Crime rates for Waterbury, CT

About Waterbury crime rates

The crime rate in Waterbury is considerably higher than the national average across all communities in America from the largest to the smallest, although at 45 crimes per one thousand residents, it is not among the communities with the very highest crime rate. The chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime in Waterbury is 1 in 22. Based on FBI crime data, Waterbury is not one of the safest communities in America. Relative to Connecticut, Waterbury has a crime rate that is higher than 98% of the state's cities and towns of all sizes.

Importantly, when you compare Waterbury to other communities of similar population, then Waterbury crime rate (violent and property crimes combined) is quite a bit higher than average. Regardless of how Waterbury does relative to all communities in America of all sizes, when NeighborhoodScout compared it to communities of similar population size, its crime rate per thousand residents stands out as higher than most.

The crime data that NeighborhoodScout used for this analysis are the seven offenses from the uniform crime reports, collected by the FBI from 17,000 local law enforcement agencies, and include both violent and property crimes, combined.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Waterbury does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in Waterbury.

From our analysis, we discovered that violent crime in Waterbury occurs at a rate higher than in most communities of all population sizes in America. The chance that a person will become a victim of a violent crime in Waterbury; such as armed robbery, aggravated assault, rape or murder; is 1 in 307. This equates to a rate of 3 per one thousand inhabitants.

NeighborhoodScout's analysis also reveals that Waterbury's rate for property crime is 41 per one thousand population. This makes Waterbury a place where there is an above average chance of becoming a victim of a property crime, when compared to all other communities in America of all population sizes. Property crimes are motor vehicle theft, arson, larceny, and burglary. Your chance of becoming a victim of any of these crimes in Waterbury is one in 24.

Importantly, we found that Waterbury has one of the highest rates of motor vehicle theft in the nation according to our analysis of FBI crime data. This is compared to communities of all sizes, from the smallest to the largest. In fact, your chance of getting your car stolen if you live in Waterbury is one in 258.