Devon-Walnut Beach, Milford, CT Property Crime Rates and Maps
Devon-Walnut Beach is a neighborhood of 11,200 residents in Milford, about 2 miles southwest of downtown · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Devon-Walnut Beach?
Property crime in Devon-Walnut Beach sits near the national middle: a B+, with more property crime than the neighborhoods where 60% of Americans live. Theft makes up 67% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades A+, and vehicle theft grades A-. Milford as a whole grades A- for property crime.
B+
Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 759 of 1,000About as much property crime as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
40% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Devon-Walnut Beach as a whole, and 60% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Devon-Walnut Beach scores 759.
Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more property crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its property crime with the homes, parked cars and people there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy shopping center can show red while the homes beside it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in Devon-Walnut Beach, Milford, CT at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Devon-Walnut Beach in Milford, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.
Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports
What stands out about property crime in Devon-Walnut Beach
Car thefts happen in the morning far more often than nationally. In Milford as a whole, 43% of reported car thefts happen in the morning (6 am to noon), against 23% nationally.
How Devon-Walnut Beach compares within Milford
Every part of Devon-Walnut Beach where people live grades A or B for property crime on the national scale. Property crime grades across Devon-Walnut Beach run from A- to B.
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Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Devon-Walnut Beach has less property crime than 0 of the 4 neighborhoods in Milford. It covers much of the Devon-Walnut Beach area.
Is property crime going up in Milford?
Reported property crime in Milford as a whole has risen 13% since 2019. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 19 to 22 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 13%.
Property crime, change since 2019
MilfordUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments that serve Milford. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Milford
Property, US
2016
+20%
+15%
2017
-5%
+12%
2018
+9%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
+14%
-8%
2021
+17%
-10%
2022
+27%
-6%
2023
+30%
-7%
2024
+13%
-15%
Property crime rates and types in Devon-Walnut Beach
CrimeGrade™ estimates Devon-Walnut Beach has about 20 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 14% less than the US as a whole and 18% less than Milford as a whole.
All property crime
Burglary
Vehicle theft
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Property crime here includes vandalism, which the FBI's property crime rate leaves out.
Theft is the most common property crime in Devon-Walnut Beach, about 67% of the total, followed by vandalism and vehicle theft.
Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a property crime with what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for vehicle theft, people and parking for theft, homes and businesses for vandalism. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Where and when property crime happens in Milford
The Milford Police Department polices Devon-Walnut Beach; these figures cover Milford as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Milford as a whole, 37% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Stores and businesses (45%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Car theft
Homes (42%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Theft from cars
Homes (38%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Vandalism
Homes (31%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
Property crime in Devon-Walnut Beach and nearby neighborhoods
Devon-Walnut Beach has less property crime than 7 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Devon-Walnut Beach. Beside each property crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with neighborhoods of similar size and density, Devon-Walnut Beach is safer than 77% of them.
Night lighting, transit and walkability in Devon-Walnut Beach
Devon-Walnut Beach looks like a typical neighborhood on the traits that tend to go with property crime.
Lit at nightSatellite images show which neighborhoods are lit at night, a sign of busy streets and businesses. Brightly lit places tend to report more theft and vandalism.97% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 94% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Devon-Walnut Beach: D (14 of 100).2 trips an hourUS: noneLower than for 84% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Walk GradeBestNeighborhood's grade for getting through daily life on foot, traced along real walking routes to shops, schools and parks. Walkable places tend to report more theft. 55% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.C- (30 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 56% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more car theft.18% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 82% of residents of US city neighborhoods
These traits tend to go with more or less crime; none of them causes it on its own. Sources: Census job counts and housing figures, OpenStreetMap and Overture business listings, CrimeGrade™ parking estimates, NASA night-light imagery, US Forest Service tree cover, EPA transit data and BestNeighborhood's Walk Grade.
What property crime costs Devon-Walnut Beach
Property crime costs Devon-Walnut Beach about $1.5 million a year, or $138 per resident and about $307 per household: the value of what is stolen or damaged, plus the police, courts and prisons that respond.
Cost of property crime per resident, per year
How CrimeGrade™ works
The property crime CrimeGrade™ covers burglary, theft, car theft, arson and vandalism, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.
It weighs each property crime against what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for car theft, and the people and parking around stores for theft.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them.
Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.
Where the numbers come from
Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.
