Photo: John Phelan · CC BY-SA 3.0Cheshire reports less crime per resident than 90% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Cheshire’s police in 2023–2025, it grades A for safety: #11 of 90 graded towns in Connecticut.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of CT” is every other Connecticut city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in Cheshire
1 of the 6 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 8 Connecticut towns on Cheshire’s borders, 6 have a Safety Grade: Wolcott (A+), Wallingford (A−), Southington (B−), Meriden (C+), Waterbury (C−), Hamden (D). Prospect and Bethany have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Cheshire’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are lower than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the stronger of the two.
Reported crime is falling
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Connecticut.
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| Year | Cheshire property | Rest of Connecticut property | Cheshire violent | Rest of Connecticut violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7.7 | 16.8 | 0.1 | 1.7 |
| 2023 | 7.0 | 17.2 | 0.2 | 1.7 |
| 2024 | 3.8 | 15.6 | 0.1 | 1.5 |
| 2025 | 4.1 | 12.7 | 0.1 | 1.2 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Violent crime, by year and by type
Cheshire’s police reported 11 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.1 per 1,000 residents a year, against 1.5 in the rest of Connecticut and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
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| Year | Cheshire | Rest of Connecticut | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.1 | 1.7 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 4 property crimes reported
And fewer than 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
129 crimes reported in 2025
2 violent and 127 property, as reported to the FBI by Cheshire’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
10 people died in crashes on Cheshire’s roads in 2019–2023
Cheshire had 10 fatal crashes in five years, in which 10 people died; 1 was a pedestrian. 1 died in crash on an Interstate.
That is 6.9 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, about the same as the median for Connecticut towns of 25,000–100,000 people (6.8, 47 towns).
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Cheshire and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheshire | A | 0.1 | 5.0 |
| Prospect | — | — | — |
| Southington | B− | 0.4 | 15.2 |
| Meriden | C+ | 1.6 | 19.3 |
| Wallingford | A− | 0.3 | 6.6 |
| Waterbury | C− | 3.4 | 27.7 |
| Hamden | D | 3.8 | 27.6 |
| Bethany | — | — | — |
| Wolcott | A+ | 0.1 | 2.9 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Prospect and Bethany have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- One number for all of Cheshire. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Cheshire’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (31,218 in 2025); our figure for Cheshire is 30,983 (2025 Census estimate).
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Cheshire
Is Cheshire, CT safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Cheshire reports less crime per resident than 90% of U.S. towns, an A Safety Grade and #11 of 90 in Connecticut. Its police reported 0.1 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 1.5 in the rest of Connecticut and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Cheshire?
0.1 violent and 5.0 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Connecticut reports 1.5 and 15.1; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is crime going up or down in Cheshire?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
How many homicides were there in Cheshire in 2025?
Cheshire’s police reported 0 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 0.0 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Cheshire safer than Southington?
Southington reports more crime per resident than Cheshire: Southington grades B− for safety and Cheshire A. Southington’s police reported 0.4 violent and 15.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Cheshire?
Cheshire’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Cheshire”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.