Photo: Hayden Soloviev · CC BY 4.0East Hampton has less crime per resident than 89% of U.S. towns
Violent crime here is lower than in 96% of U.S. towns; property crime, lower than in 78%. Measured on crimes East Hampton’s police reported between 2023 and 2025, it earns a Safety Grade of A: #12 of 90 graded towns in Connecticut. Recorded violent crime ran at 0.2 per 1,000 residents a year and property crime at 5.3, against 1.5 and 15.1 in the rest of Connecticut. Per resident, the graded crimes were down 57% from 2023 to 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 East Hampton
1 of the 3 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 7 Connecticut towns on East Hampton’s borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: Portland (A), Glastonbury (B+), Middletown (B). East Haddam, Colchester, Marlborough and Haddam 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 East Hampton’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 per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | East Hampton property | Rest of Connecticut property | East Hampton violent | Rest of Connecticut violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7.5 | 16.8 | 0.0 | 1.7 |
| 2023 | 8.2 | 17.2 | 0.1 | 1.7 |
| 2024 | 4.2 | 15.5 | 0.2 | 1.5 |
| 2025 | 3.4 | 12.6 | 0.2 | 1.2 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | East Hampton | Rest of Connecticut | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.1 | 1.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
East Hampton’s police reported 6 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.
Crime in East Hampton per 1,000 residents
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.
And fewer than 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
47 crimes reported in 2025
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
2 violent and 45 property, as reported to the FBI by East Hampton’s police.
One person died in crashes on East Hampton’s roads in 2019–2023
East Hampton had 1 fatal crash in five years, in which one person died.
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 East Hampton’s size would see about 5 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so East Hampton’s own rate (1.5) 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.
East Hampton and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Hampton | A | 0.2 | 5.3 |
| Portland | A | 0.3 | 4.3 |
| East Haddam | — | — | — |
| Middletown | B | 0.7 | 11.9 |
| Colchester | — | — | — |
| Marlborough | — | — | — |
| Glastonbury | B+ | 0.3 | 10.2 |
| Haddam | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. East Haddam, Colchester, Marlborough and Haddam have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Connecticut towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Hampton | A | 0.2 | 5.3 |
| Coventry | A | 0.5 | 5.0 |
| North Branford | A− | 0.2 | 6.8 |
| Windsor Locks | B | 0.8 | 11.0 |
| Clinton | C+ | 0.5 | 20.1 |
| Derby | C− | 2.2 | 24.8 |
The five graded Connecticut towns closest to East Hampton’s population (13,134), by grade.
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.
- One number for all of East Hampton. 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 East Hampton’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (13,214 in 2025); our figure for East Hampton is 13,134 (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 East Hampton
Is East Hampton, CT safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, East Hampton reports less crime per resident than 89% of U.S. towns, an A Safety Grade and #12 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 East Hampton?
0.2 violent and 5.3 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 East Hampton safer than Portland?
Portland reports less crime per resident than East Hampton: Portland grades A for safety and East Hampton A. Portland’s police reported 0.3 violent and 4.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices East Hampton?
East Hampton’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “East Hampton”. 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.