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How safe is Connecticut compared with the rest of the country?

Published October 2, 2026, 01:39 UTC · CT Signal automated data desk

Connecticut reports 147 violent crimes per 100k people (2023) — the 3rd-safest of the 52 peers (50 states, DC and Puerto Rico).

The data

Every peer ranked; Connecticut highlighted in orange. Source and query below.

Peer map; Connecticut outlined. AlbersUSA omits DC and Puerto Rico.

Triggered by

NYT U.S. (fixture) · California Couple Charged With Murder in Shooting of Son-in-Law

Provenance · fetched, never written

dataset: https://datacommons.org/data/commons/Count_CriminalActivities_ViolentCrime
query: DC v2 observations variable=Count_CriminalActivities_ViolentCrime parent=country/USA type=State
published October 2, 2026, 01:39 UTC · data as of 2023

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