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Somers, CT crime analytics

Source & Methodology

Analytics built by:   Location, Inc.

Raw data sources:   18,000 local law enforcement agencies in the U.S.

Date(s) & Update Frequency:   Reflects 2021 calendar year; released from FBI in Oct. 2022 (latest available). Updated annually. Where is 2022 data?

Methodology:   Our nationwide meta-analysis overcomes the issues inherent in any crime database, including non-reporting and reporting errors. This is possible by associating the 9.4 million reported crimes in the U.S, including over 2 million geocoded point locations…. Read more about Scout's Crime Data

The crime rate in Somers is considerably higher than the national average across all communities in America from the largest to the smallest, although at 18 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 Somers is 1 in 55. Based on FBI crime data, Somers is not one of the safest communities in America. Relative to Connecticut, Somers has a crime rate that is higher than 71% of the state's cities and towns of all sizes.

Importantly, when you compare Somers to other communities of similar population, then Somers crime rate (violent and property crimes combined) is quite a bit higher than average. Regardless of how Somers 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.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Somers 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 Somers.

For Somers, NeighborhoodScout found that the violent crime rate is well below the national average for all communities of all population sizes. Violent crimes such as assault, rape, murder and armed robbery happen less often in Somers than in most of America. One's chance of becoming a victim of a violent crime here is one in 1285, which is a violent crime rate of 1 per one thousand inhabitants.

NeighborhoodScout's analysis also reveals that Somers's rate for property crime is 17 per one thousand population. This makes Somers 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 Somers is one in 57.

Somers Crime Data

 

Crime Index

25

(100 is safest)


Safer than 25% of U.S. Cities

Somers Annual Crimes

  Violent Property Total

Number of Crimes

8

179

187

Crime Rate
(per 1,000 residents)

0.78

17.41

18.19

Violent Crime

Violent Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

20 15 10 5 0
0.78
1.62
National Median: 4
    Somers
    Connecticut

My Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Violent Crime

1 in 1,285

in Somers

1 in 617

in Connecticut

Somers VIOLENT CRIMES

Population: 10,279
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total UNREPORTED UNREPORTED UNREPORTED UNREPORTED
Rate per 1,000 UNREPORTED UNREPORTED UNREPORTED UNREPORTED

United States VIOLENT CRIMES

Population: 331,888,310
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total 22,941 144,285 202,155 943,774
Rate per 1,000 0.07 0.43 0.61 2.84

Property Crime

Property Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

100 75 50 25 0
17.41
16.11
National Median: 19
    Somers
    Connecticut

My Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Property Crime

1 in 57

in Somers

1 in 62

in Connecticut

Somers Property CRIMES

Population: 10,279
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total UNREPORTED UNREPORTED UNREPORTED
Rate per 1,000 UNREPORTED UNREPORTED UNREPORTED

United States Property CRIMES

Population: 331,888,310
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total 899,656 4,626,970 890,179
Rate per 1,000 2.71 13.94 2.68

Somers Crimes Per Square Mile

200 150 100 50 0
7
18
National Median: 26.8
    Somers
    Connecticut