Old Lyme, CT Property Crime Rates and Non-Violent Crime Maps

Property Crime per Capita in Old Lyme

Property crime covers theft, burglary, vehicle theft, and arson, offenses against belongings rather than people. The map below shows the property crime rate per 1,000 Old Lyme residents.

 

Old Lyme, CT Map of Property Crime Rates
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Overall Crime Grade™

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Property Crime Grade
B
Other Crime Grade
B+

$534,369

Cost of Crime™ for Old Lyme, CT

In 2025, property crime will cost $162 per household.

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On the map, green marks the parts of Old Lyme with the least property crime and red marks the most, weighted by the type and severity of each offense. Property crime is the most common category of crime, so these maps track closely with where stores, parking, and daytime foot traffic sit. The Interpreting the Crime Maps section below explains why busy commercial blocks can look worse than the neighborhoods around them.

The B grade reflects how often theft, burglary, vehicle theft, and arson happen in Old Lyme against the average US city, where the rate is slightly lower than the norm. Old Lyme sits in the 68th percentile for property-crime safety, ahead of 68% of cities and behind 32%. The grade covers only Old Lyme's official city boundaries. See the table below for nearby cities.

The property crime rate in Old Lyme is 9.307 per 1,000 residents in a typical year. Residents generally point to the northwest part of the city as the safest for their belongings. Your odds of a property-crime loss range from 1 in 63 in the west neighborhoods to 1 in 240 in the northwest.

Counting total incidents instead of per-capita rates, the central parts of Old Lyme, CT report the most property crime, about 22 cases per year. The northeast part reports the fewest, around 0 per year.

The Cost of Crime™ in Old Lyme, CT

Property crime in Old Lyme is projected to cost $534,369 in 2025, about $65 per resident and $162 per household. That equals 0.1% of the median household income. All of it is measurable loss: replaced vehicles, repaired break-ins, stolen goods, and the policing and courts that respond. Because property crime leaves a repair bill rather than a lasting injury, these tangible costs make up its full economic toll. They split into:
  1. Criminal justice system costs (law enforcement, courts, and imprisonment): 66.2%
  2. Direct costs to victims (damaged property, medical expenses, and lost wages): 28.0%
  3. Lost economic contribution from offenders (time in prison or repeat offenses): 5.8%

How Much Does Property Crime Cost in Old Lyme Compared to Other Cities?

Old Lyme, CT: $65
Orange, CT: $175
West Simsbury, CT: $40
Connecticut: $107
USA: $136

Property crime costs $65 per resident each year in Old Lyme, which is $71 less than the national average and $42 less than Connecticut's state average. The comparison below uses cities similar to Old Lyme:
  • In Orange, CT, crime costs $175 per person, which is $110 more than in Old Lyme.
  • In West Simsbury, CT, crime costs $40 per person, which is $26 less than in Old Lyme

2025 Projected Property Crime Cost by Type

The table below breaks the property-crime total into its four offenses for Old Lyme, with the projected cost per resident.
Crime
Cost to Old Lyme
Cost per Old Lyme Resident
Vehicle Theft
$142,801
$17
Burglary
$83,227
$10
Theft
$296,892
$36
Arson
$11,449
$1
Total Cost of Property Crime
$534,369
$65

How the Property Crime Cost Is Estimated

Property crime carries no pain-and-suffering figure in this model. Its cost is the replacement and repair value of what was taken or damaged, plus the policing, courts, and lost offender productivity that follow. Stolen and damaged property has a market price, which is why this total is easier to pin down than the human cost of violent crime in Old Lyme, CT. All Cost of Crime figures come from scholarly research on the cost of crime. Read more about our methodology here.

Interpreting the Property Crime Maps

Property crime rates are measured per resident, so places where shoppers and commuters outnumber residents read high. Stores are where shoplifting, theft, and vehicle break-ins happen, yet almost nobody lives there, so the per-capita rate climbs. How strongly this shows on the map depends on retail density; the west part of the city has more retail establishments. A red commercial strip does not mean the homes nearby are unsafe.

Parking lots and transit stops follow the same pattern: heavy daytime traffic, few residents, so per-capita property crime reads high. To judge a residential block, weigh both the per-capita rate and the total number of incidents, and note what sits nearby.

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Old Lyme Property Crime Breakdown

The table below shows which non-violent crimes are used to calculate the Crime Grade above. All property crime rates are shown as the number of crimes per 1,000 Old Lyme residents in a standard year.

Crime Type
Crime Rate
Theft
7.002
Vehicle Theft
1.126
Burglary
1.121
Arson
0.0579
Total Property Crime
9.307 (B)

Crime Maps and Rates for Nearby Cities

Compared to surrounding cities, the rate of property crime in Old Lyme is lower. The table below shows Crime Grades for cities close to Old Lyme.

Nearby City
Overall Crime Grade
Violent Crime Grade
Property Crime Grade
A-
A+
B
D+
A+
D-
A-
A+
B+
A+
A-
A+
B
B+
C
B+
A+
B
A+
A-
A+
B
A
C+
A-
A+
B+
B
A+
B+

Crime Maps and Rates for City with Similar Populations

Old Lyme is lower versus other cities of the same size for property crime. The table below compares crime in cities with comparable overall population in the city‘s boundaries.

Similar City
Overall Crime Grade
Violent Crime Grade
Property Crime Grade
D
F
F
C+
B-
B-
B+
A+
A+
A-
B-
B-
B-
B-
B-
D-
F
F
C
C+
C+
A+
A
A
C
B+
B+
C-
D-
D-

Considering only the property crime rate, Old Lyme is safer than the Connecticut state average and safer than the national average.

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