Willimantic, CT carries a PlainCrime A safety grade with violent crime 51% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Willimantic, CT shows violent crime at 174 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 815.5 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 51% 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
174/100K violent
815.5/100K property
-51% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Willimantic, CT
Position in the state cohort
Willimantic reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable Connecticut cities
At 174.0 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Willimantic ranks 12 of 94 — above 82 of the 93 other Connecticut cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +199.3% 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.
Comparable rate records
Willimantic's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Connecticut cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Willimantic's 174.0 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Enfield (162.3), Stamford (157.5), Groton (193.9), New London (201.1). 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.
Offense mix
Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix
Violent offenses are 17.6% of the 182 Part I offenses reported in Willimantic for 2024, against a median of 4.7% across comparable Connecticut cities — a gap of 12.9 points. Offense mix is shaped by which agencies report and how incidents are classified as well as by the underlying offenses, so it describes the reported record rather than a settled difference in conditions.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 132.2 per 100,000 in 2020 to 174.0 in 2024 (+31.6%). The highest observed value was 174.0 in 2024 and the lowest 66.0 in 2022. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Willimantic'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.
Willimantic's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 5.4 Census sq mi, Willimantic logged 27.7 property and 5.9 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Willimantic's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (60% of 182 offenses; mix index 4,170).
Violent offenses are 18% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (5.4 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
+44.2%
120.7 → 174/100K
Property Crime Rate
-15%
959.8 → 815.5/100K
Property offenses lead Willimantic's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
150
815.5
1711
Larceny-Theft
110
598.1
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
32
174
-
Burglary
8
43.5
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
32
174
352
Aggravated Assault
24
130.5
-
Robbery
7
38.1
-
Rape
1
5.4
-
Murder
0
0
-
Willimantic Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Willimantic 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
Willimantic Police Department
Reporting agency for Willimantic NIBRS-participating
Willimantic Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Willimantic's 182 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 Willimantic in population. Their populations run from 17,504 to 19,094, against 18,393 here. Or use our
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In 2024, Willimantic reported 32 violent crimes and 150 property crimes, for a total of 182 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Willimantic?
From 2023 to 2024, Willimantic's violent crime rate increased by 44.2%, and the property crime rate decreased by 15%.
What is the most common crime in Willimantic?
The most common crime type in Willimantic is larceny-theft, accounting for 60.4% of all reported crimes (110 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Willimantic 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 Willimantic, CT rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.