Photo: 3Dimka at en.wikipedia · Public domainReported crime per resident in Southington fell 47% from 2023 to 2025
Overall, Southington grades B− for safety (#57 of 90 graded towns in Connecticut): close to the middle of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported to the FBI in 2023–2025.
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 Southington
3 of the 7 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 7 Connecticut towns on Southington’s borders, 7 have a Safety Grade: Wolcott (A+), Cheshire (A), Bristol (B+), Berlin (B−), Plainville (B−), Meriden (C+), New Britain (C−). Neighbors ↓
Among Connecticut towns, closer to the middle
Connecticut’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Southington’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 37% of the 90 Connecticut towns we grade, against 54% 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 Southington’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Southington’s grade up; property crime pulls it down. Its property rate (15.2) 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.
Reported crime is falling
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.
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| Year | Southington property | Rest of Connecticut property | Southington violent | Rest of Connecticut violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 18.3 | 16.7 | 0.6 | 1.7 |
| 2023 | 20.0 | 17.1 | 0.4 | 1.7 |
| 2024 | 15.1 | 15.5 | 0.7 | 1.5 |
| 2025 | 10.6 | 12.6 | 0.3 | 1.2 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Violent crime, by year and by type
Southington’s police reported 58 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.4 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 | Southington | Rest of Connecticut | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.4 | 1.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 11 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.
484 crimes reported in 2025
12 violent and 472 property, as reported to the FBI by Southington’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
22 people died in crashes on Southington’s roads in 2019–2023
Southington had 21 fatal crashes in five years, in which 22 people died; 3 were pedestrians. Most of these deaths (11 of 22) were on an Interstate passing through, so they say more about through-traffic than about the town’s own streets.
That is 10.0 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Connecticut towns of 25,000–100,000 people (6.8, 47 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.
Southington and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southington | B− | 0.4 | 15.2 |
| Cheshire | A | 0.1 | 5.0 |
| Berlin | B− | 0.7 | 16.4 |
| Bristol | B+ | 0.5 | 9.3 |
| Wolcott | A+ | 0.1 | 2.9 |
| Meriden | C+ | 1.6 | 19.3 |
| New Britain | C− | 4.4 | 19.7 |
| Plainville | B− | 0.8 | 17.3 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Connecticut towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southington | B− | 0.4 | 15.2 |
| Wallingford | A− | 0.3 | 6.6 |
| Shelton | A− | 0.4 | 6.5 |
| Middletown | B | 0.7 | 11.9 |
| Norwich | B− | 2.1 | 11.9 |
| Enfield | C+ | 1.4 | 15.8 |
The five graded Connecticut towns closest to Southington’s population (44,242), 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 Southington. 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 Southington’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (44,391 in 2025); our figure for Southington is 44,242 (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 Southington
Is Southington, CT safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Southington reports less crime per resident than 54% of U.S. towns, a B− Safety Grade and #57 of 90 in Connecticut. Its police reported 0.4 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 Southington?
0.4 violent and 15.2 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.
Is crime going up or down in Southington?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
How many homicides were there in Southington in 2025?
Southington’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 Southington safer than Cheshire?
Cheshire reports less crime per resident than Southington: Cheshire grades A for safety and Southington B−. Cheshire’s police reported 0.1 violent and 5.0 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Southington?
Southington’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Southington”. 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.