Safest Cities in Connecticut, 2018 | National Council For Home Safety and Security

Overall, Connecticut ranks as one of the safest states in the nation. Despite being densely populated as a whole, the small New England state’s lack of a major urban center (its most populous city, Bridgeport, has just 144,229 inhabitants) and claim to the highest per capita income in the U.S. goes a long way in explaining Connecticut’s impressively low crime numbers.

2.62 Average violent crime per 1,000

20.21 Average property crime per 1,000

The safest community in Connecticut is the small town of Weston, the state’s only town over 10,000 in population not to report a violent crime. Along with its mere 15 property crimes reported (good enough for a staggeringly low 1.44 property crimes per 1,000), these statistics were good enough to place it in the top ten, nationwide.

Ridgefield (#2) and Newtown (#3) posted crime numbers that were nearly as impressive, with both boasting a violent crimes per 1,000 average of nearly zero and property crime numbers of less than 3 per 1,000. Newtown is of course known as the spot of the horrific 2012 elementary school shooting. However, this tragic anomaly aside, the community is extremely safe.

1. WESTON

10,425 Population

0 Violent Crimes

15 Property Crimes

2. RIDGEFIELD

25,358 Population

2 Violent Crimes

72 Property Crimes

3. NEWTOWN

28,105 Population

3 Violent Crimes

83 Property Crimes

4. WILTON

18,845 Population

1 Violent Crimes

71 Property Crimes

5. MONROE

19,898 Population

2 Violent Crimes

82 Property Crimes

Connecticut's Safest Cities

Rank	City	Population	Violent crime	Property crime	Violent per 1,000	Property per 1,000
1	Weston	10,425	0	15	0.00	1.44
2	Ridgefield	25,358	2	72	0.08	2.84
3	Newtown	28,105	3	83	0.11	2.95
4	Wilton	18,845	1	71	0.05	3.77
5	Monroe	19,898	2	82	0.10	4.12
6	Madison	18,212	1	83	0.05	4.56
7	Plainfield	15,015	14	61	0.93	4.06
8	New Canaan	20,509	3	131	0.15	6.39
9	Greenwich	62,970	14	403	0.22	6.40
10	Suffield	15,641	9	96	0.58	6.14
11	Granby	11,301	2	77	0.18	6.81
12	Avon	18,464	1	131	0.05	7.09
13	Simsbury	24,519	7	166	0.29	6.77
14	Brookfield	17,278	10	126	0.58	7.29
15	Bethel	19,712	1	162	0.05	8.22
16	Cheshire	29,259	4	244	0.14	8.34
17	East Hampton	12,839	4	107	0.31	8.33
18	Westport	28,198	7	248	0.25	8.79
19	North Branford	14,234	6	125	0.42	8.78
20	Guilford	22,343	8	200	0.36	8.95
21	Coventry	12,437	3	127	0.24	10.21
22	Darien	21,995	1	242	0.05	11.00
23	Seymour	16,462	7	178	0.43	10.81
24	Shelton	41,638	28	435	0.67	10.45
25	Canton	10,337	0	120	0.00	11.61
26	New Milford	27,111	29	272	1.07	10.03
27	Plymouth	11,731	4	131	0.34	11.17
28	Old Saybrook	10,145	1	117	0.10	11.53
29	Vernon	28,915	20	339	0.69	11.72
30	South Windsor	25,803	4	355	0.16	13.76
31	Stonington	18,337	13	252	0.71	13.74
32	Rocky Hill	20,085	9	289	0.45	14.39
33	Willimantic	17,766	24	232	1.35	13.06
34	Wallingford	44,840	24	641	0.54	14.30
35	Windsor Locks	12,543	12	192	0.96	15.31
36	Berlin	20,695	20	323	0.97	15.61
37	Fairfield	61,889	38	1,002	0.61	16.19
38	Bristol	60,445	55	953	0.91	15.77
39	Wolcott	16,666	5	288	0.30	17.28
40	Groton Town	29,910	38	475	1.27	15.88
41	Danbury	85,335	161	1,363	1.89	15.97
42	Winchester	10,750	7	192	0.65	17.86
43	Naugatuck	31,469	37	545	1.18	17.32
44	East Windsor	11,443	16	197	1.40	17.22
45	Torrington	34,626	62	576	1.79	16.63
46	Ansonia	18,776	24	331	1.28	17.63
47	Branford	28,168	10	543	0.36	19.28
48	Stamford	130,116	351	2,073	2.70	15.93
49	Norwich	39,771	121	621	3.04	15.61
50	Windsor	28,998	29	543	1.00	18.73
51	Enfield	44,258	75	786	1.69	17.76
52	Norwalk	88,989	295	1,427	3.32	16.04
53	Watertown	21,792	21	435	0.96	19.96
54	Middletown	46,580	70	927	1.50	19.90
55	West Haven	54,800	135	1,042	2.46	19.01
56	Southington	43,948	41	942	0.93	21.43
57	Milford	53,752	34	1,215	0.63	22.60
58	Stratford	52,841	67	1,160	1.27	21.95
59	Clinton	13,008	20	282	1.54	21.68
60	East Haven	28,879	32	657	1.11	22.75
61	Orange	13,940	9	342	0.65	24.53
62	North Haven	23,777	22	582	0.93	24.48
63	Waterford	19,236	40	438	2.08	22.77
64	Trumbull	36,741	42	896	1.14	24.39
65	West Hartford	62,979	40	1,589	0.64	25.23
66	Farmington	25,684	17	652	0.66	25.39
67	Newington	30,610	22	790	0.72	25.81
68	Cromwell	14,041	7	369	0.50	26.28
69	Derby	12,660	39	298	3.08	23.54
70	Bloomfield	20,801	52	515	2.50	24.76
71	Meriden	59,812	227	1,367	3.80	22.85
72	Hamden	61,138	195	1,507	3.19	24.65
73	Manchester	57,957	107	1,559	1.85	26.90
74	Plainville	17,782	31	490	1.74	27.56
75	East Hartford	50,733	147	1,312	2.90	25.86
76	Bridgeport	148,180	1,115	3,258	7.52	21.99
77	New Britain	72,720	216	2,121	2.97	29.17
78	New London	27,092	193	743	7.12	27.43
79	Waterbury	108,491	550	4,199	5.07	38.70
80	New Haven	130,425	1,219	5,492	9.35	42.11
81	Hartford	123,736	1,353	5,197	10.93	42.00

METHODOLOGY

To identify the safest cities in Connecticut, we reviewed the most recent FBI Uniform Crime Report statistics along with our own population data and internal research. We eliminated any cities that failed to submit a complete crime report to the FBI and removed cities with populations under 10,000.

The remaining cities were ranked based on the number of reported violent crimes (aggravated assault, murder, rape, and robbery) and property crimes (burglary, arson, larceny-theft, and motor vehicle theft) per 1,000 people. These variables were then weighted, with violent crimes accounting for 1.5 of the total (due to their severity) than property crimes.