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.

Violent Crime Rate
139/100K
Property Crime Rate
1396.7/100K
Population
3,675,069
Data Year
2024

Safest Cities

Top 50 by lowest violent crime rate

Most Dangerous Cities

Top 50 by highest violent crime rate

Crime Trends

Multi-year charts & analysis

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

Cities in Connecticut

City Population
Bridgeport 148,132
New Haven 137,243
Stamford 136,483
Hartford 119,626
Waterbury 115,363
Norwalk 92,987
Danbury 86,257
New Britain 74,528
Fairfield 64,098
West Hartford 64,093
Greenwich 63,651
Bristol 61,895
Meriden 59,943
Hamden 59,908
Manchester 59,378
West Haven 54,598
Milford 53,065
Stratford 52,531
East Hartford 50,584
Middletown 48,331
Southington 43,849
Wallingford 43,561
Shelton 42,616
Enfield 40,659
Norwich 39,832
Trumbull 37,492
Torrington 35,612
Glastonbury 35,249
Naugatuck 31,930
Newington 31,504
Vernon 30,738
Cheshire 29,399
Windsor 29,382
New Milford 28,377
Branford 28,000
Groton Town 27,927
Newtown 27,890
New London 27,848
Westport 27,606
East Haven 27,447
Wethersfield 27,073
Farmington 26,852
South Windsor 26,741
Simsbury 25,108
Ridgefield 24,924
North Haven 24,340
Watertown 22,337
Darien 22,216
Bloomfield 22,032
Guilford 22,021
New Canaan 20,973
Bethel 20,799
Rocky Hill 20,692
Berlin 20,529
Waterford 19,913
East Lyme 19,094
Ansonia 19,049
Avon 18,886
Monroe 18,852
Stonington 18,469
Wilton 18,398
Willimantic 18,393
Montville 17,730
Plainville 17,504
Brookfield 17,496
Madison 17,458
Seymour 17,034
Wolcott 16,379
Suffield 15,641
Ledyard 15,483
Plainfield 15,265
Cromwell 14,411
Orange 14,352
Clinton 13,481
North Branford 13,385
East Hampton 13,090
Windsor Locks 12,513
Derby 12,437
Coventry 12,338
Plymouth 11,806
Granby 11,371
East Windsor 11,179
Old Saybrook 10,606
Weston 10,353
Winchester 10,247
Canton 10,166
Portland 9,449
Putnam 9,345
Groton 9,282
Woodbridge 9,010
Redding 8,716
Middlebury 8,057
Easton 7,652
Thomaston 7,523
Groton Long Point 517

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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.