Downtown Bridgeport is a neighborhood of 5,680 residents in Bridgeport, close to downtown · Updated November 2026
Is Downtown Bridgeport in Bridgeport safe?
Crime in Downtown Bridgeport is high by national standards, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of C+. Most US neighborhoods have little crime: 83% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than Downtown Bridgeport. Violent crime grades C and property crime C+. Bridgeport as a whole grades C+. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Downtown Bridgeport run from B- to F, so check the map below.
C+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 477 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
17% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Downtown Bridgeport as a whole, and 83% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Downtown Bridgeport scores 477.
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 Downtown Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Downtown Bridgeport in Bridgeport, 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 Downtown Bridgeport
Thefts from cars happen on streets and sidewalks far more often than nationally. In Bridgeport as a whole, 80% of reported thefts from cars happen on streets and sidewalks, against 18% nationally.
Robberies and car thefts both run high. In Downtown Bridgeport, each runs at more than triple the US rate: 3.7 robberies and 11.4 car thefts a year per 1,000 residents, against 0.62 and 2.7 nationally.
Crime rates and types in Downtown Bridgeport
CrimeGrade™ estimates Downtown Bridgeport has about 68 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 84% more than the US as a whole and about double the rate for Bridgeport 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.
Assault is the most common crime in Downtown Bridgeport, about 38% 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 Bridgeport
The Bridgeport Police Department polices Downtown Bridgeport; these figures cover Bridgeport as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Bridgeport as a whole, 60% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (60%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Car theft
Streets and sidewalks (78%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Theft from cars
Streets and sidewalks (80%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Homes (40%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Robbery
Streets and sidewalks (69%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Streets and sidewalks (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 Downtown Bridgeport compares with nearby neighborhoods
Of the 10 neighborhoods closest to Downtown Bridgeport, 6 have less crime. North End and Reservoir-Whiskey Hill have the least.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Downtown Bridgeport. Beside each overall CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with neighborhoods of similar size and density, Downtown Bridgeport is safer than 51% of them.
Jobs, nightlife and walkability in Downtown Bridgeport
Two things set Downtown Bridgeport apart: it has 205 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole, and 2.6 bars and nightlife spots for every 1,000 residents, against 0.6 nationally. Places like that tend to report more theft and robbery, and robbery runs high here.
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.205 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 96% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Bars and nightlifeBars, lounges, clubs and casinos. Places with more bars tend to report more assault and robbery.2.6 per 1,000 residentsUS: 0.6Higher than for 94% 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.B (64 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 73% 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.23.1 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 91% 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 Downtown Bridgeport
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Downtown Bridgeport about $2,301 a year per household, 91% 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 $23 million a year, or $4,016 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 Downtown Bridgeport 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.
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 Downtown Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT average a SchoolGrade of F: 10% of students test proficient, against 17% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Downtown Bridgeport on SchoolGrade
