Crime in Fairfield, Connecticut
Updated ·Vorp Labs
The model puts major crime in Fairfield at 39% below the U.S. rate per resident: 94% lower for persons crimes and 27% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 4.4% from a year earlier.
- Modeled from FBI crime data for the police agencies serving Fairfield. Where an agency didn't report to the FBI, its totals are estimated from its past reports or similar agencies.
- The model estimates about 10.4 major crimes per 1,000 residents a year (0.2 violent, 10.2 property), against 17.2 for the U.S.
- By the model's major-crime rate per resident, Fairfield is higher than 46% of the 104 other Connecticut places and lower than 49% of the 8,446 other places nationwide on CrimeMetric.
Where these numbers come from
The estimates start from what police agencies report to the FBI, modeled across Fairfield's 46 census block groups for 67,292 residents. How Connecticut residents' crime totals reach the FBI: detailed incident reports for 86.3% and no reporting agency of their own for 13.7% (shares of 2020 residents). Sources · Method
- Year: many show an agency's last full FBI year (often two years back). These figures are the model's estimate for the current year, release 2026-11-10.
- Crimes counted: some add simple assault, vandalism or drug offenses to "violent" or "property" crime; here major crime is persons plus property crime, and social disorder is separate.
- Area: an agency's totals cover its jurisdiction, which can differ from the city's limits; these are summed over the block groups inside Fairfield.
- Scale: a grade or a 1-to-100 score ranks places against each other; a rate per 1,000 residents and an index against the U.S. rate don't.
Rates are the model's estimates of reported crime per 1,000 residents a year. Index: 100 is the U.S. rate per resident; 200 is twice it. How we calculated this
How crime varies across Fairfield
Half of residents live where the major-crime index is between 22 and 51.
- 0–5074.2%
- 50–10010.4%
- 100–2007.2%
- 200–4006.3%
- 400+1.8%
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No crime type in Fairfield is more than 15% above the U.S. rate
Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live
Property crimes
Social disorder
Highest on weekday daytimes
100 is the U.S. rate, same hours.
Expected major crime fell 4.4% in a year; across Connecticut it fell 8.3%
Change in the model's expected crimes, not a count of reports; Connecticut in gray. 2031 is a model projection, not tested against past years.
Fairfield against U.S. places with 50,000 to 100,000 residents
400 of the 580 other places of this size have a major-crime index at least 15% above Fairfield's, and 82 are within 15% of it; the middle of the group is 91. The 9 nearest in population:
U.S. = 100. Residents in gray.
Fairfield's major-crime index is higher than 2, lower than 4 and within 15% of 2 of its 8 nearest neighbors
The closest, Bridgeport (3 mi), is 27% above Fairfield's rate.
U.S. = 100. Miles between population centers.
Questions about crime in Fairfield
Is Fairfield safe?
Fairfield's major-crime index is 61, 39% below the U.S. rate per resident and higher than 46% of the 104 other Connecticut places on CrimeMetric: violent crimes against people are 94% below the U.S. rate, and property crimes 27% below the U.S. rate.
What is the crime rate in Fairfield?
The model expects about 702 major crimes a year in Fairfield, about 10.4 per 1,000 residents, 39% below the U.S. rate.
Is crime going up or down in Fairfield?
Expected major crimes in Fairfield are down 4.4% from a year earlier; across Connecticut they're down 8.3%.
What are the most common crimes in Fairfield?
By the model's expected count, the most common crimes against people and property are other larceny (about 243 a year), shoplifting (about 241 a year) and theft from vehicle (about 112 a year).
Are car break-ins common in Fairfield?
The model expects about 112 thefts from vehicles a year in Fairfield, 37% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Are car thefts common in Fairfield?
The model expects about 73 motor vehicle thefts a year in Fairfield, 32% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Is Fairfield safe at night?
The model's major-crime index is 32 on Sunday to Thursday nights from 6pm to 6am, against 88 at its highest in the daytime; 100 is the U.S. rate for the same hours. That's a citywide estimate per resident for those hours: it can't speak to a particular street, venue or evening. For one address, use the address lookup on this page.
Is crime in Fairfield higher than the Connecticut average?
Fairfield's major-crime index is 61, within 15% of the Connecticut rate per resident. Connecticut as a whole is 67, where 100 is the U.S. rate.
How does crime in Fairfield compare with Bridgeport?
Bridgeport, 3 miles away, has a major-crime index of 77, 27% above Fairfield's rate per resident. Fairfield's is 61.
How we calculated this
Each police agency's crimes, as reported to the FBI or estimated where it didn't report, are spread across the census block groups it serves using population, jobs, points of interest and, where available, local incident records. Fairfield's figures add up its 46 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- Fairfield has no published incident records in our data, so its estimate relies on agency totals and neighborhood characteristics.
- Rates are per resident, so places where many people work or visit but few live, such as downtowns, airports and stadiums, can read high.
- Disorderly conduct and trespassing are modeled, because the FBI records them only through arrests.
- Residents: 67,292. Model updated Nov 10, 2026. Release 2026-11-10
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in Fairfield, Connecticut." Vorp Labs, updated November 9, 2026 (model Nov 10, 2026). https://crimemetric.com/ct/fairfield
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