Photo: Ragesoss · CC BY-SA 3.0West Hartford reports less violent crime than most U.S. towns, but more property crime
All told, West Hartford grades C for safety (#82 of 90 graded towns in Connecticut): more crime per resident than 69% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025. Police counts work out at 0.5 violent crime and 25.8 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents annually; in the rest of Connecticut they are 1.5 and 14.8. Per resident, the graded crimes were down 37% from 2023 to 2025. Even so, among its 5 neighbors with figures, 4 record less crime per resident.
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 West Hartford
4 of the 5 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 5 Connecticut towns on West Hartford’s borders, 5 have a Safety Grade: Avon (A−), Farmington (B−), Bloomfield (C+), Newington (C+), Hartford (D). Neighbors ↓
Among Connecticut towns, lower
Connecticut’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so West Hartford’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 9% of the 90 Connecticut towns we grade, against 31% 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 West Hartford’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds West Hartford’s grade up; property crime pulls it down.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | West Hartford property | Rest of Connecticut property | West Hartford violent | Rest of Connecticut violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 26.6 | 16.5 | 0.6 | 1.7 |
| 2023 | 30.7 | 16.8 | 0.5 | 1.7 |
| 2024 | 27.3 | 15.2 | 0.6 | 1.5 |
| 2025 | 19.3 | 12.4 | 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 | West Hartford | Rest of Connecticut | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
West Hartford’s police reported 104 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.
Crime in West Hartford 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.
1,276 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.
29 violent and 1,247 property, as reported to the FBI by West Hartford’s police.
11 people died in crashes on West Hartford’s roads in 2019–2023
West Hartford had 8 fatal crashes in five years, in which 11 people died; 3 were pedestrians. 3 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 3.5 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, below 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.
West Hartford and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Hartford | C | 0.5 | 25.8 |
| Farmington | B− | 0.3 | 16.0 |
| Hartford | D | 5.1 | 25.8 |
| Bloomfield | C+ | 0.8 | 21.4 |
| Newington | C+ | 0.7 | 22.6 |
| Avon | A− | 0.2 | 6.9 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Connecticut towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Hartford | C | 0.5 | 25.8 |
| Greenwich | A− | 0.2 | 8.1 |
| Bristol | B+ | 0.5 | 9.3 |
| Fairfield | B | 0.2 | 14.0 |
| Meriden | C+ | 1.6 | 19.3 |
| Hamden | D | 3.8 | 27.6 |
The five graded Connecticut towns closest to West Hartford’s population (64,242), 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 West Hartford. 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 West Hartford’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (64,453 in 2025); our figure for West Hartford is 64,242 (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 West Hartford
Is West Hartford, CT safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, West Hartford reports more crime per resident than 69% of U.S. towns, a C Safety Grade and #82 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 West Hartford?
0.5 violent and 25.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Connecticut reports 1.5 and 14.8; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in West Hartford in 2025?
West Hartford’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 West Hartford safer than Farmington?
Farmington reports less crime per resident than West Hartford: Farmington grades B− for safety and West Hartford C. Farmington’s police reported 0.3 violent and 16.0 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices West Hartford?
West Hartford’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “West Hartford”. 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.