Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2024
Wolcott, CT Crime Grade
How Wolcott 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
3/10
vs. Connecticut cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2024, the violent crime rate in Wolcott, CT was 24.4 per 100,000 residents (4 incidents over a population of 16,379). That puts Wolcott 93% below the U.S. rate of 364.7 and 82% below the Connecticut statewide rate of 139.0.
That ranks Wolcott #183 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 95% of them, and #25 of 86 in Connecticut.
Wolcott, CT crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (1/10)
- Connecticut Grade
- A (3/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 24.4 / 100k
- National rank
- #183 of 3,771
- CT rank
- #25 of 86
- Safer than
- 95% of U.S. cities
- 5-year change
- down 19%
- Population
- 16,379
- Reporting agency
- Wolcott Police Department
- Data year
- 2024 · FBI UCR
Reported by Wolcott Police Department (FBI ORI CT0016600) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Wolcott, CT
Also known as
- Wolcottsville
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. Wolcott (red), Connecticut (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Wolcott vs. U.S., 2024 — 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 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 30.2(5) | 66.5(11) | 24.7(4) | 0.0(0) | 24.4(4) |
| Murder | 6.0(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 12.1(2) | 24.2(4) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Robbery | 12.1(2) | 30.2(5) | 12.4(2) | 0.0(0) | 12.2(2) |
| Aggravated assault | 0.0(0) | 12.1(2) | 12.4(2) | 0.0(0) | 12.2(2) |
| Property crime | 1194.7(198) | 1631.4(270) | 1192.8(193) | 264.9(43) | 177.1(29) |
| Burglary | 126.7(21) | 199.4(33) | 129.8(21) | 24.6(4) | 18.3(3) |
| Larceny | 899.1(149) | 1238.7(205) | 896.2(145) | 184.8(30) | 116.0(19) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 168.9(28) | 193.4(32) | 166.9(27) | 55.4(9) | 42.7(7) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Wolcott, 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 Wolcott 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 Wolcott calculated?
- Wolcott'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 Wolcott 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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