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CRIME - NEW HAVEN, CT
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Crime Rate per 1000
Murder 0.18
Rape 0.55
Robbery 6.08
Assault 8.57
Property 57.98

With a crime rate of 73 per one thousand residents, New Haven has one of the highest crime rates in America compared to all communities of all sizes - from the smallest towns to the very largest cities. One's chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime here is one in 14. Within Connecticut, more than 100% of the communities have a lower crime rate than New Haven.In fact, after researching dangerous places to live, NeighborhoodScout found New Haven to be one of the top 100 most dangerous cities in the U.S.A.

Separately, it is always interesting and important to compare a town's crime rate with those of similarly sized communities - a fair comparison as larger cities tend to have more crime. NeighborhoodScout has done just that. With a population of 129,779, New Haven has a combined rate of violent and property crime that is very high compared to other places of similar population size. Regardless of whether New Haven does well or poorly compared to all other cities and towns in the US of all sizes, compared to places with a similar population, it fares badly. Few other communities of this size have a crime rate as high as New Haven. The crime data that NeighborhoodScout used for this analysis are the seven offenses from the uniform crime reports, collected by the FBI from 17,000 local law enforcement agencies, and include both violent and property crimes, combined.

Now let us turn to take a look at how New Haven does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in New Haven.

For New Haven, we found that the violent crime rate is one of the highest in the nation, across communities of all sizes (both large and small). Violent offenses tracked included forcible rape, murder and non-negligent manslaughter, armed robbery, and aggravated assault, including assault with a deadly weapon. According to NeighborhoodScout's analysis of FBI reported crime data, your chance of becoming a victim of one of these crimes in New Haven is one in 65. Significantly, based on the number of murders reported by the FBI and the number of residents living in the town, NeighborhoodScout's analysis shows that New Haven experiences one of the higher murder rates in the nation when compared with cities and towns for all sizes of population, from the largest to the smallest.

In addition, NeighborhoodScout found that a lot of the crime that takes place in New Haven is property crime. Property crimes that are tracked for this analysis are burglary, larceny over fifty dollars, motor vehicle theft, and arson. In New Haven, your chance of becoming a victim of a property crime is one in 17, which is a rate of 58 per one thousand population.

Importantly, we found that New Haven has one of the highest rates of motor vehicle theft in the nation according to our analysis of FBI crime data. This is compared to communities of all sizes, from the smallest to the largest. In fact, your chance of getting your car stolen if you live in New Haven is one in 128.

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SUICIDE RATE IN CONNECTICUT AT 20-YEAR HIGH
Published April 30, 2012
Associated Press

The chief medical examiner's office says the state's suicide rate has climbed to a 20-year high with more than one per day.

The New Haven Register reports that the 371 suicides in Connecticut last year were most since 1991, when the medical examiner's office reported 362 suicides. Officials say the rate has been rising the past five years. It's not clear why, but officials believe the economic downturn probably has been a factor. The state's rate is low compared with other states. The most recent national figures show Connecticut ranked 47th in suicides among states in 2009 with a rate of 9 per 100,000 people.

New Haven had the highest number of suicides last year with 99, followed by Hartford with 87. Click here for more information

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HOMELESSNESS -- NEW HAVEN, CT

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UNEMPLOYMENT - NEW HAVEN, CT