The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT
Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region is home to 96,300 residents and includes Danielson · Updated November 2026
Is Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT safe?
Yes. Most US neighborhoods have little crime, and Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region has less than most of them: its overall CrimeGrade™ is A+, safer than the neighborhoods where 91% of Americans live. Violent and property crime both grade A+ here. Its neighborhoods are much alike, from A+ to A; see the map and the safest and least safe places below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 963 of 1,000Safer than nearly all US neighborhoodsi What this means
91% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region as a whole, and 9% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region scores 963.
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.
Crime map of Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region
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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.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, 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 Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region
Burglaries and aggravated assaults both run low. In Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, each runs at a small fraction of the US rate: 0.27 burglaries and 0.25 aggravated assaults a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.4 and 2.6 nationally.
How places in Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region compare
Every part of Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region run from A+ to A; every part of Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region has less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Cities and towns in Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region with at least 1,000 residents. Ranked by overall CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer), and the other numbers are residents.
Across the county, the northwest side has the least crime and the north side the most.
Is crime going up in Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region?
Reported crime in Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region has fallen since 2019: violent crime is down 35% and property crime down 27%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 0.9 to 0.6 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 4.8 to 3.5 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 19%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
Northeastern Connecticut Planning RegionUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments across Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region
Violent, US
Property, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region
Property, US
2016
+12%
+4%
+57%
+15%
2017
+18%
+4%
+49%
+12%
2018
+30%
+0%
+27%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+2%
+4%
+7%
-8%
2021
+16%
+6%
+4%
-10%
2022
-26%
+5%
-11%
-6%
2023
-35%
+2%
-10%
-7%
2024
-35%
-4%
-27%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region
CrimeGrade™ estimates Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region has about 9.6 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 74% less than the US as a whole and 65% 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.
Theft is the most common crime in Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, about 36% of everything reported, but assault costs more, because each one does more harm.
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.
How Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region compares with nearby counties
Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region has the least crime of its 10 nearest counties.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region. Beside each overall CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with counties of similar size and density, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region is safer than 95% of them.
Night lighting, jobs and empty homes in Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region
Two things set Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region apart: it has 23% of the land where people live lit at night, against 78% nationally, and 30 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report less theft and vandalism, and they run 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.23% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 96% of Americans
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.30 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 88% of Americans
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary and arson.4.0% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 86% of Americans
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Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery.4% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 83% of Americans
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft and robbery.under 1 trip an hourUS: noneLower than for 71% of Americans
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.9.7 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 64% of Americans
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 Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region
Crime costs Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region about $290 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 76% 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 $37 million a year, or $380 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$2.8 million
$29
Rape
$1.1 million
$12
Robbery
$210,000
$2
Assault
$2.9 million
$30
Burglary
$230,000
$2
Theft
$1.7 million
$17
Vehicle theft
$1.2 million
$12
Arson
$62,000
$1
Vandalism
$940,000
$10
Total
$11 million
$115
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 Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region 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.
