The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in New Britain, CT
New Britain is the eighth-largest city in Connecticut, with 74,300 residents in Capitol Planning Region, about 8 miles southwest of downtown Hartford · Updated November 2026
Is New Britain, CT safe?
With an overall CrimeGrade™ of B-, New Britain has moderate crime by national standards. Most US neighborhoods have less: 79% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime. Violent crime grades B- and property crime C+. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within New Britain run from A to F, so check the map below.
B-
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 558 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
21% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than New Britain as a whole, and 79% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. New Britain scores 558.
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 New Britain, CT at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in New Britain, 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 New Britain
Burglaries are less common than the crime level suggests. Crime overall in New Britain runs 59% above the US rate, but burglaries run 41% below it: 1.4 a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.4 nationally.
Car thefts and acts of vandalism both run high. In New Britain, each runs at about double the US rate: 4.9 car thefts and 11.8 acts of vandalism a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 and 5.5 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of New Britain
In New Britain, 49% of residents live in areas graded A or B, 38% in areas graded C and 13% in areas graded D or F. Grades across New Britain run from A to F; 3% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
49%38%13%
A or B 49%C 38%D or F 13%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within New Britain, the northwest side has the least crime and the east side the most.
Crime rates and types in New Britain
CrimeGrade™ estimates New Britain has about 59 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 59% more than the US as a whole and about double the rate for 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.
The largest share of crime reported in New Britain is assault, about 43% of the total. It also makes up the largest share of what crime costs here.
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 New Britain
New Britain has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In New Britain, 68% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often in parking lots and garages: 38% of them, against 31% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (68%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Parking lots and garages (36%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (38%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (38%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (34%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Aggravated assault
Homes (62%)
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 New Britain compares with nearby cities
New Britain has more crime than 9 of its 10 nearest cities. Farmington and River Glen have the least crime nearby.
Two things set New Britain apart: it has 13 buses and trains an hour at the evening rush, where most Americans have none nearby, and a Walk Grade of C (38 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report more theft and robbery, and they run 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 New Britain: C- (26 of 100).13 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 88% 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.C (38 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 87% 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.51% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 84% 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.6.8 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 82% of US city residents
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.9.3% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 81% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.0.9 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 79% 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 New Britain
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs New Britain about $1,585 a year per household, 32% 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 $119 million a year, or $1,605 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$5.4 million
$73
Rape
$2.0 million
$27
Robbery
$1.5 million
$20
Assault
$18 million
$249
Burglary
$930,000
$12
Theft
$5.5 million
$74
Vehicle theft
$5.6 million
$75
Arson
$360,000
$5
Vandalism
$6.2 million
$83
Total
$46 million
$619
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 New Britain 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 New Britain, CT average a SchoolGrade of D+: 36% of students test proficient, against 36% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in New Britain on SchoolGrade
