The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Trumbull, CT
Trumbull is a town of 36,800 in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, about 5 miles north of downtown Bridgeport · Updated November 2026
Is Trumbull, CT safe?
Yes. Most US neighborhoods have little crime, and Trumbull has less than most of them: its overall CrimeGrade™ is A, safer than the neighborhoods where 63% of Americans live. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, A+ against A-. Every neighborhood in Trumbull grades A.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 889 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
63% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Trumbull as a whole, and 37% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Trumbull scores 889.
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 Trumbull, CT at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Trumbull, 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 Trumbull
Robberies run high for an A-graded city. Trumbull 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.
Thefts run high, though crime overall runs low. Crime overall in Trumbull runs 21% below the US rate, but thefts run 42% above it: 18.5 a year per 1,000 residents, against 13.1 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Trumbull
Every part of Trumbull 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 Trumbull, the northeast side has the least crime and the south side the most.
Is crime going up in Trumbull?
Since 2019, reported violent crime in Trumbull is down 20%, while property crime has held about steady. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 1.3 to 1.0 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts stayed at about 22 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime rose 93%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
TrumbullUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Trumbull. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Trumbull
Violent, US
Property, Trumbull
Property, US
2016
-10%
+4%
+14%
+15%
2017
+19%
+4%
+8%
+12%
2018
-0%
+0%
+6%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-51%
+4%
-6%
-8%
2021
-41%
+6%
-22%
-10%
2022
-54%
+5%
-14%
-6%
2023
-59%
+2%
-3%
-7%
2024
-20%
-4%
+3%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Trumbull
CrimeGrade™ estimates Trumbull has about 29 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 21% less than the US as a whole and close to 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 Trumbull, about 63% of everything reported, and it also accounts for 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 Trumbull
Trumbull has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Trumbull, 63% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 70% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (63%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (63%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Theft from cars
Homes (70%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Homes (55%)
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 Trumbull compares with nearby cities
Trumbull has more crime than 7 of its 10 nearest cities. Weston and Easton have the least crime nearby.
Night lighting, density and walkability in Trumbull
Two things set Trumbull apart: it has 41% of the land where people live lit at night, against 78% nationally, and 1% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. Places like that tend to report less theft and vandalism, and vandalism 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.41% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 90% 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
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. 99% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.F (6 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 89% 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.5.8 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 89% 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.3.8% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 76% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.1.1 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 72% 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 Trumbull
Crime costs Trumbull about $629 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 48% 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 $13 million a year, or $359 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$280,000
$8
Rape
$230,000
$6
Robbery
$440,000
$12
Assault
$2.0 million
$54
Burglary
$330,000
$9
Theft
$3.5 million
$95
Vehicle theft
$480,000
$13
Arson
$51,000
$1
Vandalism
$570,000
$16
Total
$7.9 million
$214
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 Trumbull 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 Trumbull, CT average a SchoolGrade of B+: 53% of students test proficient, against 46% projected for schools like them. Overall, they greatly exceed expectations. See schools in Trumbull on SchoolGrade
