What is the crime rate in Waterbury, CT?

In 2025, the Waterbury Police Department reported 343 violent crimes and 2,741 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 295 violent and 2,354 property crimes per 100,000 of the 116,419 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: 295
Property per 100,000: 2,354
Violent crimes: 343
Property crimes: 2,741

Crime reported by the Waterbury 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	466	404	3,542	3,070	115,380
2024	378	328	3,376	2,926	115,363
2025	343	295	2,741	2,354	116,419

Violent crimes reported went from 466 in 2023 to 343 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 3,542 in 2023 to 2,741 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.

Waterbury against Connecticut and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Waterbury	295	2,354
Naugatuck Valley Planning Region	120	1,222
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 Waterbury, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Waterbury	—	295	2,354
Wolcott	4.3 mi	18	428
Naugatuck	4.9 mi	56	902
Middlebury	5.0 mi	12	540
Watertown	5.7 mi	97	920
Plymouth	7.5 mi	42	478
Cheshire	7.6 mi	6	432
Thomaston	8.0 mi	26	487
Southington	8.8 mi	27	1,088

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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