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In 2022, 150 violent crime incidents per 100,000 residents were reported to police in Connecticut. This is 47 percent lower than the violent crime rate in 2012.

The crime rate in Connecticut in 2022 was 61 percent lower than the United States average.

In 2022, 54 percent of violent crimes reported to police in Connecticut were not solved. This is 2 percentage points higher than the unsolved rate in 2012.

  • Capital:  Hartford
  • Population:  3,588,184
  • Area:  5,543 sq mi
  • Violent Crime Rank:  48th
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Featured Connecticut Missing Cases

Juan Ortiz

Missing: Mar 15, 1999
Juan Ortiz, a 49-year-old man from New Haven, Connecticut, was last seen on March 15, 1999. His sudd ...Read More

Thomas Doolan

Missing: Dec 06, 2019
Thomas Doolan, a 59-year-old man from New London, Connecticut, was last seen on December 6, 2019. At ...Read More

Lakeram Singh

Missing: May 15, 2024
Lakeram Singh, a 51-year-old man from West Hartford, Connecticut, was last seen on May 15, 2024. Aut ...Read More

Ryan Bidstrup

Missing: Mar 31, 2011
Ryan Bidstrup, a 21-year-old man from Ledyard, Connecticut, was last seen on the evening of March 31 ...Read More

Kimberly Claudio

Missing: Jan 17, 2023
Kimberly Claudio, a 15-year-old from East Hartford, Connecticut, was last seen on January 17, 2023, ...Read More

Patricia Vaughan

Missing: May 15, 1982
Patricia Vaughan, an 18-year-old woman from East Hartford, Connecticut, went missing on May 15, 1982 ...Read More

Kyle Bockus

Missing: Oct 27, 1999
Kyle Bockus, a 31-year-old from Manchester, Connecticut, was last seen on October 27, 1999. His disa ...Read More

Jennifer Sullivan

Missing: Jan 06, 2022
Jennifer Sullivan, 45, was last seen on January 6, 2022, in New London, Connecticut, where she was r ...Read More

Jordan Patterson

Missing: Mar 28, 2024
Jordan Patterson, a 15-year-old from Derby, Connecticut, was last seen on March 28, 2024, prompting ...Read More

Nina Coe

Missing: Jul 16, 2015
Nina Coe, a 57-year-old woman from Middletown, Connecticut, was last seen on July 16, 2015, after re ...Read More
Featured Connecticut Murder Cases

Agnieszka Ziemlewski

Murdered: Sep 24, 1998
Agnieszka Ziemlewski, a 26-year-old woman, was found murdered on September 24, 1998, while walking o ...Read More

Sandra Ramos-Cuadrado

Murdered: Feb 18, 2005
Sandra Ramos-Cuadrado, a 51-year-old mother of three, was found brutally murdered on February 18, 20 ...Read More

Joseph Zargo

Murdered: Dec 23, 2011
On December 23, 2011, Joseph Zargo, a 27-year-old from West Haven, Connecticut, was shot and killed ...Read More

Suzanne Jovin

Murdered: Dec 04, 1998
Suzanne Jovin, a 21-year-old Yale University senior, was brutally murdered on December 4, 1998, in N ...Read More

Dante Davis

Murdered: Jun 21, 2005
Dante Davis, a 21-year-old woman, was fatally shot on June 21, 2005, while standing with her boyfrie ...Read More

Amos Brown Jr

Murdered: Aug 13, 2010
Amos Brown Jr., an 18-year-old from Norwalk, Connecticut, was tragically shot in the back of the hea ...Read More

Kyle Schneider

Murdered: May 01, 2008
On May 1, 2008, 17-year-old Kyle Schneider was found dead in his home in Fairfield, Connecticut. His ...Read More

Ashley Armstrong

Murdered: May 01, 2022
Ashley Armstrong, a 20-year-old woman from Danbury, Connecticut, was tragically shot and killed in N ...Read More

Rackita Smalls

Murdered: Aug 06, 2011
Rackita Smalls, 22, was tragically murdered on August 6, 2011, in Norwalk, Connecticut. Smalls and 2 ...Read More

Javed Akhtar

Murdered: Feb 28, 2007
Javed Akhtar, a 32-year-old convenience store owner, was shot during an attempted robbery on the eve ...Read More

Edward Bell Jr

Murdered: May 06, 2005
Edward "Little Man" Bell Jr., age 34, was tragically shot and killed on May 6, 2005, on George Stree ...Read More