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How many spam calls do people in New Jersey report? They filed 3,017 FCC complaints in 12 months, 28th most per person.
From October 2025 to September 2026, people in New Jersey filed 3,017 unwanted-call complaints with the FCC, or 31.6 for every 100,000 residents, which ranks 28th among the 50 states and DC. 32% of the 1,262 caller IDs people reported were toll-free numbers, against 18% across the country.
- 3,017unwanted-call complaints filed with the FCC by people in New Jersey, October 2025 to September 2026
- 31.6complaints for every 100,000 residents, 28th of 51 (the whole country: 36.6)
- 201the area code people there named most, on 97 complaints (Hudson and Bergen counties, New Jersey)
Source: Federal Communications Commission, CGB - Consumer Complaints Data (dataset 3xyp-aqkj), issue "Unwanted Calls", read on November 4, 2026. Population: U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2025. All sources.
People in New Jersey reported area code 201 most, and 4 of the 10 busiest area codes are in New Jersey.
Each row counts the complaints from people in New Jersey whose caller ID started with that code. 6 codes in the list are toll-free and belong to no place. Together these 10 codes account for 636 of the 1,262 complaints that gave a caller ID.
| Rank | Code | Where it is | In New Jersey? | Complaints |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 201 | Hudson and Bergen countiesIn New Jersey | Yes | 97 |
| 2 | 855 | Toll-free, tied to no placeNo place | No place | 83 |
| 3 | 833 | Toll-free, tied to no placeNo place | No place | 79 |
| 4 | 877 | Toll-free, tied to no placeNo place | No place | 76 |
| 5 | 609 | Trenton, Atlantic City and the Jersey ShoreIn New Jersey | Yes | 55 |
| 6 | 844 | Toll-free, tied to no placeNo place | No place | 55 |
| 7 | 866 | Toll-free, tied to no placeNo place | No place | 55 |
| 8 | 888 | Toll-free, tied to no placeNo place | No place | 51 |
| 9 | 732 | New Brunswick, Edison and the Jersey ShoreIn New Jersey | Yes | 47 |
| 10 | 908 | Plainfield, Somerville and FlemingtonIn New Jersey | Yes | 38 |
Monthly complaints from New Jersey rose from 186 in April to 447 in July.
October 2025 and November 2025 are shaded and dotted because the FCC file holds only 323 and 16,267 complaints of any kind in those months, against about 29,400 in a usual one.
Complaints from New Jersey by month
Unwanted-call complaints filed from New Jersey per month, October 2025 to September 2026.
- Complaints filed from New Jersey
- Months the FCC file is thin
| Month | All complaints |
|---|---|
| October 2025 | 1 |
| November 2025 | 140 |
| December 2025 | 218 |
| January 2026 | 250 |
| February 2026 | 201 |
| March 2026 | 216 |
| April 2026 | 186 |
| May 2026 | 206 |
| June 2026 | 296 |
| July 2026 | 447 |
| August 2026 | 440 |
| September 2026 | 416 |
Prerecorded calls are the biggest group of complaints from New Jersey, at 41% against 41% across the country.
The FCC files robocalls, live callers and texts under one issue, "Unwanted Calls". The bar shows how the 3,017 complaints from New Jersey split by what the person says reached them.
What reached people in New Jersey
How the 3,017 complaints from New Jersey split.
- Prerecorded call41% · 1,223 complaints
- Live caller24% · 712 complaints
- Text message17% · 503 complaints
- Kind not stated19% · 579 complaints
Across the country the split is prerecorded call 41%, live caller 26%, text message 15%, kind not stated 17%.
Fewer than half of the US numbers people in New Jersey reported carry a New Jersey area code, 354 of 823 (43%), against 50% across the country.
Of 1,262 complaints that gave a caller ID, 354 named a New Jersey code, 469 a code from another state, 407 a toll-free code and 32 something else, such as a special-use code, a number abroad or a prefix that is not assigned.
Where the numbers people in New Jersey reported came from
Where the 1,262 caller ID numbers from New Jersey came from.
- New Jersey area codes28% · 354 complaints
- Other states' area codes37% · 469 complaints
- Toll-free codes32% · 407 complaints
- Other or not assigned3% · 32 complaints
After New Jersey, people there named New York, Florida and California codes most.
New Jersey ranks 28th of 51 for complaints per 100,000 people, between New Hampshire and Missouri.
Colorado leads the list at 109.8 and North Dakota is last at 13.8. The 50 states and DC together file 36.6.
New Jersey next to the states ranked around it
Complaints for every 100,000 residents, the states ranked next to New Jersey.
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3,017 unwanted-call complaints from October 2025 to September 2026, which is 31.6 for every 100,000 residents. That ranks 28th among the 50 states and DC per person and 16th by total count.
201 (Hudson and Bergen counties, New Jersey) was named on 97 complaints, 8% of the complaints that gave a caller ID number. Next were 855 (toll-free, tied to no place) with 83 and 833 (toll-free, tied to no place) with 79.
Not mostly. 43% of the complaints that named a US area code carried a New Jersey code, against 50% across the country. After New Jersey, the area codes named most belonged to New York (70), Florida (47) and California (41). Caller ID can be faked, so a code shows what appeared on the phone, not where the caller was.
41% were about prerecorded calls, 24% about a live caller and 17% about text messages, and 19% did not say. Across the country the split is 41%, 26% and 15%.
Yes. People in New Jersey filed 1,303 complaints in July to September 2026, 95% more than the 667 in January to March 2026. For the whole country the change over the same months was up 28%.
File a complaint with the FCC's Consumer Help Center at consumercomplaints.fcc.gov. Complaints filed there are the ones counted on this page, listed by the state of the person who filed. To report a scam or fraud call, use ReportFraud.ftc.gov.
A state with more people files more complaints just by being bigger. Dividing by the Census Bureau's July 1, 2025 estimate for New Jersey (9,548,215 residents) puts every state on one scale, which is why New Jersey ranks 28th per person and 16th by total count.
Every number on this page comes from two public sources.
The complaints come from the FCC.
Federal Communications Commission, CGB - Consumer Complaints Data (dataset 3xyp-aqkj), issue "Unwanted Calls", filed October 1, 2025 to September 30, 2026, read from opendata.fcc.gov on November 4, 2026.
The population comes from the Census Bureau.
U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division, Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for the United States, Regions, States, District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2025 (NST-EST2025-POP), Vintage 2025 estimate for July 1, 2025, released January 2026, checked November 2026.
Data: FCC Consumer Complaints, Oct 2025 to Sep 2026, analysed by ExpressNumber. www.expressnumber.com/spam-calls-by-state/new-jersey
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