Crime Grade · Connecticut

Most Dangerous Cities in Connecticut

86 reporting Connecticut cities ranked from highest violent crime rate down, by FBI violent crime rate per 100,000 residents. Data from the FBI Crime Data Explorer.

State median violent crime rate: 44.3 per 100,000. Cities with population ≥ 10,000. Letter grade is the national decile against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities — same grade everywhere on this site.

Rank	City	Population	Violent / 100k	Grade
1	Hartford	122,548	452.1	B5/10
2	New Britain	76,622	422.9	B5/10
3	New Haven	139,715	396.5	B5/10
4	Waterbury	116,419	292.0	B4/10
5	Bridgeport	152,588	241.2	A3/10
6	New London	28,415	221.7	A3/10
7	Norwich	39,987	217.6	A3/10
8	Winchester	10,326	164.6	A2/10
9	Stamford	140,066	152.1	A2/10
10	Hamden	61,706	147.5	A2/10
11	Danbury	89,355	138.8	A2/10
12	Derby	13,072	130.0	A2/10
13	Meriden	60,906	119.9	A1/10
14	Bloomfield	22,032	113.5	A1/10
15	Manchester	60,061	108.2	A1/10
16	Groton	10,378	106.0	A1/10
17	East Windsor	11,340	105.8	A1/10
18	Torrington	35,751	97.9	A1/10
19	Watertown	22,601	97.3	A1/10
20	Plainville	17,833	89.7	A1/10
21	East Hartford	51,190	87.9	A1/10
22	Willimantic	18,463	86.7	A1/10
23	Enfield	41,131	80.2	A1/10
24	East Haven	27,984	78.6	A1/10
25	Ledyard	15,621	76.8	A1/10
26	Trumbull	38,448	75.4	A1/10
27	Milford	53,760	70.7	A1/10
28	Cromwell	14,432	69.3	A1/10
29	Middletown	49,037	67.3	A1/10
30	Wethersfield	27,405	65.7	A1/10
31	Berlin	20,776	62.6	A1/10
32	Naugatuck	32,273	58.9	A1/10
33	Wallingford	44,353	56.4	A1/10
34	West Haven	55,336	56.0	A1/10
35	Windsor Locks	12,660	55.3	A1/10
36	Bristol	62,563	52.7	A1/10
37	Seymour	17,248	52.2	A1/10
38	Plymouth	11,936	50.3	A1/10
39	Norwalk	94,366	49.8	A1/10
40	Groton Town	27,977	46.5	A1/10
41	West Hartford	64,453	45.0	A1/10
42	Stratford	53,961	44.5	A1/10
43	Clinton	13,542	44.3	A1/10
44	Newington	32,021	43.7	A1/10
45	New Milford	28,939	41.5	A1/10
46	North Haven	25,027	40.0	A1/10
47	Farmington	28,594	38.5	A1/10
48	Rocky Hill	21,532	37.2	A1/10
49	South Windsor	27,111	36.9	A1/10
50	Guilford	22,325	35.8	A1/10
51	Brookfield	18,370	32.7	A1/10
52	Shelton	43,332	32.3	A1/10
53	Vernon	31,080	32.2	A1/10
54	Westport	28,233	31.9	A1/10
55	Branford	28,528	31.5	A1/10
56	Darien	22,807	30.7	A1/10
57	Newtown	28,283	28.3	A1/10
58	Southington	44,391	27.0	A1/10
59	Windsor	29,738	26.9	A1/10
60	Glastonbury	35,676	25.2	A1/10
61	Granby	11,978	25.0	A1/10
62	Wolcott	16,379	24.4	A1/10
63	Ridgefield	24,924	24.1	A1/10
64	Montville	17,877	22.4	A1/10
65	North Branford	13,563	22.1	A1/10
66	Stonington	18,900	21.2	A1/10
67	East Lyme	19,147	20.9	A1/10
68	Waterford	19,996	20.0	A1/10
69	Old Saybrook	10,745	18.6	A1/10
70	Coventry	12,502	16.0	A1/10
71	East Hampton	13,214	15.1	A1/10
72	Plainfield	15,401	13.0	A1/10
73	Simsbury	25,572	11.7	A1/10
74	Madison	17,706	11.3	A1/10
75	Greenwich	64,915	10.8	A1/10
76	Avon	19,164	10.4	A1/10
77	Monroe	19,395	10.3	A1/10
78	Wilton	19,475	10.3	A1/10
79	New Canaan	21,319	9.4	A1/10
80	Orange	14,482	6.9	A1/10
81	Cheshire	31,218	6.4	A1/10
82	Suffield	16,037	6.2	A1/10
83	Fairfield	66,290	6.0	A1/10
84	Bethel	21,793	4.6	A1/10
85	Canton	10,320	0.0	A1/10
86	Weston	10,533	0.0	A1/10

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About this ranking

Cities are ranked by the FBI's reported violent crime rate per 100,000 residents for the most recent fully-reported year (see individual city pages for the year shown). The list is restricted to cities with population ≥ 10,000 that report to the FBI's National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS). Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer. Refreshed every six months.