Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Watertown, CT Crime Grade
How Watertown 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 Watertown, CT was 97.3 per 100,000 residents (22 incidents over a population of 22,601). That puts Watertown 70% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 10% below the Connecticut statewide rate of 108.0.
That ranks Watertown #1,109 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 71% of them, and #68 of 86 in Connecticut. Violent crime is up 625% year over year and up 198% over the last five years.
Watertown, CT crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (3/10)
- Connecticut Grade
- D (8/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 97.3 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,109 of 3,771
- CT rank
- #68 of 86
- Safer than
- 71% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 625%
- 5-year change
- up 198%
- Population
- 22,601
- Reporting agency
- Watertown Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Watertown Police Department (FBI ORI CT0015300) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Watertown, CT
Also known as
- Watertown Center
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. Watertown (red), Connecticut (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Watertown 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 | 32.7(7) | 45.2(10) | 27.0(6) | 13.4(3) | 97.3(22) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 0.0(0) | 18.1(4) | 4.5(1) | 4.5(1) | 8.8(2) |
| Robbery | 0.0(0) | 27.1(6) | 22.5(5) | 0.0(0) | 4.4(1) |
| Aggravated assault | 32.7(7) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 9.0(2) | 84.1(19) |
| Property crime | 1480.1(317) | 1442.0(319) | 1439.6(320) | 1159.5(259) | 920.3(208) |
| Burglary | 126.1(27) | 99.4(22) | 135.0(30) | 94.0(21) | 84.1(19) |
| Larceny | 1181.2(253) | 1166.3(258) | 1115.7(248) | 895.4(200) | 778.7(176) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 168.1(36) | 176.3(39) | 188.9(42) | 165.6(37) | 57.5(13) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Watertown, 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 Watertown 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 Watertown calculated?
- Watertown'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 Watertown 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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