Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Hartford reports more crime per resident than 89% of U.S. towns
All 7 towns next door with figures record less crime per resident. Hartford’s Safety Grade is D, on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025: #205 of 325 U.S. cities over 100,000. Annual rates stand at 5.1 violent crimes and 25.8 incidents of property crime for every thousand residents, next to 1.3 and 14.6 in the rest of Connecticut. The rate the grade counts dropped 18% 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 Hartford
7 of the 7 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 7 Connecticut towns on Hartford’s borders, 7 have a Safety Grade: Wethersfield (B), South Windsor (B), Windsor (B−), East Hartford (C+), Bloomfield (C+), Newington (C+), West Hartford (C). Neighbors ↓
Homicides: above U.S. cities overall
Hartford’s police reported 11 homicides to the FBI in 2025. Over 2023–2025 that is 18.7 per 100,000 residents a year, 8.3 times the rest of Connecticut (2.2) and 3.3 times all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables (5.7). Violent crime ↓
Robberies: 3.4 times the rest of Connecticut
132 robberies per 100,000 residents a year over 2023–2025 (145 reported in 2025), 3.4 times the rest of Connecticut (38.5) and 1.7 times all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables (79.4). Violent crime ↓
Against other big cities
Among the 325 U.S. cities over 100,000 we grade, Hartford reports less crime per resident than 37% (#205). Places like it ↓
A college town
Hartford is home to Connecticut State Community College, with 27,381 students taking classes on campus (federal college data), and 9% of residents are enrolled in college (Census). Students who live in town count as residents, so they are part of the per-resident rate. How to read it ↓
A job center
Hartford has 105,086 jobs based in town for 121,981 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 Hartford’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 higher than in most U.S. towns; property crime is the closer of the two to typical.
Homicides and robberies
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| Year | Hartford | Rest of Connecticut | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 30.8 | 2.9 | 7.7 |
| 2023 | 29.8 | 2.9 | 6.8 |
| 2024 | 17.6 | 2.0 | 5.7 |
| 2025 | 9.0 | 1.8 | 4.6 |
Homicides per 100,000 residents
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| Year | Hartford | Rest of Connecticut | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 106 | 49.3 | 95.5 |
| 2023 | 142 | 45.5 | 90.6 |
| 2024 | 136 | 39.7 | 81.9 |
| 2025 | 118 | 30.5 | 66.0 |
Robberies per 100,000 residents
Hartford’s police reported 11 homicides, 145 robberies and 556 violent crimes in all to the FBI in 2025. By year, against the rest of Connecticut and all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Hartford property | Rest of Connecticut property | Hartford violent | Rest of Connecticut violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 24.8 | 16.4 | 5.7 | 1.5 |
| 2023 | 26.8 | 16.7 | 5.7 | 1.5 |
| 2024 | 28.5 | 15.0 | 5.2 | 1.4 |
| 2025 | 22.2 | 12.2 | 4.5 | 1.1 |
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.
Crime in Hartford 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 about 5 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
3,280 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.
556 violent and 2,724 property, as reported to the FBI by Hartford’s police.
78 people died in crashes on Hartford’s roads in 2019–2023
Hartford had 73 fatal crashes in five years, in which 78 people died; 23 were pedestrians and 1 was a cyclist. 14 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 12.9 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, about the same as the median for Connecticut towns of 100,000+ people (11.7, 5 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.
Hartford and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hartford | D | 5.1 | 25.8 |
| West Hartford | C | 0.5 | 25.8 |
| Windsor | B− | 0.5 | 17.6 |
| East Hartford | C+ | 1.1 | 17.6 |
| Wethersfield | B | 0.7 | 13.9 |
| Bloomfield | C+ | 0.8 | 21.4 |
| Newington | C+ | 0.7 | 22.6 |
| South Windsor | B | 0.5 | 14.7 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Connecticut towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hartford | D | 5.1 | 25.8 |
| Norwalk | B | 0.8 | 13.4 |
| Stamford | B− | 1.6 | 11.3 |
| Bridgeport | C | 3.4 | 13.8 |
| Waterbury | C− | 3.4 | 27.7 |
| New Haven | D | 4.9 | 34.6 |
The five graded Connecticut towns closest to Hartford’s population (121,981), 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 Hartford. 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 Hartford’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (122,548 in 2025); our figure for Hartford is 121,981 (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 Hartford
Is Hartford, CT safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Hartford reports more crime per resident than 89% of U.S. towns, a D Safety Grade. Its police reported 5.1 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 1.3 in the rest of Connecticut and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Hartford?
5.1 violent and 25.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Connecticut reports 1.3 and 14.6; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Hartford in 2025?
Hartford’s police reported 11 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 9.0 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Hartford safer than West Hartford?
West Hartford reports less crime per resident than Hartford: West Hartford grades C for safety and Hartford D. West Hartford’s police reported 0.5 violent and 25.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Hartford?
Hartford’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Hartford”. 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.