Crime in Wolcott, Connecticut
Updated ·Vorp Labs
The model puts major crime in Wolcott at 71% below the U.S. rate per resident: 88% lower for persons crimes and 67% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 8.7% from a year earlier.
- Modeled from FBI crime data for the police agencies serving Wolcott. Where an agency didn't report to the FBI, its totals are estimated from its past reports or similar agencies.
- The model estimates about 5.0 major crimes per 1,000 residents a year (0.4 violent, 4.6 property), against 17.2 for the U.S.
- By the model's major-crime rate per resident, Wolcott is lower than 74% of the 104 other Connecticut places and 86% 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 Wolcott's 11 census block groups for 16,686 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 Wolcott.
- 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 Wolcott
Half of residents live where the major-crime index is between 18 and 38.
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Murder stands out most, at 35% above 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 8.7% 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.
Wolcott against U.S. places with 10,000 to 25,000 residents
2,114 of the 2,480 other places of this size have a major-crime index at least 15% above Wolcott's, and 215 are within 15% of it; the middle of the group is 67. The 9 nearest in population:
U.S. = 100. Residents in gray.
Wolcott's major-crime index is lower than 7 and within 15% of 1 of its 8 nearest neighbors
The closest, Waterbury (4 mi), is 4.9 times Wolcott's rate.
U.S. = 100. Miles between population centers.
Questions about crime in Wolcott
Is Wolcott safe?
Wolcott's major-crime index is 29, 71% below the U.S. rate per resident and lower than 74% of the 104 other Connecticut places on CrimeMetric: violent crimes against people are 88% below the U.S. rate, and property crimes 67% below the U.S. rate.
What is the crime rate in Wolcott?
The model expects about 83 major crimes a year in Wolcott, about 5.0 per 1,000 residents, 71% below the U.S. rate.
Is crime going up or down in Wolcott?
Expected major crimes in Wolcott are down 8.7% from a year earlier; across Connecticut they're down 8.3%.
What are the most common crimes in Wolcott?
By the model's expected count, the most common crimes against people and property are other larceny (about 34 a year), theft from vehicle (about 17 a year) and shoplifting (about 11 a year).
Are car break-ins common in Wolcott?
The model expects about 17 thefts from vehicles a year in Wolcott, 63% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Are car thefts common in Wolcott?
The model expects about 7 motor vehicle thefts a year in Wolcott, 74% below the U.S. rate per resident.
Is Wolcott safe at night?
The model's major-crime index is 17 on Sunday to Thursday nights from 6pm to 6am, against 41 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 Wolcott higher than the Connecticut average?
Wolcott's major-crime index is 29, 56% below the Connecticut rate per resident. Connecticut as a whole is 67, where 100 is the U.S. rate.
How does crime in Wolcott compare with Waterbury?
Waterbury, 4 miles away, has a major-crime index of 143, 4.9 times Wolcott's rate per resident. Wolcott's is 29.
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. Wolcott's figures add up its 11 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- Wolcott 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: 16,686. Model updated Nov 10, 2026. Release 2026-11-10
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in Wolcott, Connecticut." Vorp Labs, updated November 9, 2026 (model Nov 10, 2026). https://crimemetric.com/ct/wolcott
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