Safety · Hartford
Hartford, CT crime & safety
Hartford's reported crime rate is well above Connecticut's. Most reported incidents are property crimes, mainly thefts. 556 violent crimes were reported in 2025.
Crime reported to police, trends and how Hartford compares with the towns next door, from FBI data.
Reported crime, 2025
Hartford at a glance
Violent crime
4.5
per 1,000 residents · Connecticut 1.1
Property crime
22.2
per 1,000 residents · Connecticut 11.6
Incidents reported
3,280
556 violent · 2,724 property
Since 2022
▼ 10%
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 | Hartford property | Connecticut property | Hartford violent | Connecticut violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 24.8 | 15.2 | 5.7 | 1.6 |
| 2023 | 26.8 | 15.8 | 5.7 | 1.5 |
| 2024 | 28.5 | 14 | 5.2 | 1.4 |
| 2025 | 22.2 | 11.6 | 4.5 | 1.1 |
What gets reported
2025, by type
Larceny / theft
1,733
Burglary
238
Vehicle theft
753
Aggravated assault
356
Robbery
145
Rape
44
Homicide
11
Arson
27
Offenses reported to police, not convictions.
Who keeps Hartford safe
Local public safety
👮 Hartford 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
Hartford 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hartford | 4.5 | 22.2 | 2025 |
| West Hartford | 0.4 | 19.3 | 2025 |
| Windsor | 0.3 | 14.3 | 2025 |
| East Hartford | 0.9 | 13.5 | 2025 |
| Wethersfield | 0.7 | 13.5 | 2025 |
| Bloomfield | 0.7 | 14.4 | 2025 |
| Newington | 0.4 | 17.7 | 2025 |
No town figures in the FBI's data: West Hartford, East Hartford, Wethersfield, Blue Hills.
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 122,500, 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.