Crime in Plainville, Connecticut
Updated ·Vorp Labs
The model puts major crime in Plainville at 35% below the U.S. rate per resident: 75% lower for persons crimes and 26% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 9.0% from a year earlier.
- Modeled from FBI crime data for the police agencies serving Plainville. Where an agency didn't report to the FBI, its totals are estimated from its past reports or similar agencies.
- The model estimates about 11.2 major crimes per 1,000 residents a year (0.8 violent, 10.4 property), against 17.2 for the U.S.
- By the model's major-crime rate per resident, Plainville is higher than 51% of the 104 other Connecticut places and lower than 45% 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 Plainville's 14 census block groups for 17,878 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 Plainville.
- 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 Plainville
Half of residents live where the major-crime index is between 25 and 77.
- 0–5060.6%
- 50–10028.5%
- 100–2006.4%
- 200–4004.5%
- 400+0.0%
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Intimidation stands out most, at 2.8 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 9.0% 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.
Plainville against U.S. places with 10,000 to 25,000 residents
1,097 of the 2,480 other places of this size have a major-crime index at least 15% above Plainville'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.
Plainville's major-crime index is higher than 3, lower than 3 and within 15% of 2 of its 8 nearest neighbors
The closest, Bristol (4 mi), is 43% below Plainville's rate.
U.S. = 100. Miles between population centers.
Questions about crime in Plainville
Is Plainville safe?
Plainville's major-crime index is 65, 35% below the U.S. rate per resident and higher than 51% of the 104 other Connecticut places on CrimeMetric: violent crimes against people are 75% below the U.S. rate, and property crimes 26% below the U.S. rate.
What is the crime rate in Plainville?
The model expects about 200 major crimes a year in Plainville, about 11.2 per 1,000 residents, 35% below the U.S. rate.
Is crime going up or down in Plainville?
Expected major crimes in Plainville are down 9.0% from a year earlier; across Connecticut they're down 8.3%.
What are the most common crimes in Plainville?
By the model's expected count, the most common crimes against people and property are shoplifting (about 74 a year), other larceny (about 39 a year) and theft from vehicle (about 36 a year).
Are car break-ins common in Plainville?
The model expects about 36 thefts from vehicles a year in Plainville, 25% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Are car thefts common in Plainville?
The model expects about 24 motor vehicle thefts a year in Plainville, 16% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Is Plainville safe at night?
The model's major-crime index is 41 on Sunday to Thursday nights from 6pm to 6am, against 90 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 Plainville higher than the Connecticut average?
Plainville's major-crime index is 65, about the Connecticut rate per resident. Connecticut as a whole is 67, where 100 is the U.S. rate.
How does crime in Plainville compare with Bristol?
Bristol, 4 miles away, has a major-crime index of 37, 43% below Plainville's rate per resident. Plainville's is 65.
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. Plainville's figures add up its 14 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- Plainville 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: 17,878. Model updated Nov 10, 2026. Release 2026-11-10
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in Plainville, Connecticut." Vorp Labs, updated November 9, 2026 (model Nov 10, 2026). https://crimemetric.com/ct/plainville
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