Oakland is a town of 23,600 in Capitol Planning Region, about 8 miles east of downtown Hartford · Updated November 2026
How common is violent crime in Oakland?
Oakland earns an A for violent crime, safer than the neighborhoods where 57% of Americans live. Assaults make up 96% of it, and most of those are simple assaults, which involve no weapon and no serious injury.
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Violent crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 884 of 1,000About as much violent crime as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
57% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more violent crime than Oakland as a whole, and 43% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a violent crime safety score of 860, a CrimeGrade™ of A. Oakland scores 884.
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 violent crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its violent crime with the people who spend time there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy downtown or nightlife strip can show red while the homes around it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a solid connection. Compare high speed internet in Oakland, CT at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Oakland, 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 about violent crime in Oakland
One weak spot: simple assault. It grades B- in Oakland, worse than in the neighborhoods where 78% of Americans live, against A for violent crime as a whole.
Where violent crime is lowest and highest in Oakland
Every part of Oakland where people live grades A or B for violent crime on the national scale. Violent crime grades across Oakland run from A+ to B+.
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Share of residents, by the violent crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
1Robertson, northwestSimple assaults run at about half the rate in the rest of Oakland.A+933
2Buckley, eastClose to the rest of Oakland on most crimes.A889
3Waddell, southwestSimple assaults run about 50% higher here than in the rest of Oakland.A-826
4Bowers, southSimple assaults run about 60% higher here than in the rest of Oakland.A-817
Neighborhood areas of Oakland, ranked by violent crime CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer). Each one combines several of the smaller areas on the map.
Violent crime rates and types in Oakland
CrimeGrade™ estimates Oakland has about 18 reported violent crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 34% more than the US as a whole and about double the rate for Connecticut.
All violent crime
Assaults
Robbery
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Violent crime here includes simple assaults, which the FBI's violent crime rate leaves out.
Assault is the most common violent crime in Oakland, about 96% of the total.
Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a violent crime with the people who spend time in an area, not only the people who live there. 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 violent crime happens in Oakland
The Manchester Police Department polices Oakland; these figures cover Manchester as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Manchester as a whole, 50% of aggravated assaults happen at a home, against 53% nationally. Robberies happen most often at stores and businesses: 53% of them.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Robbery
Stores and businesses (53%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Aggravated assault
Homes (50%)
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.
Violent crime in Oakland and nearby cities
Oakland has more violent crime than 5 of its 8 nearest cities. Glastonbury and South Windsor have the least violent crime nearby.
Among the traits that tend to go with violent crime, two set Oakland apart: it has 19 buses and trains an hour at the evening rush, where most Americans have none nearby, and 71 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. Places with both tend to report more robbery than places with only one of them.
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Oakland: D+ (24 of 100).19 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 91% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more robbery.71 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 87% 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 assault. 77% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (19 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 57% of US city residents
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Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery.11% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 58% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Oakland on shops, parks, home prices, getting around and more.
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 violent crime costs Oakland
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, violent crime costs Oakland about $11 million a year, or $474 per resident. The costs that reach a bill, such as medical care, lost work and the justice system, come to about $4.4 million, or $187 per resident.
Billed cost of violent crime per resident, per year
How the cost breaks down
Pain and suffering are about 61% of that full cost.
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$300,000
$13
Rape
$640,000
$27
Robbery
$240,000
$10
Assault
$3.2 million
$137
Total
$4.4 million
$187
How CrimeGrade™ works
The violent crime CrimeGrade™ covers murder, rape, robbery and assault, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.
It weighs each violent crime against the people who spend time in an area, so a busy downtown is graded on its workers and visitors as well as its residents.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them. Oakland 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.
