Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Reported crime per resident in Darien fell 29% from 2023 to 2025
Overall, Darien grades B+ for safety (#33 of 90 graded towns in Connecticut): less crime per resident than 74% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported to the FBI in 2023–2025.
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 Darien
1 of the 3 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 3 Connecticut towns on Darien’s borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: New Canaan (A), Norwalk (B), Stamford (B−). 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 Darien’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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Darien’s police reported 16 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.2 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 | Darien | Rest of Connecticut | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.1 | 1.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
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 | Darien property | Rest of Connecticut property | Darien violent | Rest of Connecticut violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 13.5 | 16.8 | 0.3 | 1.7 |
| 2023 | 10.4 | 17.2 | 0.1 | 1.7 |
| 2024 | 10.5 | 15.5 | 0.3 | 1.5 |
| 2025 | 7.2 | 12.6 | 0.3 | 1.2 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
For every 1,000 residents, about 7 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.
171 crimes reported in 2025
7 violent and 164 property, as reported to the FBI by Darien’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
Three people died in crashes on Darien’s roads in 2019–2023
Darien had 2 fatal crashes in five years, in which three people died. Most of these deaths (3 of 3) were on an Interstate passing through, so they say more about through-traffic than about the town’s own streets.
That is fewer than is typical for Connecticut towns of 5,000–25,000 people: at their median rate (7.5 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Darien’s size would see about 8 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Darien’s own rate (2.7) is context, not a ranking.
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.
Darien and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Darien | B+ | 0.2 | 9.3 |
| Stamford | B− | 1.6 | 11.3 |
| Norwalk | B | 0.8 | 13.4 |
| New Canaan | A | 0.1 | 6.3 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Connecticut towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Darien | B+ | 0.2 | 9.3 |
| Bethel | A | 0.2 | 4.6 |
| Guilford | B+ | 0.2 | 9.3 |
| Watertown | B | 0.5 | 11.7 |
| Rocky Hill | B | 0.7 | 13.7 |
| Bloomfield | C+ | 0.8 | 21.4 |
The five graded Connecticut towns closest to Darien’s population (22,583), by grade.
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 Darien. 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 Darien’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (22,807 in 2025); our figure for Darien is 22,583 (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 Darien
Is Darien, CT safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Darien reports less crime per resident than 74% of U.S. towns, a B+ Safety Grade and #33 of 90 in Connecticut. Its police reported 0.2 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 Darien?
0.2 violent and 9.3 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 Darien?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
Is Darien safer than Stamford?
Stamford reports more crime per resident than Darien: Stamford grades B− for safety and Darien B+. Stamford’s police reported 1.6 violent and 11.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Darien?
Darien’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Darien”. 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.