Hartford, CT crime rate
In 2025 the Hartford Police Department reported 458.6 violent crimes and 2,262.8 property crimes per 100,000 residents it covers. The FBI's estimates for Connecticut and the US for the same year are beside each number.
Data as of 2025 (FBI), checked October 30, 2026. How we got these numbers
Data notes.
- Rape, 2022: unusual change, check the source. 2021: 64, 2022: 31, 2023: 80 (under 60% of both neighbouring years). Changes to and from 2022 are not shown.
How does Hartford compare with Connecticut and the US?
Arson has no FBI state or US estimate, so its row shows Hartford only.
What offenses were reported in Hartford, 2025?
| Offense | Reported | Per 100k | Connecticut | US | vs 2024 | vs 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | ||||||
| Violent crime | 562 | 458.6 | 109.6 | 327.6 | down 13.1% | down 40.1% |
| Murder | 11 | 9.0 | 1.9 | 4.1 | down 51.1% | down 73.4% |
| Rape | 44 | 35.9 | 15.4 | 36.1 | down 22.0% | down 32.0% |
| Robbery | 146 | 119.1 | 30.0 | 49.4 | down 13.1% | down 8.1% |
| Aggravated assault | 361 | 294.6 | 62.2 | 238.0 | down 9.6% | down 46.4% |
| Property crime | ||||||
| Property crime | 2,773 | 2,262.8 | 1,146.0 | 1,534.8 | down 23.3% | down 32.2% |
| Burglary | 240 | 195.8 | 81.6 | 193.6 | down 14.8% | down 26.3% |
| Larceny-theft | 1,748 | 1,426.4 | 893.5 | 1,144.1 | down 20.7% | down 41.2% |
| Motor vehicle theft | 758 | 618.5 | 171.0 | 197.0 | down 31.1% | up 1.3% |
| Arson | 27 | 22.0 | Not estimated | Not estimated | down 6.0% | down 36.6% |
Reported = offenses known to the Hartford Police Department and sent to the FBI. Connecticut and US are FBI estimates for the same year. Changes compare rates of full years only.
Violent crime rate, 2021 to 2025
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| Year | Hartford | United States | Connecticut |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 765.9 | 387.0 | 168.6 |
| 2022 | 616.5 | 388.7 | 153.6 |
| 2023 | 586.5 | 379.5 | 152.4 |
| 2024 | 527.5 | 362.9 | 139.0 |
| 2025 | 458.6 | 327.6 | 109.6 |
Property crime rate, 2021 to 2025
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| Year | Hartford | United States | Connecticut |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3,335.3 | 1,832.3 | 1,518.4 |
| 2022 | 2,658.2 | 1,973.8 | 1,507.7 |
| 2023 | 2,887.1 | 1,934.1 | 1,564.4 |
| 2024 | 2,950.0 | 1,761.1 | 1,376.0 |
| 2025 | 2,262.8 | 1,534.8 | 1,146.0 |
Is Hartford safe?
We don't rate cities as safe or unsafe. What the FBI's numbers show: in 2025 the violent crime rate the Hartford Police Department reported, 458.6 per 100,000 residents, was higher than Connecticut's 109.6, and higher than the US rate of 327.6 (FBI estimates). It fell 13.1% from 2024.
What these numbers can't tell you:
- How crime differs between neighborhoods (the FBI publishes agency totals only).
- Crimes nobody reported to the police.
- How many offenses involved visitors and commuters, who are not in the population count.
Hartford's violent crime rate in 2025 was 458.6 per 100,000 residents covered by the Hartford Police Department, from 562 offenses reported to the FBI. The FBI's Connecticut estimate was 109.6, so the city rate was 4.2 times the state, and 1.4 times the US rate of 327.6. Property crime ran at 2,262.8 per 100,000, 2.0 times the state's 1,146.0 and 1.5 times the national 1,534.8.
Violent crime has fallen 40.1% since 2021, from 765.9, while the Connecticut estimate went from 168.6 to 109.6. In the last year alone, violent crime dropped 13.1% and property crime 23.3%. Murder fell the most of the violent offenses from 2021 to 2025, 73.4%, from 33.8 to 9.0 per 100,000, with 11 homicides in 2025.
Aggravated assault was down 46.4% over the same years and made up 64% of violent crime. Property crime is 32.2% lower than in 2021, and larceny-theft fell the most of the property offenses, 41.2%. Motor vehicle theft fell the most of the property offenses from 2024 to 2025, 31.1%, to 618.5 per 100,000, 3.6 times the state rate.
Measured from 2021, motor vehicle theft had the largest rise in that group, 1.3%. The 2022 rape count is flagged as an unusual change and is not compared. All 12 months were sent for each of the 5 years shown, with NIBRS reporting since 2020, and the department had 3.28 police employees per 1,000 residents in 2025.
Written from the numbers on this page. Every figure and every comparison is checked against the stored FBI data before publishing.
Police employees, 2025: 3.28 per 1,000 residents (373 officers, 29 civilians), FBI Crime Data Explorer. Shown as context, not as a measure of crime.
Other Connecticut cities
The nearest Connecticut cities with a page, in alphabetical order. VC = violent crime per 100,000, 2025.
Sources
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, Hartford Police Department (ORI CT0006400), offenses known to law enforcement and police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026. Crime Data Explorer
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, Connecticut and United States estimated crime (Summary Reporting System estimates), 2021 to 2025.
- FBI, "UCR Statistics: Their Proper Use" (why we don't rank cities).
Every stored file behind this page (11)
- Hartford Police Department (CT0006400): violent crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CT0006400_violent_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Hartford Police Department (CT0006400): murder, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CT0006400_homicide__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Hartford Police Department (CT0006400): rape, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CT0006400_rape__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Hartford Police Department (CT0006400): robbery, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CT0006400_robbery__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Hartford Police Department (CT0006400): aggravated assault, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CT0006400_aggravated_assault__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Hartford Police Department (CT0006400): property crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CT0006400_property_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Hartford Police Department (CT0006400): burglary, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CT0006400_burglary__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Hartford Police Department (CT0006400): larceny-theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CT0006400_larceny__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Hartford Police Department (CT0006400): motor vehicle theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CT0006400_motor_vehicle_theft__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Hartford Police Department (CT0006400): arson, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CT0006400_arson__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Hartford Police Department (CT0006400): police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/pe_agency_CT0006400__from-2021-to-2025.json)