Crime in Hamden, Connecticut
Updated ·Vorp Labs
The model puts major crime in Hamden at about the U.S. rate per resident: 60% lower for persons crimes and 19% higher for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 24.9% from a year earlier.
- Modeled from FBI crime data for the police agencies serving Hamden. Where an agency didn't report to the FBI, its totals are estimated from its past reports or similar agencies.
- The model estimates about 18.0 major crimes per 1,000 residents a year (1.2 violent, 16.8 property), against 17.2 for the U.S.
- By the model's major-crime rate per resident, Hamden is higher than 82% of the 104 other Connecticut places and 66% 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 Hamden's 48 census block groups for 62,507 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 Hamden.
- 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 Hamden
Half of residents live where the major-crime index is between 42 and 113.
- 0–5047.9%
- 50–10023.4%
- 100–20017.5%
- 200–4008.6%
- 400+2.7%
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Shoplifting stands out most, at 2.1 times the U.S. rate
Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live
Property crimes
Social disorder
Highest in the daytime
100 is the U.S. rate, same hours.
Expected major crime fell 24.9% 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.
Hamden against U.S. places with 50,000 to 100,000 residents
171 of the 580 other places of this size have a major-crime index at least 15% above Hamden's, and 114 are within 15% of it; the middle of the group is 91. The 9 nearest in population:
U.S. = 100. Residents in gray.
Hamden's major-crime index is higher than 5, lower than 1 and within 15% of 2 of its 8 nearest neighbors
The closest, North Haven (3 mi), is within 15% of Hamden's rate.
U.S. = 100. Miles between population centers.
Questions about crime in Hamden
Is Hamden safe?
Hamden's major-crime index is 105, about the U.S. rate per resident and higher than 82% of the 104 other Connecticut places on CrimeMetric: violent crimes against people are 60% below the U.S. rate, and property crimes 19% above the U.S. rate.
What is the crime rate in Hamden?
The model expects about 1,125 major crimes a year in Hamden, about 18.0 per 1,000 residents, about the U.S. rate.
Is crime going up or down in Hamden?
Expected major crimes in Hamden are down 24.9% from a year earlier; across Connecticut they're down 8.3%.
What are the most common crimes in Hamden?
By the model's expected count, the most common crimes against people and property are shoplifting (about 423 a year), other larceny (about 209 a year) and theft from vehicle (about 201 a year).
Are car break-ins common in Hamden?
The model expects about 201 thefts from vehicles a year in Hamden, 22% above the U.S. rate per resident.
Are car thefts common in Hamden?
The model expects about 166 motor vehicle thefts a year in Hamden, 1.7 times the U.S. rate per resident.
Is Hamden safe at night?
The model's major-crime index is 66 on Sunday to Thursday nights from 6pm to 6am, against 139 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 Hamden higher than the Connecticut average?
Hamden's major-crime index is 105, 1.6 times the Connecticut rate per resident. Connecticut as a whole is 67, where 100 is the U.S. rate.
How does crime in Hamden compare with North Haven?
North Haven, 3 miles away, has a major-crime index of 110, within 15% of Hamden's rate per resident. Hamden's is 105.
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. Hamden's figures add up its 48 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- Hamden 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: 62,507. Model updated Nov 10, 2026. Release 2026-11-10
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in Hamden, Connecticut." Vorp Labs, updated November 9, 2026 (model Nov 10, 2026). https://crimemetric.com/ct/hamden
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