The Hartford metro area, the 47th-largest in the US, is home to 1.22 million residents; Hartford itself is the capital of Connecticut · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in the Hartford area?
Property crime in the Hartford area sits near the national middle: an A-, with more property crime than the neighborhoods where 53% of Americans live. Theft makes up 55% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades A, and vehicle theft grades A-. The city of Hartford itself grades D+ for property crime.
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Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 810 of 1,000About as much property crime as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
47% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than the Hartford area as a whole, and 53% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. The Hartford area scores 810.
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 Hartford, CT at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in the Hartford area, 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 the Hartford area
One part of Hartford stands out for theft. Thefts in Upper Albany & Clay Arsenal, in north Hartford, run at about double the rate in the rest of the city.
Burglary runs low. The Hartford area has 1.0 burglaries a year per 1,000 residents, less than half the US rate of 2.4.
Where property crime is lowest and highest in the Hartford area
Low property crime is the norm across the Hartford area: 82% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 11% in areas graded D or F. Property crime grades across the Hartford area run from A+ to F.
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A or B 82%C 7%D or F 11%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Neighborhoods of Hartford
1South West & Behind The Rocks, southwestThefts run about 60% higher here than in the rest of Hartford.C-351
2Blue Hills, northwestThefts run about 30% lower here than in the rest of Hartford.C-341
7West End & Parkville, westThefts run about 70% higher here than in the rest of Hartford.F66
8Upper Albany & Clay Arsenal, northCar thefts run at about double the rate in the rest of Hartford.F0
9Barry Square, southThefts run at about double the rate in the rest of Hartford.F0
Neighborhood areas of the city of Hartford, ranked by property crime CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer). Each one combines several of the smaller areas on the map.
Cities and towns in the Hartford metro area with at least 1,000 residents. Ranked by property crime CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer), and the other numbers are residents.
Property crime rates and types in the Hartford area
CrimeGrade™ estimates the Hartford area has about 20 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 14% less than the US as a whole and close to Connecticut.
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 the Hartford area, about 55% 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 the Hartford area
These figures come from the reports of the police departments across the Hartford area, 2022 to 2024.
In the Hartford area, 53% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Car thefts happen most often at homes: 35% of them, against 33% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (53%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Car theft
Homes (35%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Theft from cars
Homes (38%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Homes (33%)
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 the Hartford area and nearby metro areas
Of the 10 metro areas closest to the Hartford area, 7 have less property crime. The Poughkeepsie area and the Allentown area have the least.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from the Hartford area. Beside each property crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with metro areas of similar size and density, the Hartford area is safer than 65% of them.
Night lighting, empty homes and density in the Hartford area
The Hartford area looks like a typical metro area 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.68% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 87% of Americans in metro areas
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary.5.4% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 68% of Americans in metro areas
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more car theft.17% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 60% of Americans in metro areas
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 the Hartford area
Property crime costs the Hartford area about $177 million a year, or $145 per resident and about $363 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 the cost breaks down
Pain and suffering add little to the cost of property crime, so this is close to its full cost.
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Burglary
$11 million
$9
Theft
$71 million
$58
Vehicle theft
$46 million
$38
Arson
$1.6 million
$1
Vandalism
$48 million
$39
Total
$177 million
$145
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. These figures cover the whole Hartford metro area. 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.
