For years, The Star-Ledger has been collecting public records databases as part of its news gathering process.
What's New?
-- The Newark crime database and mapping
tool has been updated through early February.
-- The complete Star-Ledger School Report Card is now
online.
-- See how the new toll plan impacts your commute
on the Parkway or
Turnpike with our new toll calculators.
-- A Star-Ledger analysis shows potential
town-by-town impact of new school funding plan.
-- 2007 property tax data is now fully
updated. Search tax history for any property, compare towns, or create your
own custom rankings.
-- Statewide home sales data is updated
through June 30. Search by name, map
your town, view sales by proximity to
your address.
Reporters and editors mine this data regularly for insights on how New Jersey lives and how the state is governed.
Now, we're putting the power in your hands.
On this page, you will be
able to access many of the same government databases that journalists have been using for years. And we've made it easy. Each link on this page will take you to a special interface we've built that allows you to search and sort a wide assortment of records.
Want to know whether your neighbor pays more or less than you in property taxes? Curious how much teachers make? How has the crime rate changed in your town over the years? Now you have all of these resources and more at your fingertips.