John Barker House · Photo: UDChE89 · CC BY-SA 3.0Wallingford reports less crime per resident than 82% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Wallingford’s police in 2023–2025, it grades A− for safety: #28 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 Wallingford
2 of the 5 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 6 Connecticut towns on Wallingford’s borders, 5 have a Safety Grade: Cheshire (A), North Branford (A−), Meriden (C+), North Haven (C), Hamden (D). Durham 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 Wallingford’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 69% of the 90 Connecticut towns we grade, against 82% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Reported crime is rising
Crime reported per resident rose 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 Wallingford’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.
Reported crime is rising
Reported crime per resident rose 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 | Wallingford property | Rest of Connecticut property | Wallingford violent | Rest of Connecticut violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6.4 | 16.9 | 0.2 | 1.7 |
| 2023 | 4.8 | 17.3 | 0.1 | 1.7 |
| 2024 | 4.5 | 15.6 | 0.2 | 1.5 |
| 2025 | 10.6 | 12.6 | 0.6 | 1.2 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Violent crime, by year and by type
Wallingford’s police reported 37 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.3 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 | Wallingford | Rest of Connecticut | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.1 | 1.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.6 | 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 about 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.
495 crimes reported in 2025
25 violent and 470 property, as reported to the FBI by Wallingford’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
21 people died in crashes on Wallingford’s roads in 2019–2023
Wallingford had 19 fatal crashes in five years, in which 21 people died; 2 were pedestrians and 1 was a cyclist. 7 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 9.5 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.
Wallingford and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wallingford | A− | 0.3 | 6.6 |
| North Haven | C | 0.3 | 26.1 |
| North Branford | A− | 0.2 | 6.8 |
| Cheshire | A | 0.1 | 5.0 |
| Meriden | C+ | 1.6 | 19.3 |
| Durham | — | — | — |
| Hamden | D | 3.8 | 27.6 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Durham has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
Connecticut towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wallingford | A− | 0.3 | 6.6 |
| Shelton | A− | 0.4 | 6.5 |
| Middletown | B | 0.7 | 11.9 |
| Southington | B− | 0.4 | 15.2 |
| Norwich | B− | 2.1 | 11.9 |
| Enfield | C+ | 1.4 | 15.8 |
The five graded Connecticut towns closest to Wallingford’s population (44,406), 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 Wallingford. 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 Wallingford’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (44,353 in 2025); our figure for Wallingford is 44,406 (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 Wallingford
Is Wallingford, CT safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Wallingford reports less crime per resident than 82% of U.S. towns, an A− Safety Grade and #28 of 90 in Connecticut. Its police reported 0.3 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 Wallingford?
0.3 violent and 6.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Connecticut reports 1.5 and 15.2; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is crime going up or down in Wallingford?
Reported crime per resident rose from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
How many homicides were there in Wallingford in 2025?
Wallingford’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 Wallingford safer than North Haven?
North Haven reports more crime per resident than Wallingford: North Haven grades C for safety and Wallingford A−. North Haven’s police reported 0.3 violent and 26.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Wallingford?
Wallingford’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Wallingford”. 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.