Barry Square is a neighborhood of 12,700 residents in Hartford, close to downtown · Updated November 2026
Is Barry Square in Hartford safe?
Crime in Barry Square is high, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of D-. Most US neighborhoods have far less: 91% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than Barry Square. Violent crime grades C- and property crime F. Hartford as a whole grades C-. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Barry Square run from B- to F, so check the map below.
D-
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 132 of 1,000Less safe than nearly all US neighborhoodsi What this means
9% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Barry Square as a whole, and 91% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Barry Square scores 132.
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 crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its crime with the people, homes and cars there, on one national scale, from green for the least crime 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 Barry Square, Hartford, CT at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Barry Square in Hartford, 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 in Barry Square
Burglary is a strength. Barry Square grades F for property crime, but burglary grades A-.
Thefts from cars happen on streets and sidewalks far more often than nationally. In Hartford as a whole, 54% of reported thefts from cars happen on streets and sidewalks, against 18% nationally.
How Barry Square compares within Hartford
High crime is widespread across Barry Square: 67% of residents live in areas graded D or F, and 1% in areas graded A or B. Grades across Barry Square run from B- to F; every part of Barry Square has more crime than the typical US neighborhood.
32%67%
A or B 1%C 32%D or F 67%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Barry Square has less crime than 4 of the 14 neighborhoods in Hartford. It covers much of the Barry Square area.
Is crime going up in Hartford?
Since 2019, reported violent crime in Hartford as a whole is down 41%, while property crime has held about steady. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 8.6 to 5.1 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts stayed at about 28 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime fell 15%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
HartfordUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments that serve Hartford. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Hartford
Violent, US
Property, Hartford
Property, US
2016
+27%
+4%
+50%
+15%
2017
+27%
+4%
+42%
+12%
2018
+25%
+0%
+29%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+17%
+4%
+12%
-8%
2021
-12%
+6%
+17%
-10%
2022
-30%
+5%
-8%
-6%
2023
-30%
+2%
+0%
-7%
2024
-41%
-4%
+0%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Barry Square
CrimeGrade™ estimates Barry Square has about 50 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 34% more than the US as a whole and 21% less than Hartford as a whole.
Overall crime
Violent crime
Property crime
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. These figures include simple assaults and vandalism, which the FBI's violent and property crime rates leave out.
Vandalism is the most common crime in Barry Square, about 33% of everything reported.
Each CrimeGrade™ compares a crime with what it affects: people for assaults and robbery, homes for burglary, parked cars for vehicle theft. 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 crime happens in Hartford
The Hartford Police Department polices Barry Square; these figures cover Hartford as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Hartford as a whole, 62% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (62%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Car theft
Streets and sidewalks (43%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Theft from cars
Streets and sidewalks (54%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Streets and sidewalks (38%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Robbery
Streets and sidewalks (45%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (42%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
How Barry Square compares with nearby neighborhoods
Barry Square has more crime than 8 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods. Downtown Hartford and West End have the least crime nearby.
Empty homes, walkability and density in Barry Square
Two things set Barry Square apart: it has 17.6% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally, and a Walk Grade of A- (73 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson, and burglary and vandalism run high here.
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.17.6% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 97% 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 and assault. 75% of residents here live in walkable areas.A- (73 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 79% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.90% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 75% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft and car theft.5.5 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 74% 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 crime costs Barry Square
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Barry Square about $1,994 a year per household, 65% more than the US figure of $1,205.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost comes to about $33 million a year, or $2,595 per resident.
How CrimeGrade™ works
A CrimeGrade™ shows how much crime an area has compared with the rest of the country, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most. Every neighborhood in the US is graded on the same scale, so a B in Barry Square means the same as a B anywhere else.
CrimeGrade™ starts from the crimes people report to police and measures each kind of crime against what it affects: people for assaults, homes for burglaries, parked cars for car thefts.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them. Barry Square is the other kind of example: few people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks lower than its CrimeGrade™ suggests.
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.
Schools in Barry Square, Hartford, CT average a SchoolGrade of F: 14% of students test proficient, against 13% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Barry Square on SchoolGrade
