Safety · Cheshire
Cheshire, CT crime & safety
Cheshire's reported crime rate is well below Connecticut's. Most reported incidents are property crimes, mainly thefts. Violent crime is rare: 2 reported in 2025.
Crime reported to police, trends and how Cheshire compares with the towns next door, from FBI data.
Reported crime, 2025
Cheshire at a glance
Violent crime
0.1
per 1,000 residents · Connecticut 1.1
Property crime
4.1
per 1,000 residents · Connecticut 11.6
Incidents reported
129
2 violent · 127 property
Since 2022
▼ 47%
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 | Cheshire property | Connecticut property | Cheshire violent | Connecticut violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7.7 | 15.2 | 0.1 | 1.6 |
| 2023 | 7 | 15.8 | 0.2 | 1.5 |
| 2024 | 3.8 | 14 | 0.1 | 1.4 |
| 2025 | 4.1 | 11.6 | 0.1 | 1.1 |
What gets reported
2025, by type
Larceny / theft
105
Burglary
5
Vehicle theft
17
Aggravated assault
2
Robbery
0
Rape
0
Homicide
0
Arson
0
Offenses reported to police, not convictions.
Who keeps Cheshire safe
Local public safety
👮 Cheshire 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
Cheshire 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheshire | 0.1 | 4.1 | 2025 |
| Southington | 0.3 | 10.6 | 2025 |
| Meriden | 1.5 | 16.7 | 2025 |
| Wallingford | 0.6 | 10.6 | 2025 |
| Waterbury | 2.9 | 23.4 | 2025 |
| Hamden | 1.5 | 22.2 | 2025 |
| Wolcott | 0.2 | 4.3 | 2025 |
No town figures in the FBI's data: Prospect.
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 31,200, 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.