Camden, New Jersey is a publication.
Camden is a city in Camden County , New Jersey . At the 2010 United States Census , the city had a population of 77,344 . [ 10 ] [ 12 ] [ 13 ] Camden is the 12th most populous municipality in New Jersey . The city is the home of Rutgers University -- Camden , which was founded as the South Jersey Law School in 1926 , and Cooper Medical School of Rowan University , which opened in 2012 . [ 33 ] Camden had the highest crime rate in the United States in 2012 , with 2,566 violent crimes for every 100,000 people , [ 34 ] 6.6 times higher than the national average of 387 violent crimes per 100,000 citizens .