Photo: Pi.1415926535 · CC BY-SA 3.0Ledyard reports less crime per resident than 91% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Ledyard’s police in 2023–2025, it grades A for safety: #8 of 90 graded towns in 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 Ledyard
Ledyard reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 6 Connecticut towns on Ledyard’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Groton (B+), Waterford (B). Stonington, Preston and North Stonington have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Montville reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023. Neighbors ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Ledyard’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; property crime is the stronger of the two.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Ledyard’s police reported 31 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.7 per 1,000 residents a year, against 1.5 in the rest of Connecticut and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
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| Year | Ledyard | Rest of Connecticut | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.4 | 1.7 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 3 property crimes reported
And about 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
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.
Reported crime is steady
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Connecticut.
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| Year | Ledyard property | Rest of Connecticut property | Ledyard violent | Rest of Connecticut violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3.5 | 16.8 | 0.4 | 1.7 |
| 2023 | 2.8 | 17.2 | 0.6 | 1.7 |
| 2024 | 2.3 | 15.5 | 0.6 | 1.5 |
| 2025 | 2.6 | 12.6 | 0.8 | 1.2 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
53 crimes reported in 2025
12 violent and 41 property, as reported to the FBI by Ledyard’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
10 people died in crashes on Ledyard’s roads in 2019–2023
Ledyard had 10 fatal crashes in five years, in which 10 people died; 1 was a pedestrian.
That is 13.0 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Connecticut towns of 5,000–25,000 people (7.5, 123 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.
Ledyard and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ledyard | A | 0.7 | 2.6 |
| Stonington | — | — | — |
| Preston | — | — | — |
| North Stonington | — | — | — |
| Montville | — | — | — |
| Groton | B+ | 0.7 | 9.5 |
| Waterford | B | 0.2 | 13.8 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Stonington, Preston and North Stonington have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Montville reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023.
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 Ledyard. 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 Ledyard’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (15,621 in 2025); our figure for Ledyard is 15,601 (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 Ledyard
Is Ledyard, CT safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Ledyard reports less crime per resident than 91% of U.S. towns, an A Safety Grade and #8 of 90 in Connecticut. Its police reported 0.7 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 Ledyard?
0.7 violent and 2.6 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 crime going up or down in Ledyard?
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings.
Is Ledyard safer than Groton?
Groton reports more crime per resident than Ledyard: Groton grades B+ for safety and Ledyard A. Groton’s police reported 0.7 violent and 9.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Ledyard?
Ledyard’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Ledyard”. 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.