What is the crime rate in Branford, CT?

In 2025, the Branford Police Department reported 10 violent crimes and 247 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 35 violent and 866 property crimes per 100,000 of the 28,528 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: 35
Property per 100,000: 866
Violent crimes: 10
Property crimes: 247

Crime reported by the Branford 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	31	110	551	1,959	28,132
2024	12	43	470	1,679	28,000
2025	10	35	247	866	28,528

Violent crimes reported went from 31 in 2023 to 10 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 551 in 2023 to 247 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.

Branford against Connecticut and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Branford	35	866
South Central Connecticut Planning Region	159	1,916
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 Branford, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Branford	—	35	866
East Haven	3.9 mi	86	1,726
North Branford	5.7 mi	22	538
Guilford	5.8 mi	36	735
New Haven	7.5 mi	399	3,116
North Haven	7.9 mi	40	2,493
West Haven	9.4 mi	65	891
Madison	9.5 mi	11	164
Hamden	11 mi	169	2,386

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 Branford include the places inside it that have pages of their own: Branford Center.

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