The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in New Fairfield, CT
New Fairfield is a town of 13,200 in Western Connecticut Planning Region, about 25 miles northwest of downtown Bridgeport · Updated November 2026
Is New Fairfield, CT safe?
Yes. Most US neighborhoods have little crime, and New Fairfield has less than most of them: its overall CrimeGrade™ is A+, safer than the neighborhoods where 94% of Americans live. Violent and property crime both grade A+ here. Every neighborhood in New Fairfield grades A+.
A+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 971 of 1,000Safer than nearly all US neighborhoodsi What this means
94% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than New Fairfield as a whole, and 6% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. New Fairfield scores 971.
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 Fairfield, CT at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in New Fairfield, 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 Fairfield
Car thefts happen in the morning far more often than nationally. In New Fairfield, 48% of reported car thefts happen in the morning (6 am to noon), against 23% nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of New Fairfield
Every part of New Fairfield where people live grades A or B on the national scale.
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A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within New Fairfield, the north side has the least crime and the west side the most.
Is crime going up in New Fairfield?
Reported property crime in New Fairfield has fallen 27% since 2019. Too few violent crimes are reported here each year for a reliable violent crime trend. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 2.7 to 2.0 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). Property crime changed little from 2023 to 2024.
Property crime, change since 2019
New FairfieldUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police agencies that serve New Fairfield. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, New Fairfield
Property, US
2016
+64%
+15%
2017
+48%
+12%
2018
+26%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
+16%
-8%
2021
-2%
-10%
2022
-10%
-6%
2023
-9%
-7%
2024
-27%
-15%
Crime rates and types in New Fairfield
CrimeGrade™ estimates New Fairfield has about 4.0 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 89% less than the US as a whole and 85% less 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.
Assault is the most common crime in New Fairfield, about 37% 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 New Fairfield
The Connecticut State Police polices New Fairfield, and these figures cover every place it serves, 2022 to 2024.
In New Fairfield, 51% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 35% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (51%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Car theft
Homes (56%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Theft from cars
Homes (35%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Homes (43%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (59%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Aggravated assault
Homes (39%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
How New Fairfield compares with nearby cities
New Fairfield has less crime than 6 of its 8 nearest cities; only Bridgewater and Sherman have less.
Night lighting, walkability and shops in New Fairfield
Two things set New Fairfield apart: it has 6% of the land where people live lit at night, against 78% nationally, and a Walk Grade of F (2 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report less theft and vandalism, and theft runs low here.
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.6% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 98% 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. 100% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.F (2 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 97% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.3.7 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 96% of US city residents
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JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.12 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 96% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.0.4 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 92% 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.1% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 90% 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 Fairfield
Crime costs New Fairfield about $145 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 88% 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 $2.5 million a year, or $188 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$210,000
$16
Rape
$68,000
$5
Robbery
$14,000
$1
Assault
$170,000
$13
Burglary
$24,000
$2
Theft
$94,000
$7
Vehicle theft
$71,000
$5
Arson
$1,500
under $1
Vandalism
$41,000
$3
Total
$700,000
$53
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 Fairfield 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. New Fairfield 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 New Fairfield, CT average a SchoolGrade of C+: 46% of students test proficient, against 45% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in New Fairfield on SchoolGrade
