Middletown, CT carries a PlainCrime A safety grade with violent crime 82% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Middletown, CT shows violent crime at 62.1 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,150.4 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 82% 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.
A safety grade
62.1/100K violent
1150.4/100K property
-82% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Middletown, CT
Comparable rate records
Middletown's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Connecticut cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Middletown's 62.1 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are East Windsor (62.6), Windsor (61.3), West Hartford (64.0), Stonington (65.0). 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.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 110.6 per 100,000 in 2020 to 62.1 in 2024 (-43.9%). The highest observed value was 113.4 in 2021 and the lowest 62.1 in 2024. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Position in the state cohort
Middletown sits mid-pack among comparable Connecticut cities
At 62.1 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Middletown ranks 44 of 94 — above 50 of the 93 other Connecticut cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +6.8% against the cohort median of 58.1. 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 Middletown'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.
Mid-size municipal totals above are reported offenses, not safety advice for any single block. Reporting completeness still varies by year and agency.
Middletown's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 41 Census sq mi, Middletown logged 13.6 property and 0.7 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Middletown's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (71% of 586 offenses; mix index 5,387).
Violent offenses are only 5% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (41 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
-25.4%
83.2 → 62.1/100K
Property Crime Rate
-20.9%
1454.8 → 1150.4/100K
Property offenses lead Middletown's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
556
1150.4
1711
Larceny-Theft
418
864.9
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
82
169.7
-
Burglary
56
115.9
-
Arson
2
4.1
-
Violent Crime
30
62.1
352
Aggravated Assault
18
37.2
-
Robbery
9
18.6
-
Rape
2
4.1
-
Murder
1
2.1
-
Middletown Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Middletown property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Middletown Police Department
Reporting agency for Middletown NIBRS-participating
Middletown Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Middletown's 586 reported offenses (5-year span 2020-2024).
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.
Similar-Size Cities in Connecticut
Crime rates read differently at different scales, so these are the Connecticut cities closest to Middletown in population. Their populations run from 40,659 to 54,598, against 48,331 here. Or use our
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In 2024, Middletown reported 30 violent crimes and 556 property crimes, for a total of 586 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Middletown?
From 2023 to 2024, Middletown's violent crime rate decreased by 25.4%, and the property crime rate decreased by 20.9%.
What is the most common crime in Middletown?
The most common crime type in Middletown is larceny-theft, accounting for 71.3% of all reported crimes (418 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Middletown figures are FBI UCR CIUS Table 8 (vintage 2024), population-adjusted per 100,000.
Denominators are the reporting-year population on the municipal row. Incomplete years are dropped from rankings. Confirm at FBI Crime Data Explorer and Census.gov QuickFacts.
Disclaimer (mid-size municipal): figures are informational, not advice. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program is the source. Consult a professional before decisions.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Middletown, CT rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.