Crime in Stratford, Connecticut
Updated ·Vorp Labs
The model puts major crime in Stratford at 18% below the U.S. rate per resident: 83% lower for persons crimes and about the same for property crimes. Expected major crimes are about flat from a year earlier.
- Modeled from FBI crime data for the police agencies serving Stratford and from local police incident records. Where an agency didn't report to the FBI, its totals are estimated from its past reports or similar agencies.
- The model estimates about 14.1 major crimes per 1,000 residents a year (0.5 violent, 13.6 property), against 17.2 for the U.S.
- By the model's major-crime rate per resident, Stratford is higher than 66% of the 104 other Connecticut places and 53% 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 Stratford's 39 census block groups for 54,380 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 Stratford.
- 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 Stratford
Half of residents live where the major-crime index is between 24 and 80.
- 0–5058.3%
- 50–10026.8%
- 100–2009.4%
- 200–4003.8%
- 400+1.7%
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Shoplifting stands out most, at 1.6 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 rose 0.6% 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.
Stratford against U.S. places with 50,000 to 100,000 residents
267 of the 580 other places of this size have a major-crime index at least 15% above Stratford's, and 122 are within 15% of it; the middle of the group is 91. The 9 nearest in population:
U.S. = 100. Residents in gray.
Stratford's major-crime index is higher than 4, lower than 2 and within 15% of 2 of its 8 nearest neighbors
The closest, Bridgeport (3 mi), is within 15% of Stratford's rate.
U.S. = 100. Miles between population centers.
Questions about crime in Stratford
Is Stratford safe?
Stratford's major-crime index is 82, 18% below the U.S. rate per resident and higher than 66% of the 104 other Connecticut places on CrimeMetric: violent crimes against people are 83% below the U.S. rate, and property crimes about the U.S. rate.
What is the crime rate in Stratford?
The model expects about 769 major crimes a year in Stratford, about 14.1 per 1,000 residents, 18% below the U.S. rate.
Is crime going up or down in Stratford?
Expected major crimes in Stratford are about flat from a year earlier; across Connecticut they're down 8.3%.
What are the most common crimes in Stratford?
By the model's expected count, the most common crimes against people and property are shoplifting (about 270 a year), other larceny (about 192 a year) and theft from vehicle (about 132 a year).
Are car break-ins common in Stratford?
The model expects about 132 thefts from vehicles a year in Stratford, 8% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Are car thefts common in Stratford?
The model expects about 124 motor vehicle thefts a year in Stratford, 43% above the U.S. rate per resident.
Is Stratford safe at night?
The model's major-crime index is 53 on Sunday to Thursday nights from 6pm to 6am, against 111 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 Stratford higher than the Connecticut average?
Stratford's major-crime index is 82, 23% above the Connecticut rate per resident. Connecticut as a whole is 67, where 100 is the U.S. rate.
How does crime in Stratford compare with Bridgeport?
Bridgeport, 3 miles away, has a major-crime index of 77, within 15% of Stratford's rate per resident. Stratford's is 82.
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. Stratford's figures add up its 39 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- Stratford's published incident records inform the estimate for every neighborhood.
- 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: 54,380. Model updated Nov 10, 2026. Release 2026-11-10
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in Stratford, Connecticut." Vorp Labs, updated November 9, 2026 (model Nov 10, 2026). https://crimemetric.com/ct/stratford
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