Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Danbury, CT Crime Grade
How Danbury grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of Connecticut — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
5/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Connecticut
9/10
vs. Connecticut cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Danbury, CT was 138.8 per 100,000 residents (124 incidents over a population of 89,355). That puts Danbury Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 28% above the Connecticut statewide rate of 108.0.
That ranks Danbury #1,521 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 60% of them, and #76 of 86 in Connecticut. Violent crime is down 48% year over year and up 19% over the last five years.
Danbury, CT crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (5/10)
- Connecticut Grade
- F (9/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 138.8 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,521 of 3,771
- CT rank
- #76 of 86
- Safer than
- 60% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 48%
- 5-year change
- up 19%
- Population
- 89,355
- Reporting agency
- Danbury Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Danbury Police Department (FBI ORI CT0003400) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Danbury, CT
Also known as
- The Hatchery
- Beantown
Name history sourced from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) — public-domain federal geographic-names data.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Danbury (red), Connecticut (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Danbury vs. U.S., 2025 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 117.0(99) | 144.6(126) | 215.3(188) | 266.6(230) | 138.8(124) |
| Murder | 2.4(2) | 4.6(4) | 2.3(2) | 0.0(0) | 1.1(1) |
| Rape | 37.8(32) | 27.5(24) | 20.6(18) | 32.5(28) | 16.8(15) |
| Robbery | 44.9(38) | 26.4(23) | 36.6(32) | 33.6(29) | 34.7(31) |
| Aggravated assault | 31.9(27) | 86.0(75) | 155.7(136) | 200.6(173) | 86.2(77) |
| Property crime | 1175.7(995) | 1315.9(1,147) | 1117.6(976) | 1267.1(1,093) | 1053.1(941) |
| Burglary | 151.2(128) | 121.6(106) | 101.9(89) | 205.2(177) | 89.5(80) |
| Larceny | 870.8(737) | 1069.2(932) | 871.4(761) | 928.6(801) | 902.0(806) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 146.5(124) | 118.2(103) | 142.0(124) | 129.8(112) | 58.2(52) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Danbury, CT Crime Grade?
- FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- What metric does the Danbury Crime Grade use?
- Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- How is the national decile for Danbury calculated?
- Danbury's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the Connecticut state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to Connecticut cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- How do decile scores convert to a letter grade?
- 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- How often is the Danbury Crime Grade refreshed?
- Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- What are the limits of this Crime Grade?
- The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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