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Safety in Greenwich · FBI data, 2023–2025

Greenwich reports less crime per resident than 79% of U.S. towns

On crimes reported to the FBI by Greenwich’s police in 2023–2025, it grades A− for safety: #32 of 90 graded towns in Connecticut.

Violent crime
0.2
per 1,000 a year · Well below rest of CT (1.5)
U.S. (FBI national estimate) 3.6
Property crime
8.1
per 1,000 a year · Well below rest of CT (15.2)
U.S. (FBI national estimate) 17.6
Crimes reported
1,587
29 violent · 1,558 property
2023–2025
Trend
▼ Falling
2023 to 2025
beyond ordinary swings

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 · In brief

What stands out about safety in Greenwich

Greenwich reports less crime than every graded town next door

Of the 1 Connecticut towns on Greenwich’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Stamford (B−). Neighbors ↓

Among Connecticut towns, closer to the middle

Connecticut’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Greenwich’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 64% of the 90 Connecticut towns we grade, against 79% nationally. Safety Grade ↓

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.

Safety Grade

What’s behind Greenwich’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.

Where Greenwich sits
A+ Violent 0.2B Property 8.1
All U.S. towns we grade (7,426)Less crime than 79%
More reported crimeLess reported crime
Connecticut towns we grade (90)Less crime than 64% · #32 of 90
Places of 25,000–100,000 people (1,371)Less crime than 92%
A firm grade. Built on 1,587 reported crimes over three years; ordinary year-to-year swings wouldn’t change the letter.

How TownRatings grades safety →

Trend

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.

Show as a table
YearGreenwich propertyRest of Connecticut propertyGreenwich violentRest of Connecticut violent
202210.816.90.21.7
20239.417.30.21.7
20248.715.60.11.6
20256.312.70.11.2

Crimes per 1,000 residents

Violent crime

Violent crime, by year and by type

Greenwich’s police reported 29 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.

1,000 neighbors · one year

For every 1,000 residents, about 6 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.

Property crime (6.3)Violent crime (0.1)Everyone else

Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025

Greenwich0.1
Rest of CT1.2
U.S. (FBI)3.3

Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025

Greenwich6.3
Rest of CT12.7
U.S. (FBI)15.5

Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.

What gets reported

417 crimes reported in 2025

8 violent and 409 property, as reported to the FBI by Greenwich’s police.

2025 offenses reported

Larceny / theft316
Burglary22
Vehicle theft71
Aggravated assault3
Robbery3
Rape1
Homicide1
Arson2
8
violent crimes
409
property crimes

Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.

On the roads

15 people died in crashes on Greenwich’s roads in 2019–2023

Greenwich had 15 fatal crashes in five years, in which 15 people died; 4 were pedestrians. 7 died in crashes on an Interstate.

That is 4.7 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, below the median for Connecticut towns of 25,000–100,000 people (6.8, 47 towns).

15
people died in crashes, 2019–2023
4
pedestrians among them
0
cyclists among them
4.7
per 100,000 a year · Connecticut towns of 25,000–100,000: 6.8

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.

Next door

Greenwich and its neighbors

How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.

A rangeB rangeC rangeD rangeNot graded
TownGradeViolentProperty
GreenwichA−0.28.1
StamfordB−1.611.3

Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

Connecticut towns of a similar size

TownGradeViolentProperty
GreenwichA−0.28.1
BristolB+0.59.3
FairfieldB0.214.0
MeridenC+1.619.3
West HartfordC0.525.8
HamdenD3.827.6

The five graded Connecticut towns closest to Greenwich’s population (64,801), by grade.

How to read these numbers

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 Greenwich. A citywide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of the city to another.
  • Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Greenwich’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
  • Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (64,915 in 2025); our figure for Greenwich is 64,801 (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 Greenwich

Is Greenwich, CT safe?

On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Greenwich reports less crime per resident than 79% of U.S. towns, an A− Safety Grade and #32 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 Greenwich?

0.2 violent and 8.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Connecticut reports 1.5 and 15.2; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.

Is crime going up or down in Greenwich?

Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.

How many homicides were there in Greenwich in 2025?

Greenwich’s police reported 1 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 1.5 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.

Is Greenwich safer than Stamford?

Stamford reports more crime per resident than Greenwich: Stamford grades B− for safety and Greenwich A−. Stamford’s police reported 1.6 violent and 11.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

Who polices Greenwich?

Greenwich’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Greenwich”. 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.