Photo: Spongetastic69 · CC BY-SA 4.0For violent crime, Farmington beats 91% of U.S. towns per resident
The crimes the grade counts fell 39% per resident from 2023 to 2025. Next door, 2 of 6 towns with figures record less crime per resident. Overall, Farmington grades B− for safety (#58 of 90 graded towns in Connecticut): close to the middle of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported in 2023–2025. What’s more, recorded violent crime ran at 0.3 per 1,000 residents a year and property crime at 16.0, against 1.5 and 15.0 in the rest of 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 Farmington
2 of the 6 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 7 Connecticut towns on Farmington’s borders, 6 have a Safety Grade: Avon (A−), Bristol (B+), Plainville (B−), Newington (C+), West Hartford (C), New Britain (C−). Burlington has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Among Connecticut towns, closer to the middle
Connecticut’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Farmington’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 36% of the 90 Connecticut towns we grade, against 53% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
A job center
Farmington has 27,694 jobs based in town for 28,632 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
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 Farmington’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Farmington’s grade up; property crime pulls it down. Its property rate (16.0) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Farmington property | Rest of Connecticut property | Farmington violent | Rest of Connecticut violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 18.2 | 16.7 | 0.6 | 1.7 |
| 2023 | 20.4 | 17.1 | 0.3 | 1.7 |
| 2024 | 15.3 | 15.5 | 0.2 | 1.5 |
| 2025 | 12.3 | 12.6 | 0.4 | 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 | Farmington | Rest of Connecticut | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Farmington’s police reported 26 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.3 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 Farmington 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.
364 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.
11 violent and 353 property, as reported to the FBI by Farmington’s police.
11 people died in crashes on Farmington’s roads in 2019–2023
Farmington had 10 fatal crashes in five years, in which 11 people died; 1 was a pedestrian. Most of these deaths (8 of 11) were on an Interstate passing through, so they say more about through-traffic than about the town’s own streets.
That is 8.1 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above 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.
Farmington and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Farmington | B− | 0.3 | 16.0 |
| West Hartford | C | 0.5 | 25.8 |
| Avon | A− | 0.2 | 6.9 |
| Plainville | B− | 0.8 | 17.3 |
| New Britain | C− | 4.4 | 19.7 |
| Burlington | — | — | — |
| Bristol | B+ | 0.5 | 9.3 |
| Newington | C+ | 0.7 | 22.6 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Burlington has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
Connecticut towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Farmington | B− | 0.3 | 16.0 |
| New Milford | A− | 0.4 | 5.6 |
| Westport | B+ | 0.2 | 12.0 |
| Branford | B− | 0.6 | 14.9 |
| New London | C+ | 2.0 | 13.5 |
| East Haven | C+ | 1.0 | 21.0 |
The five graded Connecticut towns closest to Farmington’s population (28,632), 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 Farmington. 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 Farmington’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (28,594 in 2025); our figure for Farmington is 28,632 (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 Farmington
Is Farmington, CT safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Farmington reports less crime per resident than 53% of U.S. towns, a B− Safety Grade and #58 of 90 in Connecticut. Its police reported 0.3 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 Farmington?
0.3 violent and 16.0 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Connecticut reports 1.5 and 15.0; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Farmington in 2025?
Farmington’s police reported 2 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 7.0 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Farmington safer than West Hartford?
West Hartford reports more crime per resident than Farmington: West Hartford grades C for safety and Farmington B−. West Hartford’s police reported 0.5 violent and 25.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Farmington?
Farmington’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Farmington”. 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.