What is the crime rate in Berlin, CT?

In 2025, the Berlin Police Department reported 15 violent crimes and 204 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 72 violent and 982 property crimes per 100,000 of the 20,776 residents it serves.

Across Connecticut the rates were 111 and 1,160.

Nationally they were 330 and 1,552.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 72
Property per 100,000: 982
Violent crimes: 15
Property crimes: 204

Crime reported by the Berlin Police Department, 2023 to 2025

Offenses known to law enforcement, reported to the FBI; rates per 100,000 residents of the area the department serves
Year	Violent crimes	Violent per 100,000	Property crimes	Property per 100,000	Residents served
2023	9	44	517	2,556	20,230
2024	19	93	291	1,418	20,529
2025	15	72	204	982	20,776

Violent crimes reported went from 9 in 2023 to 15 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 517 in 2023 to 204 in 2025.

In a small town a handful of incidents moves these numbers a long way, so one year’s change says little on its own.

Berlin against Connecticut and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Berlin	72	982
Capitol Planning Region	143	1,419
Connecticut	111	1,160
United States	330	1,552

These are rates per resident; they are not adjusted for visitors, commuters or the size of the area, which raise or lower a town’s figures without changing anybody’s risk.

Crime reported in places near Berlin, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Berlin	—	72	982
Meriden	4.8 mi	153	1,680
New Britain	4.9 mi	423	1,703
Southington	5.2 mi	27	1,088
Cromwell	6.1 mi	69	1,836
Newington	6.1 mi	47	1,777
Plainville	6.1 mi	95	1,144
Rocky Hill	7.0 mi	37	994
Middletown	7.4 mi	67	958

Neighboring departments count the same offenses the same way, but their areas, populations and visitors differ, so a difference between two towns is a starting point for a question, not an answer.

How to read these numbers

These are offenses known to the police and reported to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program: crimes nobody reported, or that a department did not record, are not in them.

Violent crime is murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft and arson.

A department reports the crimes in the area it polices, which can differ from the town’s boundaries, and the FBI estimates the population it serves.

The FBI asks that these figures not be used to rank places or to judge how safe a neighborhood is: crime depends on many local factors, and the counts describe a whole town, not any street or home.

A year is shown only when the department reported all twelve months.

FBI: Uniform Crime Reporting statistics and their proper use

The figures for Berlin include the places inside it that have pages of their own: Kensington.

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