Photo: Joe Mabel (on Flickr as Joe Mabel from Seattle, US) · CC BY-SA 3.0No grade for Essex Village, but its recorded crime is here
3 towns with a Safety Grade lie within 10 miles. Essex Village has no FBI crime figures of its own for 2023–2025, so there is nothing to grade it on. For a graded neighbor, the nearest is Old Saybrook (B), 4 miles away.
The nearest Connecticut towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Old Saybrook | B | 4 mi | 0.5 | 14.5 |
| Clinton | C+ | 8 mi | 0.5 | 20.1 |
| East Lyme | A | 9 mi | 0.2 | 4.9 |
| Madison | A+ | 12 mi | 0.1 | 3.1 |
| Waterford | B | 13 mi | 0.2 | 13.8 |
| New London | C+ | 16 mi | 2.0 | 13.5 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Essex Village. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Essex Village.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
No one died in a crash on Essex Village’s roads in 2019–2023
That is about what is typical for Connecticut towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (5.5 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Essex Village’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Essex Village’s own rate (0.0) 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.
Essex Village and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Essex | — | — | — |
| Lyme | — | — | — |
| Old Saybrook | B | 0.5 | 14.5 |
| Deep River | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Essex, Lyme and Deep River 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 Essex Village
Is Essex Village, CT safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Essex Village. The nearest Connecticut towns with a grade are Old Saybrook (B, 4 mi), Clinton (C+, 8 mi), East Lyme (A, 9 mi).
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Please don’t name or describe individuals. In an emergency, call 911.
Neighbors looking out for each other in Essex Village.
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.