What is the crime rate in New Haven, CT?

In 2025, the New Haven Police Department reported 558 violent crimes and 4,354 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 399 violent and 3,116 property crimes per 100,000 of the 139,715 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: 399
Property per 100,000: 3,116
Violent crimes: 558
Property crimes: 4,354

Crime reported by the New Haven 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	785	555	5,255	3,714	141,481
2024	736	536	4,943	3,602	137,243
2025	558	399	4,354	3,116	139,715

Violent crimes reported went from 785 in 2023 to 558 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 5,255 in 2023 to 4,354 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.

New Haven against Connecticut and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
New Haven	399	3,116
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 New Haven, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
New Haven	—	399	3,116
West Haven	3.5 mi	65	891
East Haven	3.6 mi	86	1,726
Orange	5.5 mi	7	3,667
Woodbridge	5.5 mi	22	984
Hamden	6.0 mi	169	2,386
North Haven	6.0 mi	40	2,493
Branford	7.5 mi	35	866
Ansonia	7.9 mi	73	1,541

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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