Sheldon Charter Oak is a neighborhood of 2,860 residents in Hartford, close to downtown · Updated November 2026
Is Sheldon Charter Oak in Hartford safe?
Sheldon Charter Oak has more crime than most of the country: an overall CrimeGrade™ of C+, with more crime than the neighborhoods where 83% of Americans live. Violent crime grades B- and property crime C-. Hartford as a whole grades C-.
C+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 475 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
17% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Sheldon Charter Oak as a whole, and 83% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Sheldon Charter Oak scores 475.
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 Sheldon Charter Oak, Hartford, CT at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Sheldon Charter Oak in 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 Sheldon Charter Oak
Car thefts and acts of vandalism both run high. In Sheldon Charter Oak, each runs at more than triple the US rate: 16.1 car thefts and 33.0 acts of vandalism a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 and 5.5 nationally.
Thefts from cars happen on streets and sidewalks far more often than nationally. In Hartford as a whole, 54% of reported thefts from cars happen on streets and sidewalks, against 18% nationally.
Crime rates and types in Sheldon Charter Oak
CrimeGrade™ estimates Sheldon Charter Oak has about 88 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, more than double the rate for the US as a whole and 39% more than Hartford 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.
Vandalism is the most common crime in Sheldon Charter Oak, 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 Hartford
The Hartford Police Department polices Sheldon Charter Oak; these figures cover Hartford as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Hartford as a whole, 62% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (62%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Car theft
Streets and sidewalks (43%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Theft from cars
Streets and sidewalks (54%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Streets and sidewalks (38%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Robbery
Streets and sidewalks (45%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (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 Sheldon Charter Oak compares with nearby neighborhoods
Sheldon Charter Oak has less crime than 8 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods; only Downtown Hartford and West End have less.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Sheldon Charter Oak. Beside each overall CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with neighborhoods of similar size and density, Sheldon Charter Oak is safer than 50% of them.
Empty homes, transit and walkability in Sheldon Charter Oak
Two things set Sheldon Charter Oak apart: it has 19.6% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally, and 88 buses and trains an hour at the evening rush, where most Americans have none nearby. Places like that tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson, and vandalism runs high here.
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.19.6% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 98% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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 Sheldon Charter Oak: C (35 of 100).88 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 95% 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- (54 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 67% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.2.6 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 92% 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 Sheldon Charter Oak
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Sheldon Charter Oak about $2,396 a year per household, about double 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 $11 million a year, or $3,727 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 Sheldon Charter Oak 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. Sheldon Charter Oak is a good example: many people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks worse 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 Sheldon Charter Oak, Hartford, CT average a SchoolGrade of F: 17% of students test proficient, against 15% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Sheldon Charter Oak on SchoolGrade
