The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in East Hartford, CT
East Hartford is a town of 50,800 in Capitol Planning Region, about 3 miles east of downtown Hartford · Updated November 2026
Is East Hartford, CT safe?
Crime in East Hartford is moderate, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of B+. Most US neighborhoods have little crime: 65% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than East Hartford. Violent crime grades A- and property crime B. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within East Hartford run from A to C-, so check the map below.
B+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 742 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
35% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than East Hartford as a whole, and 65% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. East Hartford scores 742.
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 East Hartford, CT at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in East 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 East Hartford
Aggravated assaults are less common than in most B-graded cities. East Hartford has 0.40 aggravated assaults a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of a B-graded US city, the figure is 3.1.
Burglary is a strength. East Hartford grades B for property crime, but burglary grades A, better than in the neighborhoods where 54% of Americans live.
The safest and least safe parts of East Hartford
Low crime is the norm across East Hartford: 89% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and the rest in areas graded C. Grades across East Hartford run from A to C-; 32% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
89%11%
A or B 89%C 11%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within East Hartford, the southeast side has the least crime and the northwest side the most.
Crime rates and types in East Hartford
CrimeGrade™ estimates East Hartford has about 35 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 7% less than the US as a whole and 27% more than Connecticut.
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.
Theft is the most common crime in East Hartford, 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.
The East Hartford Police Department's 2024 report to the FBI was missing some months of vandalism; CrimeGrade™ filled them in from the department's own monthly pattern.
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 East Hartford
East Hartford has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In East Hartford, 51% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often in parking lots and garages: 45% of them, against 31% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (51%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Car theft
Parking lots and garages (39%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (45%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Parking lots and garages (36%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (24%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (57%)
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 East Hartford compares with nearby cities
East Hartford has more crime than 7 of its 8 nearest cities. Glastonbury and South Windsor have the least crime nearby.
Transit, night lighting and walkability in East Hartford
One thing sets East Hartford apart: it has 14 buses and trains an hour at the evening rush, where most Americans have none nearby. It also combines many jobs with busy transit: places with both tend to report more theft and robbery than places with only one of them, 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 East Hartford: C- (26 of 100).14 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 89% of US city residents
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.100% where people liveUS: 78%Higher than for 78% of US city residents
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. 70% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (23 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 69% of US city residents
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Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.7.5 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 77% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.57 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 72% of US city residents
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.27% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 65% of US city residents
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 East Hartford
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs East Hartford about $971 a year per household, 19% less 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 $58 million a year, or $1,136 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$5.5 million
$108
Rape
$380,000
$8
Robbery
$470,000
$9
Assault
$2.7 million
$53
Burglary
$540,000
$11
Theft
$3.4 million
$67
Vehicle theft
$2.7 million
$53
Arson
$35,000
$1
Vandalism
$3.7 million
$73
Total
$19 million
$383
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 East Hartford 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 East Hartford, CT average a SchoolGrade of D-: 26% of students test proficient, against 23% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in East Hartford on SchoolGrade
