Crime in Wallingford, Connecticut
Updated ·Vorp Labs
The model puts major crime in Wallingford at 44% below the U.S. rate per resident: 91% lower for persons crimes and 34% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 4.8% from a year earlier.
- Modeled from FBI crime data for the police agencies serving Wallingford. Where an agency didn't report to the FBI, its totals are estimated from its past reports or similar agencies.
- The model estimates about 9.6 major crimes per 1,000 residents a year (0.3 violent, 9.3 property), against 17.2 for the U.S.
- By the model's major-crime rate per resident, Wallingford is higher than 43% of the 104 other Connecticut places and lower than 54% 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 Wallingford's 33 census block groups for 44,269 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 Wallingford.
- 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 Wallingford
Half of residents live where the major-crime index is between 23 and 48.
- 0–5076.3%
- 50–10018.3%
- 100–2000.0%
- 200–4002.7%
- 400+2.7%
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No crime type in Wallingford is more than 15% above the U.S. rate
Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live
Property crimes
Social disorder
Highest in the daytime
100 is the U.S. rate, same hours.
Expected major crime fell 4.8% 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.
Wallingford against U.S. places with 25,000 to 50,000 residents
641 of the 1,120 other places of this size have a major-crime index at least 15% above Wallingford's, and 178 are within 15% of it; the middle of the group is 73. The 9 nearest in population:
U.S. = 100. Residents in gray.
Wallingford's major-crime index is higher than 2, lower than 4 and within 15% of 2 of its 8 nearest neighbors
The closest, Wallingford Center (1 mi), is 25% above Wallingford's rate.
U.S. = 100. Miles between population centers.
Questions about crime in Wallingford
Is Wallingford safe?
Wallingford's major-crime index is 56, 44% below the U.S. rate per resident and higher than 43% of the 104 other Connecticut places on CrimeMetric: violent crimes against people are 91% below the U.S. rate, and property crimes 34% below the U.S. rate.
What is the crime rate in Wallingford?
The model expects about 423 major crimes a year in Wallingford, about 9.6 per 1,000 residents, 44% below the U.S. rate.
Is crime going up or down in Wallingford?
Expected major crimes in Wallingford are down 4.8% from a year earlier; across Connecticut they're down 8.3%.
What are the most common crimes in Wallingford?
By the model's expected count, the most common crimes against people and property are shoplifting (about 142 a year), other larceny (about 108 a year) and motor vehicle theft (about 76 a year).
Are car break-ins common in Wallingford?
The model expects about 72 thefts from vehicles a year in Wallingford, 39% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Are car thefts common in Wallingford?
The model expects about 76 motor vehicle thefts a year in Wallingford, 8% above the U.S. rate per resident.
Is Wallingford safe at night?
The model's major-crime index is 34 on Sunday to Thursday nights from 6pm to 6am, against 75 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 Wallingford higher than the Connecticut average?
Wallingford's major-crime index is 56, 17% below the Connecticut rate per resident. Connecticut as a whole is 67, where 100 is the U.S. rate.
How does crime in Wallingford compare with Wallingford Center?
Wallingford Center, 1 mile away, has a major-crime index of 70, 25% above Wallingford's rate per resident. Wallingford's is 56.
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. Wallingford's figures add up its 33 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- Wallingford 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: 44,269. Model updated Nov 10, 2026. Release 2026-11-10
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in Wallingford, Connecticut." Vorp Labs, updated November 9, 2026 (model Nov 10, 2026). https://crimemetric.com/ct/wallingford
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