Ebenezer Grant House · Photo: –Grondemar · CC BY-SA 3.0South Windsor sees less violent crime per resident than 86% of U.S. towns
Of the 6 towns on its borders with figures, one records less crime per resident. South Windsor grades B for safety overall (#52 of 90 graded towns in Connecticut): close to the middle of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025. On top of that, recorded violent crime ran at 0.5 per 1,000 residents a year and property crime at 14.7, against 1.5 and 15.0 in the rest of Connecticut. The graded rate fell 13% 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 South Windsor
1 of the 6 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 7 Connecticut towns on South Windsor’s borders, 6 have a Safety Grade: Vernon (B+), Windsor (B−), East Hartford (C+), Manchester (C+), East Windsor (C+), Hartford (D). Ellington has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Among Connecticut towns, closer to the middle
Connecticut’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so South Windsor’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 42% of the 90 Connecticut towns we grade, against 55% 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 South Windsor’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds South Windsor’s grade up; property crime pulls it down. Its property rate (14.7) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Show as a table
| Year | South Windsor | Rest of Connecticut | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
South Windsor’s police reported 37 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.5 per 1,000 residents a year, against 1.5 in the rest of Connecticut and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
Show as a table
| Year | South Windsor property | Rest of Connecticut property | South Windsor violent | Rest of Connecticut violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 15.5 | 16.8 | 0.6 | 1.7 |
| 2023 | 17.2 | 17.1 | 0.6 | 1.7 |
| 2024 | 12.0 | 15.5 | 0.4 | 1.5 |
| 2025 | 15.0 | 12.6 | 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.
Crime in South Windsor 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.
417 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.
11 violent and 406 property, as reported to the FBI by South Windsor’s police.
Nine people died in crashes on South Windsor’s roads in 2019–2023
South Windsor had 9 fatal crashes in five years, in which nine people died. 3 died in crashes on an Interstate.
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 South Windsor’s size would see about 9 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so South Windsor’s own rate (6.7) 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.
South Windsor and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Windsor | B | 0.5 | 14.7 |
| East Windsor | C+ | 1.0 | 20.9 |
| Manchester | C+ | 1.2 | 18.9 |
| Windsor | B− | 0.5 | 17.6 |
| Ellington | — | — | — |
| Vernon | B+ | 0.3 | 11.2 |
| East Hartford | C+ | 1.1 | 17.6 |
| Hartford | D | 5.1 | 25.8 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Ellington has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
Connecticut towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Windsor | B | 0.5 | 14.7 |
| Simsbury | A− | 0.1 | 6.9 |
| Westport | B+ | 0.2 | 12.0 |
| Wethersfield | B | 0.7 | 13.9 |
| New London | C+ | 2.0 | 13.5 |
| East Haven | C+ | 1.0 | 21.0 |
The five graded Connecticut towns closest to South Windsor’s population (27,036), 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 South Windsor. 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 South Windsor’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (27,111 in 2025); our figure for South Windsor is 27,036 (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 South Windsor
Is South Windsor, CT safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, South Windsor reports less crime per resident than 55% of U.S. towns, a B Safety Grade and #52 of 90 in Connecticut. Its police reported 0.5 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 South Windsor?
0.5 violent and 14.7 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 South Windsor in 2025?
South Windsor’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 South Windsor safer than East Windsor?
East Windsor reports more crime per resident than South Windsor: East Windsor grades C+ for safety and South Windsor B. East Windsor’s police reported 1.0 violent and 20.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices South Windsor?
South Windsor’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “South Windsor”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
Heads-up board
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Please don’t name or describe individuals. In an emergency, call 911.
Neighbors looking out for each other in South Windsor.
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.