by Donald Eng
WETHERSFIELD, CT — Property crimes and crimes against persons have fallen to their lowest levels since the state’s police departments adopted their current reporting systems, according to the 2025 Crime In Connecticut report.
The National Incident-Based Reporting System, which had been around since 1994, was not wholly adopted by state agencies until 2021. The data is available here and is updated daily.
According to the report, there were 28,212 crimes against persons in 2025, a 7.4% drop from 2024. The highest number of crimes against persons reported under the current system was 32,506 in 2021, reflecting an ongoing decline. Major decreases from 2024 to 2025 included a 9.7% drop in simple assaults, from 15,587 to 14,069, a 20.6% drop in aggravated assaults, from 2,927 to 2,324, and a 20% drop in rape, 711 to 569. The only significant areas where reports increased were intimidation, which rose 1.7% from 9,831 to 10,000, and kidnapping/abductions, which increased 4.8% from 336 to 352.
Property crimes fell 16.7% from 2024 to 2025. There were 69,239 such crimes reported in 2025, down from 83.145 in 2024 and 99,404 in 2023.
Thefts from motor vehicles declined 30% to 5.126, about half the number reported in 2021. Property damage and vandalism reports also saw a nearly 30% decrease, from 17,820 in 2024 to 12,680 in 2025.
On the other side, there were 139 incidents of computer hacking reported, a 14% increase over 2024, and 3,292 cases of identity theft, an 18.1% increase over 2024, but well below the 8,107 reported in 2023.
Crimes against society, which includes things like animal cruelty, drug and weapons violations, climbed 5.7% from 2024 to 2025. That was led by a 13% increase in drug violations, from 4,659 to 5,271. There also were 16 fewer animal cruelty reports, 157 vs. 1733, and about 400 fewer weapons violations, which declined from 3,133 to 2,716, according to the report.
Finally, Group B offenses, also called “arrest-only” offenses, increased 3.6%. These offenses include crimes like trespassing, drunk driving, disorderly conduct and loitering and are calculated according to the arrestee’s court date, regardless of when the incident occurred.
These types of incidents increased 3.6%, driven primarily by a 6.9% increase in what the report characterized as “All Other Offenses.” Listed Group B crimes such as disorderly conduct, DUI, trespassing, nonviolent family offenses, liquor law violations and loitering, all held steady with changes +/- 2% or less.
The 130-page report further breaks down each crime category and includes data such as crime rate per 100,000 residents, estimated financial impact of various crimes and more.
Other information contained in the report includes that assaults against the state’s 7,800 law enforcement officers decreased 20% to 304, and in 91% of assaults on officers the officer received no injury or minor injury.
State Sen. Paul Cicarella, R-North Haven, the ranking senator on the Public Safety Committee and the General Law Committee, said the data showed crime moving in the right direction.
“Going forward, we must continue to give our brave men and women in law enforcement the resources and tools they need to keep our communities safe,” he said. “When there are consequences for bad actions, there are positive results like these.”
Cicarella added that the state needed to address issues like cyber crime and identity theft, which showed increases.
“We have done a lot in the General Law Committee in bipartisan fashion to focus on deterring those crimes, but we must continue to make sure we are holding cyber criminals and identity thieves accountable,” he said.
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