Photo: John Phelan · CC BY-SA 3.0Newington sees less violence than most U.S. towns, but more property crime
4 of the 7 towns next door with figures record less crime per resident. Taking everything together, Newington scores C+ (#79 of 90 graded towns in Connecticut): more crime per resident than 65% of U.S. towns, measured on crimes its police reported between 2023 and 2025. By contrast, the crimes the grade counts fell 40% per resident from 2023 to 2025. Typical years here bring 0.7 violent crime plus 22.6 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, against 1.5 plus 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 Newington
4 of the 7 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 7 Connecticut towns on Newington’s borders, 7 have a Safety Grade: Wethersfield (B), Rocky Hill (B), Farmington (B−), Berlin (B−), West Hartford (C), New Britain (C−), Hartford (D). Neighbors ↓
Among Connecticut towns, lower
Connecticut’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Newington’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 12% of the 90 Connecticut towns we grade, against 35% 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.
What’s behind Newington’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Newington’s grade up; property crime pulls it down.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Newington property | Rest of Connecticut property | Newington violent | Rest of Connecticut violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 25.1 | 16.7 | 1.4 | 1.7 |
| 2023 | 29.2 | 17.0 | 0.8 | 1.7 |
| 2024 | 21.4 | 15.4 | 0.8 | 1.5 |
| 2025 | 17.7 | 12.5 | 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 | Newington | Rest of Connecticut | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Newington’s police reported 62 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.
Crime in Newington 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.
580 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.
14 violent and 566 property, as reported to the FBI by Newington’s police.
Seven people died in crashes on Newington’s roads in 2019–2023
Newington had 6 fatal crashes in five years, in which seven people died; 1 was a pedestrian.
That is about what is typical for Connecticut towns of 25,000–100,000 people: at their median rate (6.8 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Newington’s size would see about 11 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Newington’s own rate (4.5) is context, not a ranking.
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.
Newington and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newington | C+ | 0.7 | 22.6 |
| Wethersfield | B | 0.7 | 13.9 |
| New Britain | C− | 4.4 | 19.7 |
| West Hartford | C | 0.5 | 25.8 |
| Berlin | B− | 0.7 | 16.4 |
| Rocky Hill | B | 0.7 | 13.7 |
| Hartford | D | 5.1 | 25.8 |
| Farmington | B− | 0.3 | 16.0 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Connecticut towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newington | C+ | 0.7 | 22.6 |
| Cheshire | A | 0.1 | 5.0 |
| New Milford | A− | 0.4 | 5.6 |
| Vernon | B+ | 0.3 | 11.2 |
| Naugatuck | B | 0.7 | 10.7 |
| Windsor | B− | 0.5 | 17.6 |
The five graded Connecticut towns closest to Newington’s population (31,647), 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 Newington. 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 Newington’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (32,021 in 2025); our figure for Newington is 31,647 (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 Newington
Is Newington, CT safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Newington reports more crime per resident than 65% of U.S. towns, a C+ Safety Grade and #79 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 Newington?
0.7 violent and 22.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Connecticut reports 1.5 and 15.0; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Newington in 2025?
Newington’s police reported 0 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 0.0 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Newington safer than Wethersfield?
Wethersfield reports less crime per resident than Newington: Wethersfield grades B for safety and Newington C+. Wethersfield’s police reported 0.7 violent and 13.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Newington?
Newington’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Newington”. 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.