Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Waterbury, CT Crime Grade
How Waterbury 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
7/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Connecticut
10/10
vs. Connecticut cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Waterbury, CT was 292.0 per 100,000 residents (340 incidents over a population of 116,419). That puts Waterbury Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 170% above the Connecticut statewide rate of 108.0.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Waterbury (red), Connecticut (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Waterbury 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 | 346.5(369) | 396.6(450) | 403.9(466) | 327.7(378) | 292.0(340) |
| Murder | 8.5(9) | 15.0(17) | 15.6(18) | 6.9(8) | 7.7(9) |
| Rape | 40.4(43) | 43.2(49) | 39.9(46) | 47.7(55) | 40.4(47) |
| Robbery | 123.0(131) | 141.9(161) | 149.9(173) | 105.8(122) | 93.6(109) |
| Aggravated assault | 174.7(186) | 196.5(223) | 198.5(229) | 167.3(193) | 150.3(175) |
| Property crime | 3142.4(3,346) | 2891.7(3,281) | 3069.9(3,542) | 2926.4(3,376) | 2352.7(2,739) |
| Burglary | 260.1(277) | 316.4(359) | 255.7(295) | 230.6(266) | 186.4(217) |
| Larceny | 2265.2(2,412) | 2031.5(2,305) | 2022.0(2,333) | 2057.0(2,373) | 1849.4(2,153) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 607.6(647) | 532.3(604) | 789.6(911) | 634.5(732) | 303.2(353) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- Metric: Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- National decile: Waterbury's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- State decile: Same calculation restricted to Connecticut cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- Letter grade: 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- Refresh: Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- Limits: The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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