Violent Crime Stats in Newtown, Connecticut Revealed for 2014

New data released by the FBI this week shows that Connecticut saw the fourth largest violent crime drop in the nation, according to state officials.

To underscore that point, state officials say, the FBI’s annual crime report also shows that Connecticut had a 9.7 percent decrease in violent crime.

The nearly double-digit violent crime decrease for 2014 builds upon a drop the state experienced in the previous year, which showed that violent crime in 2013 decreased 10.1 percent over the year prior, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said in a prepared statement.

Newtown bucked the state trend with violent crime increasing in 2014 compared to 2013.

According to the FBI data, there were 11 violent crimes reported in Newtown in 2014 and 2 such crimes in 2013.

For a breakdown, there were five rapes, one robbery and five aggravated assaults while there was two rapes no robberies and no aggravated assaults reported in 2013.

Notable statistics for the state of Connecticut in the FBI’s annual report for 2014 include:

• In states with a population of more than 1.3 million people, Connecticut saw the biggest drop in violent crime of any state in the nation.
• Violent crime in Connecticut during 2014 decreased an overall 9.7 percent, which includes a 5.5 percent decrease in murders, a 12.2 percent decrease in rape, an 11 percent decrease in robberies, and an 8.4% decrease in aggravated assaults.
• Although violent crimes have largely held steady in Connecticut since 2000, the state has experienced a 15 percent drop over the last two years alone.
• Nonviolent property crimes also decreased in the state in 2014, including a 7.6 percent drop in burglaries, a 2.1 percent drop in larcenies, and a 2.1 percent drop in motor vehicle thefts.
• The total number of index crimes reported for Connecticut in 2014 is the lowest total since 1967.
• Seventeen states experienced an increase in violent crime over the last year.

“To our police officers, to our public safety officials, thank you,” Malloy said in a statement. “Thank you for all the work you do each and every day in our communities. We are making extraordinary strides in Connecticut, with crime at almost a 50-year low and violent crime dropping dramatically each year. We’re being smart on crime - and it’s working.”