Greenwich, CT has a A safety grade (89/100) with a violent crime rate of 27 per 100,000, 92% below the national average.
FBI UCR 2023 · per-capita rates · large city
At 63,777 residents, Greenwich is a large city: FBI UCR Table 8 rates (per 100,000) here are read against CT and U.S. averages before the offense-family breakdown.
Data updated 2026-09-05
Greenwich, CT is among the safest cities in the country, and earns an A PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 92% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2023, Greenwich, CT shows violent crime at 26.7 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 959.6 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 92% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade A from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
Small-count caution
Greenwich reported 17 violent offences in 2023 against a population of 63,777. At this volume one additional or one fewer report moves the per-100,000 rate noticeably, so the figure is better read as a data point than as a precise measurement, and year-to-year swings here are expected.
2020–2023 direction
Across 4 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 17.5 per 100,000 in 2020 to 26.7 in 2023 (+52.7%). The highest observed value was 27.0 in 2021 and the lowest 17.5 in 2020. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Comparable rate records
The nearest comparable 2023 records to Greenwich's 26.7 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Avon (26.5), Watertown (27.0), Granby (27.0), Plymouth (25.5). These are same-year agency submissions that pass the same completeness screen, not a claim that the cities have identical conditions. They make the cohort position above checkable against named records instead of a generic state average.
Position in the state cohort
At 26.7 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2023, Greenwich ranks 69 of 95 — above 26 of the 94 other Connecticut cities whose 2023 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is -49.9% against the cohort median of 53.2. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
Property counts dominate Greenwich's FBI UCR Table 8 municipal row. Per-100,000 rates use the reporting-year population on that row; cities that fail the completeness test stay out of rate rankings. A citywide figure rarely describes any single neighbourhood inside the municipal boundary.
Based on 17 reported violent incidents in a population of 63,651. At this volume, one additional or one fewer report can shift the rate and letter grade noticeably; small-city crime counts are inherently more volatile year to year than large-city counts, so treat this grade as a data point, not a precise ranking.
On a large city row, these are citywide reported offense totals - not neighbourhood advice. Conditions vary by place and time; reporting rates differ across jurisdictions.
Across 47.7 Census sq mi, Greenwich logged 12.8 property and 0.4 violent offenses per square mile in 2023.
Violent offenses are only 3% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (47.7 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
| Offense | Count | Rate /100K |
|---|---|---|
| Property Crime | 612 | 959.6 |
| Burglary | - | - |
| Larceny-Theft | - | - |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | - | - |
| Arson | - | - |
| Violent Crime | 17 | 26.7 |
| Murder | - | - |
| Rape | - | - |
| Robbery | - | - |
| Aggravated Assault | - | - |
The chart omits 2024 rather than drawing an unsupported zero or partial-coverage dip. The table preserves the year and marks the gap.
Lead series · fell across 4 comparable years · FBI UCR
Secondary series · rose · 2020-2023 · FBI UCR
| Year | Coverage | Population | Violent Rate | Property Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Comparable | 63,012 | 17.5 | 996.6 |
| 2021 | Comparable | 62,917 | 27 | 809 |
| 2022 | Comparable | 63,631 | 26.7 | 1096.9 |
| 2023 | Comparable | 63,777 | 26.7 | 959.6 |
| 2024 | Insufficient reporting | 63,651 | - | - |
Greenwich Police Department filed the 2023 UCR row behind Greenwich's 629 reported offenses (4-year span 2020-2023).
This agency reports via NIBRS, the incident-based system that captures more detail per offense (multiple crimes per incident, victim/offender data) than the older summary counts.
Crime rates read differently at different scales, so these are the Connecticut cities closest to Greenwich in population. Their populations run from 53,065 to 64,098, against 63,651 here. Or use our side-by-side compare tool to benchmark two cities directly.
Greenwich sits at 26.7/100K violent (grade A); the Connecticut cities below are the nearest matches after size peers are removed.
Greenwich at 26.7/100K violent and 959.6/100K property - matched below outside Connecticut (≥10k pop, latest UCR vintage; not the in-state lists above).
26.7/100K here; nearest out-of-state matches.
959.6/100K here; violent-rate peers above excluded.
In 2023, Greenwich reported 17 violent crimes and 612 property crimes, for a total of 629 reported offenses.
Large-city read: Greenwich's rates come from the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, CIUS Table 8, vintage 2023.
Incomplete reporters stay out of rate rankings. Cross-check population with Census ACS; state UCR programs for statewide context. Primary verify links: FBI.gov UCR, Census QuickFacts.
Disclaimer (large city): informational crime rates only - not legal, insurance, or personal-safety advice. Source: FBI UCR. Ask a qualified professional before acting.
Large-city rate methodology for how Greenwich's large city row is sourced and ranked.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2023 Greenwich, CT rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.
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