Connecticut Crime Rates: Safest & Most Dangerous Cities
Crime data for 95 cities and 0 counties in Connecticut (CT), ranked from safest to most dangerous. Data from 108 law enforcement agencies.
FBI UCR Data Snapshot: Connecticut
Connecticut (CT) reported 5,109 violent crimes and 51,330 property crimes in 2024, based on FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program submissions from 108 law enforcement agencies. That translates to a statewide violent crime rate of 139 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 1396.7 per 100,000 against a reporting population of 3,675,069. The PlainCrime dataset indexes 95 Connecticut cities and 0 counties, each with their own detail pages and local crime figures drawn from FBI UCR Tables 8 and 10.
Within the statewide violent crime total, aggravated assault accounted for 0 incidents, robbery 0, murder and non-negligent manslaughter 0, and rape 0. Property crime splits across larceny-theft (0), burglary (0), motor vehicle theft (0), and arson (0).
Across 11 years of state-level UCR history (2014–2024), the violent crime rate moved from 238.4 to 139 per 100,000 — a decline of 41.7%. City-level detail pages within Connecticut include safety grades (A+ to F), benchmarks against national averages, per-capita risk estimates, and multi-year trend tables for users comparing specific jurisdictions. All figures above are drawn from FBI UCR 2024 submissions; reporting completeness varies by agency, and the FBI periodically restates prior-year figures as late submissions arrive.
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Crime Trends
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Crime Trends
| Year | Population | Violent Crime | Rate | Property Crime | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3,675,069 | 5,109 | 139 | 51,330 | 1396.7 |
| 2023 | 3,617,176 | 5,570 | 154 | 57,134 | 1579.5 |
| 2022 | 3,626,205 | 5,631 | 155.3 | 55,168 | 1521.4 |
| 2021 | 3,605,597 | 6,286 | 174.3 | 56,175 | 1558 |
| 2020 | 3,557,006 | 6,577 | 184.9 | 56,492 | 1588.2 |
| 2019 | 3,565,287 | 6,604 | 185.2 | 51,400 | 1441.7 |
| 2018 | 3,572,665 | 7,509 | 210.2 | 60,466 | 1692.5 |
| 2017 | 3,588,184 | 8,194 | 228.4 | 63,993 | 1783.4 |
| 2016 | 3,576,452 | 8,169 | 228.4 | 65,283 | 1825.4 |
| 2015 | 3,590,886 | 7,938 | 221.1 | 65,896 | 1835.1 |
| 2014 | 3,596,677 | 8,575 | 238.4 | 69,632 | 1936 |
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Primary source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, Crime in the United States annual release. State-level trends cross-check against the FBI Crime Data Explorer (CDE) API.
Population figures for rate calculations reference U.S. Census Bureau estimates where FBI-reported populations are unavailable.
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