The 10 Safest Cities In Connecticut For 2026

While nearly 20% of Weston's workforce commutes to New York each day, residents can rest easy knowing that their hometown is much, much safer than their work city. There's no reason to be spooked by the Devil's Den Preserve, because when you're in Weston, you're in the place that experienced ZERO violent crimes in the last year of data.

Earning the gold medal for safety is a big achievement for Weston, which last year was just shy of making the list of top 10 safest cities in Connecticut with an 11th place finish. But when you have 0 violent crimes and the second lowest rate of property crime in an already super safe state, you know you're winning.

It's a testament to just how safe Connecticut is as a whole that Redding is only ranked as the seventh safest place in the state. Redding has a property crime rate nearly 8 times lower than the national average, which earns it the third place ranking statewide for that category. Add to that a mere two reported violent crimes in the last year of data, and you've got a recipe for success.

Honestly, Redding is as safe as the wolves and bears at Collis P. Huntington State Park, which, by the way, are statues. In what's becoming a trend, Redding is also located in the southwestern part of Connecticut.

Although it battles every year for it, Easton failed to take the top spot as the safest place to live in Connecticut for 2026 according to the most recent FBI data, instead placing third this year. The city is one of three towns in Connecticut that didn't have any reported violent crime -- no murders, no robberies, and no pushing old grannies for one whole year.

Add that to the lowest property crime rate in the state -- and 20x lower than the national average -- and you have a super safe place to live. The most dangerous thing in town? The Route 59 bridge in Easton, which carries more than 10,000 cars and trucks every day over the Mill River, has a substructure rated in critical condition by state safety inspectors. So maybe watch out for that.

The last of the three places with no violent crimes in the last report year is Madison. It just so happens to have the highest property crime rate amongst the top three in Connecticut.

At this point if felt weird that three places had no violent crimes, so we went directly to the data to double check. And our data was correct; these three cities did not report any violent crimes and there were no special notes, so we accurately reflect the data as shown by the FBI.

Even if you don't want to trust the FBI for some reason, take Bill Clinton's word for it as he called it an "especially old and beautiful" favorite during his time at Yale. If a president says this place is awesome, it must be safe.

Newtown comes in as the ninth safest place in Connecticut, with an especially low rate of property crime that ranks as the sixth lowest in the state. I mean, honestly, anywhere you can go on a hike with a mini llama sounds pretty darn safe to me.

Newtown only had 6 violent crimes during the last year of available data, which is actually the same number as #8 Greenwich. However, Newtown's smaller size makes it place a couple places behind Greenwich, but safely in the top ten.