New Canaan, CT Violent Crime Rates and Maps

C+

Violent Crime Grade	A+
Property Crime Grade	C
Other Crime Grade	C

Which crimes are included?

$4.10 million

Cost of Crime™ for New Canaan, CT

In 2025, violent crime will cost $591 per household.

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On the map, green marks the parts of New Canaan with the least violent crime and red marks the most, weighted by the type and severity of each offense. Violent crime concentrates where people gather after dark, near nightlife, bars, and transit, more than on residential streets. The Interpreting the Crime Maps section below explains how to read those hot spots.

The A+ grade reflects how often assault, robbery, rape, and murder occur in New Canaan against the average US city, where the rate is much lower than the norm. New Canaan sits in the 94th percentile for violent-crime safety, ahead of 94% of cities and behind 6%. The grade covers only New Canaan's official city boundaries. See the table below for nearby cities.

The violent crime rate in New Canaan is 1.338 per 1,000 residents in a typical year. Residents generally consider the southwest part of the city the safest. Your chance of being a victim ranges from 1 in 516 in the central neighborhoods to 1 in 1,224 in the southwest.

Counting total incidents instead of per-capita rates, the central parts of New Canaan, CT report the most violent crime, about 7 cases per year. The north part reports the fewest, around 1 per year.

The Cost of Crime™ in New Canaan, CT

The tangible cost of violent crime in New Canaan is projected at $4,102,649 for 2025, about $198 per resident and $591 per household. That equals 0.1% of the median household income, and it counts only the bills that can be totaled: emergency care, lost wages, and the justice response. The larger cost, the harm to victims, comes later on this page. These tangible costs split into:

Criminal justice system costs (law enforcement, courts, and imprisonment): 37.6%
Direct costs to victims (damaged property, medical expenses, and lost wages): 49.0%
Lost economic contribution from offenders (time in prison or repeat offenses): 13.3%

How Much Does Violent Crime Cost in New Canaan Compared to Other Cities?

New Canaan, CT:	$198
Waterbury, CT:	$223
East Haddam, CT:	$66
Connecticut:	$149
USA:	$258

The tangible cost of violent crime is $198 per resident each year in New Canaan, which is $60 less than the national average and $49 more than Connecticut's state average. The comparison below uses cities similar to New Canaan:

In Waterbury, CT, crime costs $223 per person, which is $25 more than in New Canaan.
In East Haddam, CT, crime costs $66 per person, which is $132 less than in New Canaan

2025 Projected Violent Crime Cost by Type

The table below breaks the violent-crime total into its four offenses for New Canaan, with the projected cost per resident.

Crime	Cost to New Canaan	Cost per New Canaan Resident
Murder	$3.09 million	$149
Rape/Sexual Assault	$447,894	$22
Robbery	$287,852	$14
Assault	$273,146	$13
Total Cost of Violent Crime	$4,102,649	$198

The Human Cost of Violent Crime in New Canaan, CT

Much of what violent crime costs never reaches a bill. Pain, trauma, and lost quality of life for victims and their families typically outweigh the medical and legal totals above. Research-based methods put a figure on that harm so it can be compared across places. By those methods, the human cost of violent crime in New Canaan totals $22,832,107 ($1,103 per resident). Added to the tangible costs, the full estimate reaches $26,934,756 ($1,301 per resident). This human toll is what sets violent crime apart from property crime in New Canaan, CT, where the loss is mostly replaceable property. All Cost of Crime figures come from scholarly research on the cost of crime. Read more about our methodology here.

Interpreting the Violent Crime Maps

Violent crime rates are measured per resident, so places packed with visitors after dark read high even when few people live there. Bars, clubs, event venues, and transit hubs draw the crowds where assaults and robberies cluster. How strongly this shows on the map depends on the commercial base; the central part of the city has more retail establishments. A red block full of bars and venues does not mean the homes around it are dangerous.

Transit stations show the same effect: large moving crowds, few residents, so per-capita violent crime reads high. Before judging a residential street, weigh both the per-capita rate and the total count of incidents, and note what draws crowds nearby.

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New Canaan Violent Crime Breakdown

The table below shows which offenses feed the Violent Crime Grade above, each as crimes per 1,000 New Canaan residents in a standard year.

Crime Type	Crime Rate
Assault	0.4594
Robbery	0.4420
Rape	0.3568
Murder	0.0795
Total Violent Crime	1.338 (A+)

Individual New Canaan Crime Maps & Stats

Crime Maps and Rates for Nearby Cities

Compared to surrounding cities, the rate of violent crime in New Canaan is lower. The table below shows Crime Grades for cities close to New Canaan.

Nearby City	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade
Scotts Corners, NY	C+	C+	D+
Wilton, CT	B	A+	B-
Norwalk, CT	C	A	C-
Darien, CT	C+	A+	C-
Pound Ridge, NY	B+	B	C
Cannondale, CT	B-	A+	B-
Stamford, CT	C+	A	C-
South Salem, NY	B+	B	C
Westport, CT	C+	A	C
Bedford, NY	B+	B+	C+

Crime Maps and Rates for City with Similar Populations

New Canaan is lower versus other cities of the same size for violent crime. The table below compares crime in cities with comparable overall population in the city‘s boundaries.

Similar City	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade
Hatfield, PA	B+	A+	A+
Germantown, WI	B	A	A
Glastonbury, CT	A	A+	A+
Glen Avon, CA	D+	D+	D+
Gloversville, NY	C-	D+	D+
Grain Valley, MO	C+	B	B
Grand Island, NY	A	A-	A-
Granite Bay, CA	B-	B-	B-
Greenfield, CA	B	D+	D+
Greenwood, MS	D	C+	C+

Considering only the violent crime rate, New Canaan is safer than the Connecticut state average and safer than the national average.

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