CrimeMetric

Crime in Norwich, Connecticut

Major crime in Norwich is 39% below the U.S. rate per resident: 35% lower for persons crimes and 40% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 25.1% from a year earlier.

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

Major crime
61
39% below the U.S. rate
9% below the Connecticut rate
down 25.1% in a year
Persons crimes
65
35% below the U.S. rate
2.1 times the Connecticut rate
down 5.1% in a year
Property crimes
60
40% below the U.S. rate
19% below the Connecticut rate
down 28.7% in a year
Social disorder
131
31% above the U.S. rate
2.3 times the Connecticut rate
down 12.4% 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 1.9 times the U.S. rate

Expected crimes per year in Norwich 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 Norwich

The middle half of Norwich residents live in neighborhoods with a major-crime index between 45 and 78; the typical (median) resident's is 51. The citywide figure (61) is higher than that because crime concentrates in a smaller set of areas.

Map of Norwich, 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.
  • 0–5049.0%
  • 50–10042.1%
  • 100–2008.9%
  • 200–4000.0%
  • 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 6pm76
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am47
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm63
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am48
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 25.1% in a year; across Connecticut it fell 8.3%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-25.1%CT -8.3%-13.7%CT -11.6%
Persons crimes-5.1%CT -12.3%-3.8%CT -4.5%
Property crimes-28.7%CT -7.9%-16.0%CT -12.3%
Social disorder-12.4%CT -10.5%-6.4%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

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

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

Keizer, OR39,986126
Redmond, OR40,108114
Seguin, TX40,11089
Issaquah, WA40,06888
Norwich, CT40,08561
Waipahu, HI40,08359

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

Nearby places

Norwich has a higher major-crime index than 5 of its 8 nearest neighbors

The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Jewett City (7 mi), is 78% below Norwich's rate.

New London13 mi93
Waterford14 mi83
Long Hill13 mi62
Norwich61
Groton13 mi41
Colchester14 mi23

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

Questions about crime in Norwich

What are the most common crimes in Norwich?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 145 a year), shoplifting (about 58 a year) and motor vehicle theft (about 53 a year). Compared with the U.S., intimidation stands out most: 1.9 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. Norwich's figures add up its 32 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Norwich has no published incident records in our data, so its estimate relies on agency totals and neighborhood characteristics.
  • 31.3% 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: 40,085. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100