Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Plainville, CT Crime Grade
How Plainville 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
3/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Connecticut
8/10
vs. Connecticut cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Plainville, CT was 89.7 per 100,000 residents (16 incidents over a population of 17,833). That puts Plainville 72% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 17% below the Connecticut statewide rate of 108.0.
That ranks Plainville #1,001 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 73% of them, and #67 of 86 in Connecticut. Violent crime is up 31% year over year and down 42% over the last five years.
Plainville, CT crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (3/10)
- Connecticut Grade
- D (8/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 89.7 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,001 of 3,771
- CT rank
- #67 of 86
- Safer than
- 73% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 31%
- 5-year change
- down 42%
- Population
- 17,833
- Reporting agency
- Plainville Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Plainville Police Department (FBI ORI CT0011000) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Plainville (red), Connecticut (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Plainville 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 | 154.6(27) | 120.6(21) | 80.1(14) | 68.6(12) | 89.7(16) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 28.6(5) | 28.7(5) | 17.2(3) | 17.1(3) | 16.8(3) |
| Robbery | 63.0(11) | 51.7(9) | 17.2(3) | 5.7(1) | 28.0(5) |
| Aggravated assault | 63.0(11) | 40.2(7) | 45.8(8) | 45.7(8) | 44.9(8) |
| Property crime | 2559.3(447) | 1964.0(342) | 2569.2(449) | 1508.2(264) | 1127.1(201) |
| Burglary | 126.0(22) | 120.6(21) | 120.2(21) | 68.6(12) | 106.5(19) |
| Larceny | 2192.8(383) | 1619.5(282) | 2088.6(365) | 1222.6(214) | 846.7(151) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 234.7(41) | 218.2(38) | 354.8(62) | 217.1(38) | 168.2(30) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Plainville, 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 Plainville 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 Plainville calculated?
- Plainville'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 Plainville 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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