What is the crime rate in West Haven, CT?

In 2025, the West Haven Police Department reported 36 violent crimes and 493 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 65 violent and 891 property crimes per 100,000 of the 55,336 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: 65
Property per 100,000: 891
Violent crimes: 36
Property crimes: 493

Crime reported by the West 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	51	93	943	1,721	54,791
2024	58	106	678	1,242	54,598
2025	36	65	493	891	55,336

Violent crimes reported went from 51 in 2023 to 36 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 943 in 2023 to 493 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.

West Haven against Connecticut and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
West Haven	65	891
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 West Haven, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
West Haven	—	65	891
Orange	3.1 mi	7	3,667
New Haven	3.5 mi	399	3,116
East Haven	5.8 mi	86	1,726
Milford	5.8 mi	71	1,776
Woodbridge	6.6 mi	22	984
Derby	7.0 mi	130	2,173
Ansonia	7.3 mi	73	1,541
Hamden	9.0 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

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