Safety · Bethel
Bethel, CT crime & safety
Bethel's reported crime rate is well below Connecticut's. Most reported incidents are property crimes, mainly thefts. Violent crime is rare: 1 reported in 2025.
Crime reported to police, trends and how Bethel compares with the towns next door, from FBI data.
Reported crime, 2025
Bethel at a glance
Violent crime
0
per 1,000 residents · Connecticut 1.1
Property crime
3.9
per 1,000 residents · Connecticut 11.6
Incidents reported
86
1 violent · 85 property
Since 2022
▼ 45%
change in reported property crime
Violent crime per 1,000
Property crime per 1,000
Trend
Reported crime per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025
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Solid lines: property crime · dashed: violent crime.
Show as a table
| Year | Bethel property | Connecticut property | Bethel violent | Connecticut violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7.1 | 15.2 | 0.2 | 1.6 |
| 2023 | 4.6 | 15.8 | 0.3 | 1.5 |
| 2024 | 5.3 | 14 | 0.1 | 1.4 |
| 2025 | 3.9 | 11.6 | 0 | 1.1 |
What gets reported
2025, by type
Larceny / theft
73
Burglary
7
Vehicle theft
5
Aggravated assault
1
Robbery
0
Rape
0
Homicide
0
Arson
0
Offenses reported to police, not convictions.
Who keeps Bethel safe
Local public safety
👮 Bethel Police DepartmentReports its crime counts to the FBI — the figures on this page.
🚨 EmergenciesCall 911. For non-emergency numbers, alerts and preparedness, see the town guide.
Next door
Bethel and its neighbors
Reported crime per 1,000 residents in each town's latest year. * = a count, for towns under 1,000 people.
| Town | Violent | Property | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bethel | 0 | 3.9 | 2025 |
| Danbury | 1.4 | 10.5 | 2025 |
| Redding | 0.2 | 2.1 | 2025 |
| Brookfield | 0.3 | 4.8 | 2025 |
No town figures in the FBI's data: Bethel, Newtown.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can't tell you
- It's reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many thefts and some assaults are never reported.
- Small numbers swing. In a town of about 21,800, a handful of incidents moves the rate noticeably from year to year. The trend matters more than any one year.
- Visitors count too. Towns with a campus, highway, beach or shopping center see incidents involving people who don't live there, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn't report a full year, not that nothing happened.
Source: 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. This isn't an official statement of public safety — in an emergency, call 911.