Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
New Haven, CT Crime Grade
How New Haven 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
8/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Connecticut
10/10
vs. Connecticut cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in New Haven, CT was 396.5 per 100,000 residents (554 incidents over a population of 139,715). That puts New Haven Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 267% above the Connecticut statewide rate of 108.0.
That ranks New Haven #3,009 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 20% of them, and #84 of 86 in Connecticut. Violent crime is down 26% year over year and down 37% over the last five years.
New Haven, CT crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- D (8/10)
- Connecticut Grade
- F (10/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 396.5 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,009 of 3,771
- CT rank
- #84 of 86
- Safer than
- 20% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 26%
- 5-year change
- down 37%
- Population
- 139,715
- Reporting agency
- New Haven Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by New Haven Police Department (FBI ORI CT0009300) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About New Haven, CT
Also known as
- Quinnypiock
- Rodenburg
- Quinopiocke
- Rodeberg
- Quinnipiac
- Quinnepyooghq
- Quillipiack
- Queenapick
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. New Haven (red), Connecticut (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
New Haven 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 | 631.8(827) | 572.7(780) | 554.8(785) | 536.3(736) | 396.5(554) |
| Murder | 19.9(26) | 11.0(15) | 15.5(22) | 10.2(14) | 11.5(16) |
| Rape | 42.0(55) | 44.1(60) | 45.2(64) | 32.1(44) | 20.8(29) |
| Robbery | 181.1(237) | 178.4(243) | 201.4(285) | 180.7(248) | 132.4(185) |
| Aggravated assault | 388.8(509) | 339.2(462) | 292.6(414) | 313.3(430) | 231.9(324) |
| Property crime | 3289.5(4,306) | 3125.4(4,257) | 3714.3(5,255) | 3601.6(4,943) | 3114.2(4,351) |
| Burglary | 371.3(486) | 289.3(394) | 320.2(453) | 377.4(518) | 234.0(327) |
| Larceny | 2362.8(3,093) | 2246.6(3,060) | 2441.3(3,454) | 2406.0(3,302) | 2258.2(3,155) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 534.7(700) | 573.4(781) | 937.9(1,327) | 808.1(1,109) | 606.9(848) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the New Haven, 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 Haven 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 Haven calculated?
- New Haven'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 Haven 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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