Crime in Old Saybrook, Connecticut
Updated ·Vorp Labs
The model puts major crime in Old Saybrook at 36% below the U.S. rate per resident: 84% lower for persons crimes and 25% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 8.4% from a year earlier.
- Modeled from FBI crime data for the police agencies serving Old Saybrook. Where an agency didn't report to the FBI, its totals are estimated from its past reports or similar agencies.
- The model estimates about 11.0 major crimes per 1,000 residents a year (0.5 violent, 10.5 property), against 17.2 for the U.S.
- By the model's major-crime rate per resident, Old Saybrook is higher than 49% of the 104 other Connecticut places and lower than 46% 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 Old Saybrook's 8 census block groups for 10,740 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 Old Saybrook.
- 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 Old Saybrook
Half of residents live where the major-crime index is between 24 and 69.
- 0–5060.9%
- 50–10030.4%
- 100–2000.0%
- 200–4008.7%
- 400+0.0%
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Shoplifting stands out most, at 1.8 times 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 8.4% 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.
Old Saybrook against U.S. places with 10,000 to 25,000 residents
1,115 of the 2,480 other places of this size have a major-crime index at least 15% above Old Saybrook's, and 365 are within 15% of it; the middle of the group is 67. The 9 nearest in population:
U.S. = 100. Residents in gray.
Old Saybrook's major-crime index is higher than 3, lower than 4 and within 15% of 1 of its 8 nearest neighbors
The closest, Essex Village (4 mi), is 70% below Old Saybrook's rate.
U.S. = 100. Miles between population centers.
Questions about crime in Old Saybrook
Is Old Saybrook safe?
Old Saybrook's major-crime index is 64, 36% below the U.S. rate per resident and higher than 49% of the 104 other Connecticut places on CrimeMetric: violent crimes against people are 84% below the U.S. rate, and property crimes 25% below the U.S. rate.
What is the crime rate in Old Saybrook?
The model expects about 118 major crimes a year in Old Saybrook, about 11.0 per 1,000 residents, 36% below the U.S. rate.
Is crime going up or down in Old Saybrook?
Expected major crimes in Old Saybrook are down 8.4% from a year earlier; across Connecticut they're down 8.3%.
What are the most common crimes in Old Saybrook?
By the model's expected count, the most common crimes against people and property are shoplifting (about 62 a year), other larceny (about 24 a year) and motor vehicle theft (about 10 a year).
Are car break-ins common in Old Saybrook?
The model expects about 9 thefts from vehicles a year in Old Saybrook, 67% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Are car thefts common in Old Saybrook?
The model expects about 10 motor vehicle thefts a year in Old Saybrook, 44% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Is Old Saybrook safe at night?
The model's major-crime index is 33 on Sunday to Thursday nights from 6pm to 6am, against 94 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 Old Saybrook higher than the Connecticut average?
Old Saybrook's major-crime index is 64, about the Connecticut rate per resident. Connecticut as a whole is 67, where 100 is the U.S. rate.
How does crime in Old Saybrook compare with Essex Village?
Essex Village, 4 miles away, has a major-crime index of 19, 70% below Old Saybrook's rate per resident. Old Saybrook's is 64.
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. Old Saybrook's figures add up its 8 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- Old Saybrook 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: 10,740. Model updated Nov 10, 2026. Release 2026-11-10
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in Old Saybrook, Connecticut." Vorp Labs, updated November 9, 2026 (model Nov 10, 2026). https://crimemetric.com/ct/old-saybrook
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