Clay Arsenal is a neighborhood of 7,000 residents in Hartford, close to downtown · Updated November 2026
Is Clay Arsenal in Hartford safe?
Crime in Clay Arsenal is high, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of F. Most US neighborhoods have far less: 96% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than Clay Arsenal. Violent and property crime both grade F here. Hartford as a whole grades C-. Every neighborhood in Clay Arsenal grades F.
F
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 0 of 1,000Less safe than nearly all US neighborhoodsi What this means
4% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Clay Arsenal as a whole, and 96% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Clay Arsenal scores 0.
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 Clay Arsenal, Hartford, CT at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Clay Arsenal 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 Clay Arsenal
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.
Car thefts run high. Clay Arsenal has car thefts at about triple the US rate: 7.6 a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 nationally.
Crime rates and types in Clay Arsenal
CrimeGrade™ estimates Clay Arsenal has about 57 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 53% more than the US as a whole and close to 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 Clay Arsenal, about 32% 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 Clay Arsenal; 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 Clay Arsenal compares with nearby neighborhoods
Of the 10 neighborhoods closest to Clay Arsenal, 8 have less crime. Downtown Hartford and West End have the least.
Two things set Clay Arsenal apart: it has 50 buses and trains an hour at the evening rush, where most Americans have none nearby, and 15 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft and robbery, and theft runs high here.
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft and robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Clay Arsenal: C (36 of 100).50 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 87% of residents of US city neighborhoods
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.15 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 79% 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. 66% of residents here live in walkable areas.B+ (69 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 77% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Tree coverThe share of land under tree canopy where people live. Leafy neighborhoods tend to report less robbery.18% where people liveUS: 21%Higher than for 76% 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 Clay Arsenal
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Clay Arsenal about $3,294 a year per household, more than double 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 $32 million a year, or $4,582 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 Clay Arsenal 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. Clay Arsenal 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 Clay Arsenal, Hartford, CT average a SchoolGrade of F: 15% of students test proficient, against 17% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Clay Arsenal on SchoolGrade
