Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Stamford sits close to the middle of U.S. towns for reported crime
Overall, Stamford grades B− for safety (#60 of 90 graded towns in Connecticut, and #28 of 325 U.S. cities over 100,000): 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 Stamford
3 of the 3 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 3 Connecticut towns on Stamford’s borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: New Canaan (A), Greenwich (A−), Darien (B+). Neighbors ↓
Among Connecticut towns, closer to the middle
Connecticut’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Stamford’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 33% of the 90 Connecticut towns we grade, against 52% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Homicides: below U.S. cities overall
Stamford’s police reported 1 homicides to the FBI in 2025. Over 2023–2025 that is 1.2 per 100,000 residents a year, below the rest of Connecticut (3.0) and below all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables (5.7). Violent crime ↓
Robberies: about the same as the rest of Connecticut
39.7 robberies per 100,000 residents a year over 2023–2025 (47 reported in 2025), about the same as the rest of Connecticut (42.2) and below all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables (79.4). Violent crime ↓
Against other big cities
Among the 325 U.S. cities over 100,000 we grade, Stamford reports less crime per resident than 91% (#28). Places like it ↓
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 Stamford’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Stamford’s grade up; property crime pulls it down. Its property rate (11.3) 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.
Homicides and robberies
Stamford’s police reported 1 homicides, 47 robberies and 215 violent crimes in all to the FBI in 2025. By year, against the rest of Connecticut and all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables.
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| Year | Stamford | Rest of Connecticut | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.5 | 4.1 | 7.7 |
| 2023 | 2.2 | 4.0 | 6.8 |
| 2024 | 0.7 | 2.7 | 5.7 |
| 2025 | 0.7 | 2.2 | 4.6 |
Homicides per 100,000 residents
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| Year | Stamford | Rest of Connecticut | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 54.0 | 51.4 | 95.5 |
| 2023 | 48.3 | 49.3 | 90.6 |
| 2024 | 37.4 | 43.6 | 81.9 |
| 2025 | 33.6 | 33.9 | 66.0 |
Robberies per 100,000 residents
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 | Stamford property | Rest of Connecticut property | Stamford violent | Rest of Connecticut violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 11.7 | 17.0 | 1.9 | 1.7 |
| 2023 | 11.6 | 17.4 | 1.7 | 1.7 |
| 2024 | 12.3 | 15.6 | 1.6 | 1.5 |
| 2025 | 10.1 | 12.7 | 1.5 | 1.2 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
For every 1,000 residents, about 10 property crimes reported
And about 2 violent crimes, 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.
1,625 crimes reported in 2025
215 violent and 1,410 property, as reported to the FBI by Stamford’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
32 people died in crashes on Stamford’s roads in 2019–2023
Stamford had 27 fatal crashes in five years, in which 32 people died; 11 were pedestrians and 1 was a cyclist. 9 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 4.7 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, below the median for Connecticut towns of 100,000+ people (11.7, 5 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.
Stamford and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stamford | B− | 1.6 | 11.3 |
| Darien | B+ | 0.2 | 9.3 |
| New Canaan | A | 0.1 | 6.3 |
| Greenwich | A− | 0.2 | 8.1 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
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 Stamford. A citywide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of the city to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Stamford’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (140,066 in 2025); our figure for Stamford is 139,535 (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 Stamford
Is Stamford, CT safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Stamford reports less crime per resident than 52% of U.S. towns, a B− Safety Grade and #60 of 90 in Connecticut. Its police reported 1.6 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 1.4 in the rest of Connecticut and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Stamford?
1.6 violent and 11.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Connecticut reports 1.4 and 15.2; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is crime going up or down in Stamford?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
How many homicides were there in Stamford in 2025?
Stamford’s police reported 1 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 0.7 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Stamford safer than Darien?
Darien reports less crime per resident than Stamford: Darien grades B+ for safety and Stamford B−. Darien’s police reported 0.2 violent and 9.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Stamford?
Stamford’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Stamford”. 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.