Photo: Thundersnow · CC BY-SA 3.0The nearest town with a Safety Grade to Colchester is East Hampton, 9 miles away
Widen the search to 25 miles and 30 graded towns turn up. East Hampton is the only graded town within 10 miles. The grade needs a town’s own FBI figures, and Colchester has none for 2023–2025.
The nearest Connecticut towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Hampton | A | 9 mi | 0.2 | 5.3 |
| Portland | A | 13 mi | 0.3 | 4.3 |
| Norwich | B− | 13 mi | 2.1 | 11.9 |
| Glastonbury | B+ | 14 mi | 0.3 | 10.2 |
| East Lyme | A | 15 mi | 0.2 | 4.9 |
| Coventry | A | 15 mi | 0.5 | 5.0 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Colchester. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Colchester.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
13 people died in crashes on Colchester’s roads in 2019–2023
Colchester had 12 fatal crashes in five years, in which 13 people died.
That is 16.6 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Connecticut towns of 5,000–25,000 people (7.5, 123 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.
Colchester and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hebron | — | — | — |
| Lebanon | — | — | — |
| East Hampton | A | 0.2 | 5.3 |
| East Haddam | — | — | — |
| Marlborough | — | — | — |
| Salem | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Hebron, Lebanon, East Haddam, Marlborough and Salem have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
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.
- A county agency covers a wide area. Its totals mix many communities, so they say little about any one of them.
- 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 Colchester
Is Colchester, CT safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Colchester. Colchester has no FBI crime figures of its own for 2023–2025, so there is nothing to grade it on. The nearest Connecticut towns with a grade are East Hampton (A, 9 mi), Portland (A, 13 mi), Norwich (B−, 13 mi).
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Colchester.
Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 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.