Safety · New Canaan
New Canaan, CT crime & safety
New Canaan'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 New Canaan compares with the towns next door, from FBI data.
Reported crime, 2025
New Canaan at a glance
Violent crime
0.1
per 1,000 residents · Connecticut 1.1
Property crime
4.8
per 1,000 residents · Connecticut 11.6
Incidents reported
105
2 violent · 103 property
Since 2022
▼ 41%
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 | New Canaan property | Connecticut property | New Canaan violent | Connecticut violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 8.2 | 15.2 | 0 | 1.6 |
| 2023 | 6.3 | 15.8 | 0.1 | 1.5 |
| 2024 | 7.8 | 14 | 0.1 | 1.4 |
| 2025 | 4.8 | 11.6 | 0.1 | 1.1 |
What gets reported
2025, by type
Larceny / theft
61
Burglary
24
Vehicle theft
18
Aggravated assault
0
Robbery
0
Rape
1
Homicide
1
Arson
0
Offenses reported to police, not convictions.
Who keeps New Canaan safe
Local public safety
👮 New Canaan 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
New Canaan and its neighbors
Reported crime per 1,000 residents in each town's latest year. * = a count, for towns under 1,000 people.
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 21,300, 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.