50 Safest Cities In Connecticut For 2017: New Report

Connecticut is known for some of the nation's safest communities, and there are many safe places statewide to raise a family. The FBI's latest crime report says the violent crime rate in Connecticut is 30 percent lower than the national average.

Safewise, a home security and safety advice website, released its rankings of the 50 safest cities in Connecticut on Monday. According to the data, the Nutmeg State's 50 safest cities are 65 percent safer than the nation as a whole.

Fairfield County controlled the top of the list, with four of the five safest communities in the state residing in the county. Six of the 10 safest communities in the state are located in Fairfield County. (Subscribe to your local patch in Connecticut for the latest breaking news and our daily newsletters.)

To compile the data, Safewise reviewed eliminated cities with less than 5,000 residents and cities that did not submit a complete crime report to the FBI. Then the group narrowed it down to the number of reported violent and property crimes and calculated the likelihood of these crimes occurring out of 1,000 people.

Here is the complete list of the 50 safest cities in Connecticut, according to Safewise.

1. Weston
2. Easton
3. Madison
4. Wilton
5. Ridgefield
6. Canton
7. Simsbury
8. Newtown
9. Monroe
10. Suffield
11. Greenwich
12. Plainfield
13. Cheshire
14. Redding
15. East Hampton
16. New Canaan
17. Granby
18. Coventry
19. Thomaston
20. Portland
21. Avon
22. Middlebury
23. Brookfield
24. Bethel
25. Guilford
26. Westport
27. Darien
28. Glastonbury
29. Seymour
30. Shelton
31. South Windsor
32. Old Saybrook
33. Putnam
34. North Branford
35. Vernon
36. Wethersfield
37. New Milford
38. Wallingford
39. Wolcott
40. Woodbridge
41. Windsor Locks
42. Stonington
43. Fairfield
44. Willimantic
45. Groton
46. Berlin
47. Windsor
48. Plymouth
49. Stamford
50. Middletown

To read more about the data, visit the Safewise website.

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