CrimeMetric

Crime in Manchester, Connecticut

Major crime in Manchester is 13% below the U.S. rate per resident: 68% lower for persons crimes and about the same for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 7.0% from a year earlier.

Modeled estimates per resident, not counts of incidents. How we calculated this

Major crime
87
13% below the U.S. rate
30% above the Connecticut rate
down 7.0% in a year
Persons crimes
32
68% below the U.S. rate
about the Connecticut rate
down 18.6% in a year
Property crimes
99
about the U.S. rate
33% above the Connecticut rate
down 6.1% in a year
Social disorder
127
27% above the U.S. rate
2.2 times the Connecticut rate
down 13.7% in a year

Index: crimes per resident compared with the U.S., where 100 is the U.S. rate and 200 is twice it.

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Crime by type

Intimidation stands out most, at 2.3 times the U.S. rate

Expected crimes per year in Manchester for each type, and the index against the U.S. rate per resident.

Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live

IndexPer year

How crime varies across Manchester

The middle half of Manchester residents live in neighborhoods with a major-crime index between 46 and 96; the typical (median) resident's is 59. The citywide figure (87) is higher than that because crime concentrates in a smaller set of areas.

Map of Manchester, with its census block groups shaded by major-crime index band
Block groups shaded by major-crime index, in the bar's bands below; pale gray where fewer than 100 people live. Tap one to compare it. Highways and boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau.
  • 0–5029.8%
  • 50–10046.0%
  • 100–20018.3%
  • 200–4005.9%
  • 400+0.0%

Share of residents by the index of their census block group, a neighborhood of roughly 600 to 3,000 people.

When it happens

Highest on weekday daytimes

Major-crime index by time of week, against the U.S. rate for the same hours.

Monday to Friday, 6am to 6pm113
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am62
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm98
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am57
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 7.0% in a year; across Connecticut it fell 8.3%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-7.0%CT -8.3%-14.4%CT -11.6%
Persons crimes-18.6%CT -12.3%-6.1%CT -4.5%
Property crimes-6.1%CT -7.9%-14.9%CT -12.3%
Social disorder-13.7%CT -10.5%-7.4%CT -5.5%

Change in expected crimes, with Connecticut as a whole in gray. The past year uses the reporting agencies' year-to-date FBI data; 2031 is the model's projection.

Similar-size places

Manchester against U.S. places with 25,000 to 50,000 residents

409 of the 960 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Manchester; the middle of the group is 77. The 9 nearest in population:

Roseville, MN35,693376
Gahanna, OH35,61696
Manchester, CT35,65787
Dalton, GA35,65183
Wildwood, MO35,56142

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; residents in gray.

Nearby places

Manchester has a higher major-crime index than 4 of its 8 nearest neighbors

The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, East Hartford (5 mi), is about Manchester's rate.

Hartford9 mi131
Manchester87
Rockville7 mi44

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; distances between where residents live, in miles.

Questions about crime in Manchester

What are the most common crimes in Manchester?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are shoplifting (about 172 a year), other larceny (about 163 a year) and theft from vehicle (about 78 a year). Compared with the U.S., intimidation stands out most: 2.3 times the U.S. rate per resident.

How we calculated this

Each police agency's crimes, as reported to the FBI, are spread across the census block groups it serves using population, jobs, points of interest and, where available, local incident records. Manchester's figures add up its 32 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Manchester has no published incident records in our data, so its estimate relies on agency totals and neighborhood characteristics.
  • 13.2% of residents live in block groups whose estimate has high confidence (80% interval within about 5x).
  • 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: 35,657. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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CrimeMetric. "Crime in Manchester, Connecticut." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/ct/manchester

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100