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Ansonia, CT crime analytics

Source & Methodology

Analytics built by:   Location, Inc.

Raw data sources:   18,000 local law enforcement agencies in the U.S.

Date(s) & Update Frequency:   Reflects 2024 calendar year; released from FBI in October 2025 (latest available). Updated annually. Where is 2025 data?

Methodology:   Our nationwide meta-analysis overcomes the issues inherent in any crime database, including non-reporting and reporting errors. This is possible by associating the 9.4 million reported crimes in the U.S, including over 2 million geocoded point locations…. Read more about Scout's Crime Data

The crime rate in Ansonia is considerably higher than the national average across all communities in America from the largest to the smallest, although at 15 crimes per one thousand residents, it is not among the communities with the very highest crime rate. The chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime in Ansonia is 1 in 68. Based on FBI crime data, Ansonia is not one of the safest communities in America. Relative to Connecticut, Ansonia has a crime rate that is higher than 80% of the state's cities and towns of all sizes.

How does the crime rate in Ansonia compare to similar sized communities across America? When NeighborhoodScout compared Ansonia with other communities its size, we found that the crime rate was near the average for all other communities of similar size. So, whether Ansonia's crime rate is high or low compared to all places in the US, when we control for population size and compare it to places that are similar in size, it is near the middle of the pack in crime rate; not much more or less dangerous, and about what we would expect from the statistics.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Ansonia does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in Ansonia.

For Ansonia, NeighborhoodScout found that the violent crime rate is well below the national average for all communities of all population sizes. Violent crimes such as assault, rape, murder and armed robbery happen less often in Ansonia than in most of America. One's chance of becoming a victim of a violent crime here is one in 1477, which is a violent crime rate of 1 per one thousand inhabitants.

NeighborhoodScout's analysis also reveals that Ansonia's rate for property crime is 14 per one thousand population. This makes Ansonia a place where there is an above average chance of becoming a victim of a property crime, when compared to all other communities in America of all population sizes. Property crimes are motor vehicle theft, arson, larceny, and burglary. Your chance of becoming a victim of any of these crimes in Ansonia is one in 72.

Ansonia Crime Data

total Crime Index

26

(100 is safest)


Safer than 26% of U.S. cities.

Ansonia Annual Crimes

  Violent Property Total

Number of Crimes

13

268

281

Crime Rate
(per 1,000 residents)

0.68

13.96

14.64

Violent Crime

Violent Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

20 15 10 5 0
0.68
1.36
National Median: 4
    Ansonia
    Connecticut

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Violent Crime

1 in 1,477

in Ansonia

1 in 735

in Connecticut

Ansonia Violent Crimes

Population: 19,195
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total 1 9 3 0
Rate per 1,000 0.05 0.47 0.16 0.00

United States Violent Crimes

Population: 340,110,988
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total 16,935 127,527 205,952 870,931
Rate per 1,000 0.05 0.38 0.61 2.56

Property Crime

Property Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

100 75 50 25 0
13.96
13.66
National Median: 18
    Ansonia
    Connecticut

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Property Crime

1 in 72

in Ansonia

1 in 73

in Connecticut

Property Crimes

Population: 19,195
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total 9 217 42
Rate per 1,000 0.47 11.31 2.19

United States Property Crimes

Population: 340,110,988
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total 779,542 4,326,531 880,327
Rate per 1,000 2.29 12.72 2.59

Ansonia Crimes Per Square Mile

200 150 100 50 0
45
16
National Median: 24.5
    Ansonia
    Connecticut