Spring Glen, Hamden, CT Violent Crime Rates and Maps

Spring Glen is a neighborhood of 3,880 residents in Hamden, close to downtown · Updated November 2026

How common is violent crime in Spring Glen?

Violent crime in Spring Glen sits near the national middle: an A, safer than the neighborhoods where 55% of Americans live. Assaults make up 96% of it, and most of those are simple assaults, which involve no weapon and no serious injury. Hamden as a whole grades A- for violent crime.

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Violent crime CrimeGrade™Safety score 877 of 1,000
About as much violent crime as the typical US neighborhood What this means

55% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more violent crime than Spring Glen as a whole, and 45% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a violent crime safety score of 860, a CrimeGrade™ of A. Spring Glen scores 877.

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.

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Overall crimeSafety score 743 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoods
C+
Property crimeSafety score 513 of 1,000More property crime than most US neighborhoods

How it works


Violent crime map of Spring Glen

Map of Spring Glen shaded by violent crime CrimeGrade™, from green for the least crime to red for the most
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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 Spring Glen, Hamden, CT at ISP Reports.

Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Spring Glen in Hamden, 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


Violent crime rates and types in Spring Glen

CrimeGrade™ estimates Spring Glen has about 8.7 reported violent crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 35% less than the US as a whole and 46% less than Hamden as a whole.

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 Spring Glen, about 96% of the total.

CrimeCrimeGrade™Reported a yearPer 1,000 residentsUS per 1,000
MurderA+under 1under 0.010.05
RapeA+under 10.050.38
RobberyA-10.290.62
AssaultB+338.412.3

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 Hamden

The Hamden Police Department polices Spring Glen; these figures cover Hamden as a whole, 2022 to 2024.

In Hamden as a whole, 54% of aggravated assaults happen at a home, against 53% nationally. Robberies happen most often at stores and businesses: 38% of them.

CrimeMost often atBusiest time
RobberyStores and businesses (38%)Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Aggravated assaultHomes (54%)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 Spring Glen and nearby neighborhoods

Spring Glen has the least violent crime of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.

Nearby neighborhoods

PlaceViolentOverallResidents
Spring GlenA877B+3,880
Hamden Plains 1 mileB+741B-5,620
Highwood 2 milesD215F4,640
Pine Rock 2 milesB-569C-5,030
Newhallville 2 milesF0F7,620
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PlaceViolentOverallResidents
Prospect Hill 2 milesB632C+4,280
East Rock 3 milesB673C-10,300
West Rock 3 milesB-566C+6,000
Quinnipiac Meadows 3 milesC+497C7,660
Dixwell 3 milesF0F5,450
Beaver Hills 3 milesD219D6,210

Nearest first, with each place's distance from Spring Glen. Beside each violent crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).

Compared with neighborhoods of similar size and density, Spring Glen is safer than 71% of them.

Neighborhoods of similar size and density

PlaceViolentOverallResidents
Spring GlenA877B+3,880
Perrysburg Historic District, Perrysburg, OHA+963A+3,860
Tam O'shanter, Bellevue, WAA+946A-3,910
Landfall, Wilmington, NCA+931A3,890
Colonial Hills, Lincoln, NEA912A3,900
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PlaceViolentOverallResidents
Keene Valley, Richland, WAA904A3,890
Bonham, San Angelo, TXA890A3,870
Hillsmere Shores, Annapolis Neck, MDA865A-3,890
Mayfair Estates, Taylors, SCB+699B+3,890
Santa Rita, San Angelo, TXB641B3,860
Tallulah-North Shore, Jacksonville, FLF0F3,880

Tree cover, density and walkability in Spring Glen

Among the traits that tend to go with violent crime, two set Spring Glen apart: it has tree cover over 39% of the land where people live, against 21% nationally, and 9% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. Places like that tend to report less robbery.

Tree coverThe share of land under tree canopy where people live. Leafy neighborhoods tend to report less robbery.39% where people liveUS: 21%Higher than for 97% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery.9% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 91% 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 assault. 93% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (16 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 81% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Spring Glen: C- (26 of 100).12 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 59% 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 violent crime costs Spring Glen

Counting the pain and suffering of victims, violent crime costs Spring Glen about $1.5 million a year, or $393 per resident. The costs that reach a bill, such as medical care, lost work and the justice system, come to about $450,000, or $115 per resident.

Billed cost of violent crime per resident, per year


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.

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
  • Population and housing figures from the US Census Bureau
  • 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.

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