Nathaniel Richardson House · Photo: Bruce Clouette · Public domainMiddlebury reports less crime per resident than 86% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Middlebury’s police in 2023–2025, it grades A for safety: #17 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 Middlebury
Middlebury reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 6 Connecticut towns on Middlebury’s borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: Naugatuck (B), Watertown (B), Waterbury (C−). Southbury, Woodbury and Oxford have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Middlebury’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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Middlebury’s police reported 6 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.
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| Year | Middlebury | Rest of Connecticut | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 5 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.
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 | Middlebury property | Rest of Connecticut property | Middlebury violent | Rest of Connecticut violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5.9 | 16.8 | 0.0 | 1.7 |
| 2023 | 6.8 | 17.2 | 0.3 | 1.7 |
| 2024 | 4.7 | 15.5 | 0.2 | 1.5 |
| 2025 | 5.4 | 12.6 | 0.2 | 1.2 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
46 crimes reported in 2025
2 violent and 44 property, as reported to the FBI by Middlebury’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 Middlebury’s roads in 2019–2023
Middlebury had 7 fatal crashes in five years, in which 10 people died; 1 was a pedestrian. Most of these deaths (8 of 10) were on an Interstate passing through, so they say more about through-traffic than about the town’s own streets.
That is 25.6 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.
Middlebury and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Southbury, Woodbury and Oxford have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Connecticut towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middlebury | A | 0.2 | 5.6 |
| Redding | A+ | 0.2 | 3.0 |
| Easton | A | 0.0 | 4.6 |
| Thomaston | A | 0.2 | 5.4 |
| Woodbridge | B+ | 0.3 | 9.9 |
| Putnam | B+ | 0.8 | 8.1 |
The five graded Connecticut towns closest to Middlebury’s population (8,093), by grade.
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 Middlebury. 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 Middlebury’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (8,142 in 2025); our figure for Middlebury is 8,093 (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 Middlebury
Is Middlebury, CT safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Middlebury reports less crime per resident than 86% of U.S. towns, an A Safety Grade and #17 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 Middlebury?
0.2 violent and 5.6 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 Middlebury?
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings.
Is Middlebury safer than Naugatuck?
Naugatuck reports more crime per resident than Middlebury: Naugatuck grades B for safety and Middlebury A. Naugatuck’s police reported 0.7 violent and 10.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Middlebury?
Middlebury’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Middlebury”. 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.