What is the crime rate in Danbury, CT?

In 2025, the Danbury Police Department reported 130 violent crimes and 942 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 145 violent and 1,054 property crimes per 100,000 of the 89,355 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: 145
Property per 100,000: 1,054
Violent crimes: 130
Property crimes: 942

Crime reported by the Danbury 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	188	215	976	1,118	87,327
2024	231	268	1,093	1,267	86,257
2025	130	145	942	1,054	89,355

Violent crimes reported went from 188 in 2023 to 130 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 976 in 2023 to 942 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.

Danbury against Connecticut and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Danbury	145	1,054
Western Connecticut Planning Region	73	798
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 Danbury, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Danbury	—	145	1,054
Bethel	5.0 mi	5	390
Ridgefield	5.7 mi	4	158
Brookfield	6.6 mi	33	479
Village of Brewster	7.2 mi	0	240
Redding	7.8 mi	23	215
Newtown	9.5 mi	28	382

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

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