The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Southington, CT
Southington is a town of 32,000 in Capitol Planning Region, about 15 miles southwest of downtown Hartford · Updated November 2026
Is Southington, CT safe?
Yes. Most US neighborhoods have little crime, and Southington has less than most of them: its overall CrimeGrade™ is A, safer than the neighborhoods where 75% of Americans live. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, A+ against A. Its neighborhoods are much alike, from A+ to A; see the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 923 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
75% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Southington as a whole, and 25% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Southington scores 923.
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 Southington, CT at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Southington, 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 Southington
Robberies run high for an A-graded city. Southington has 0.38 robberies a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of an A-graded US city, the figure is 0.13.
Car thefts and burglaries both run low. In Southington, each runs at less than half the US rate: 1.0 car thefts and 0.94 burglaries a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 and 2.4 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Southington
Every part of Southington where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Southington run from A+ to A; every part of Southington has less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Southington, the northeast side has the least crime and the southwest side the most.
Is crime going up in Southington?
Reported crime in Southington has risen since 2019: violent crime is up 37% and property crime up 21%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 0.5 to 0.7 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 12 to 15 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 25%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
SouthingtonUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Southington. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Southington
Violent, US
Property, Southington
Property, US
2016
+96%
+4%
+74%
+15%
2017
+57%
+4%
+35%
+12%
2018
+52%
+0%
+35%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+15%
+4%
+70%
-8%
2021
+82%
+6%
+49%
-10%
2022
+24%
+5%
+48%
-6%
2023
-5%
+2%
+61%
-7%
2024
+37%
-4%
+21%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Southington
CrimeGrade™ estimates Southington has about 21 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 43% less than the US as a whole and 23% 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.
The largest share of crime reported in Southington is theft, about 58% 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.
The Southington Police Department's 2024 report of burglary had a month far out of line with the rest, a sign of a data-entry error or a catch-up month, so CrimeGrade™ set it aside and used the other months.
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 Southington
Southington has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Southington, 40% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 49% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (40%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Car theft
Homes (56%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Theft from cars
Homes (49%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Homes (32%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
How Southington compares with nearby cities
Southington has less crime than 7 of its 8 nearest cities; only Kensington has less.
Density, night lighting and walkability in Southington
Two things set Southington apart: it has 2% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally, and 3.9% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally. Places like that tend to report less robbery and car theft, and car theft runs low here.
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.2% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 84% 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.70% where people liveUS: 78%Lower 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. 89% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (12 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 68% 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.12.9 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 76% 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.3.9% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 75% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.2.1 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 64% 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 Southington
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Southington about $408 a year per household, 66% 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 $8.4 million a year, or $263 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$220,000
$7
Rape
$180,000
$6
Robbery
$370,000
$12
Assault
$890,000
$28
Burglary
$270,000
$8
Theft
$2.0 million
$62
Vehicle theft
$510,000
$16
Arson
$18,000
$1
Vandalism
$710,000
$22
Total
$5.2 million
$161
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 Southington 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 Southington, CT average a SchoolGrade of A-: 57% of students test proficient, against 50% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in Southington on SchoolGrade
