton Avenue, Newark, NJ 07108; non-emergency (973) 733-6000; emergencies 911. Official NPD chiefs materials identify Chief of Police Sharonda Morris (appointed 2024 after serving as Deputy Director of Police Operations). City public-safety leadership also includes Public Safety Director Emanuel Miranda, Sr. Resident services highlighted on the official site include crime tips, misconduct reporting, online reports, precinct lookup, and transparency/crime-statistics tools.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau (ACS 2023), Newark city, NJ has an estimated population of 307,188.