Safety · Westport
Westport, CT crime & safety
Westport's reported crime rate is close to Connecticut's. Most reported incidents are property crimes, mainly thefts. 9 violent crimes were reported in 2025.
Crime reported to police, trends and how Westport compares with the towns next door, from FBI data.
Reported crime, 2025
Westport at a glance
Violent crime
0.3
per 1,000 residents · Connecticut 1.1
Property crime
12.8
per 1,000 residents · Connecticut 11.6
Incidents reported
369
9 violent · 360 property
Since 2022
▼ 21%
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 | Westport property | Connecticut property | Westport violent | Connecticut violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 16.2 | 15.2 | 0.1 | 1.6 |
| 2023 | 11.8 | 15.8 | 0.2 | 1.5 |
| 2024 | 11.3 | 14 | 0 | 1.4 |
| 2025 | 12.8 | 11.6 | 0.3 | 1.1 |
What gets reported
2025, by type
Larceny / theft
271
Burglary
16
Vehicle theft
73
Aggravated assault
5
Robbery
3
Rape
1
Homicide
0
Arson
0
Offenses reported to police, not convictions.
Who keeps Westport safe
Local public safety
👮 Westport 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
Westport and its neighbors
Reported crime per 1,000 residents in each town's latest year. * = a count, for towns under 1,000 people.
No town figures in the FBI's data: Staples, Greens Farms, Southport, Saugatuck, Poplar Plains, Coleytown.
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 28,200, 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.