Crime Grade · Connecticut

Safest Cities in Connecticut

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

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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.