Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
New Canaan, CT Crime Grade
How New Canaan 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
1/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Connecticut
1/10
vs. Connecticut cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in New Canaan, CT was 9.4 per 100,000 residents (2 incidents over a population of 21,319). That puts New Canaan 97% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 91% below the Connecticut statewide rate of 108.0.
That ranks New Canaan #62 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 98% of them, and #8 of 86 in Connecticut. Violent crime is down 2% year over year and down 37% over the last five years.
New Canaan, CT crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (1/10)
- Connecticut Grade
- A (1/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 9.4 / 100k
- National rank
- #62 of 3,771
- CT rank
- #8 of 86
- Safer than
- 98% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 2%
- 5-year change
- down 37%
- Population
- 21,319
- Reporting agency
- New Canaan Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by New Canaan Police Department (FBI ORI CT0009000) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. New Canaan (red), Connecticut (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
New Canaan 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 | 14.9(3) | 4.8(1) | 9.6(2) | 9.5(2) | 9.4(2) |
| Murder | 5.0(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 4.7(1) |
| Rape | 5.0(1) | 4.8(1) | 0.0(0) | 4.8(1) | 4.7(1) |
| Robbery | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 9.6(2) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Aggravated assault | 5.0(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 4.8(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Property crime | 804.1(162) | 822.0(172) | 636.5(133) | 777.2(163) | 483.1(103) |
| Burglary | 44.7(9) | 86.0(18) | 76.6(16) | 76.3(16) | 112.6(24) |
| Larceny | 560.9(113) | 664.3(139) | 473.8(99) | 510.2(107) | 286.1(61) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 193.6(39) | 71.7(15) | 81.4(17) | 190.7(40) | 84.4(18) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the New Canaan, 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 New Canaan 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 New Canaan calculated?
- New Canaan'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 New Canaan 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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