FBI arson data · 2024
Connecticut Arson
139 arson offenses were reported by 131 Connecticut law-enforcement agencies in 2024 — 0.4% of the national total. The most was reported by Hartford Police Department (28).
Connecticut agencies with the most reported arson
| Agency | Type | County | Arsons |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hartford Police Department | City | Capitol Planning Region | 28 |
| New Britain Police Department | City | Capitol Planning Region | 16 |
| New Haven Police Department | City | South Central Connecticut Planning Region | 14 |
| Connecticut State Police | State Police | Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region | 6 |
| Derby Police Department | City | Naugatuck Valley Planning Region | 4 |
| Meriden Police Department | City | South Central Connecticut Planning Region | 4 |
| Milford Police Department | City | South Central Connecticut Planning Region | 4 |
| Stamford Police Department | City | Western Connecticut Planning Region | 4 |
| Stratford Police Department | City | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region | 4 |
| Waterbury Police Department | City | South Central Connecticut Planning Region | 4 |
| Danbury Police Department | City | Western Connecticut Planning Region | 3 |
| Hamden Police Department | City | South Central Connecticut Planning Region | 3 |
| Manchester Police Department | City | Capitol Planning Region | 3 |
| Trumbull Police Department | City | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region | 3 |
| Yale University | Unknown | — | 3 |
| Bloomfield Police Department | City | Capitol Planning Region | 2 |
| Glastonbury Police Department | City | Capitol Planning Region | 2 |
| Middletown Police Department | City | Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region | 2 |
| Naugatuck Police Department | City | Naugatuck Valley Planning Region | 2 |
| Putnam Police Department | City | Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 2 |
| Suffield Police Department | City | Capitol Planning Region | 2 |
| University of Connecticut: Storrs, Avery Point, and Hartford | University or College | Capitol Planning Region | 2 |
| Berlin Police Department | City | Capitol Planning Region | 1 |
| Bristol Police Department | City | Naugatuck Valley Planning Region | 1 |
| East Hartford Police Department | City | Capitol Planning Region | 1 |
Connecticut arson by county
By the reporting agency's headquarters county — multi-jurisdiction agencies land in one county. Counties with no reported arson are not listed.
About this data
- Counts are arson offenses (fires), not arrests. Each figure is a fire that a law-enforcement agency determined or suspected was intentionally set. Arson arrests are a different, much smaller number — most arsons are never cleared — and are tracked separately in our Arrests dataset.
- The figures are de-duplicated across the FBI's two overlapping reporting streams — the legacy SRS summary system and NIBRS incident data. Most agencies appear in both, so naively summing the two streams, as some published totals do, roughly doubles the count. Each agency here is counted once, from its best available stream.
- Reported agencies only. The total covers agencies in the FBI's 2024 master files — about 96% of the FBI's own de-duplicated figure of 36,558, which comes from its live database and includes some later-arriving reports. Nothing here is estimated, so totals slightly undercount and are not strictly comparable across areas with different reporting coverage.
- Location is the reporting agency's headquarters county, not where the fire happened. Multi-jurisdiction agencies concentrate in one county — every NYPD-reported arson lands in New York County, for example — and county figures cover geolocated agencies only, so they sum to slightly less than the national total.
- Zero and missing mean different things. A zero means agencies in that county reported to the FBI and logged no arson; a county with no figure at all had no reporting agency headquartered there.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, 2024 SRS and NIBRS files, de-duplicated by agency. pumsdata is independent and not affiliated with the FBI. How our data works.
Connecticut arson — FAQ
How many arsons were reported in Connecticut in 2024?+
139 arson offenses were reported to the FBI by 131 Connecticut law-enforcement agencies in 2024; 44 of those agencies logged at least one arson. Actual arsons are somewhat higher, since not every agency reports.
Which agency reported the most arson in Connecticut?+
Hartford Police Department, with 28 reported arson offenses in 2024 (headquartered in Capitol Planning Region).
What share of U.S. arson happens in Connecticut?+
Connecticut's 139 reported arsons were 0.4% of the 34,990 reported nationwide in 2024. Reporting coverage varies by state, so shares are approximate.
Where does this data come from?+
The FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program's 2024 SRS and NIBRS files, de-duplicated by agency. Counts are arson offenses (fires), not arrests, from reporting agencies only. pumsdata is independent and not affiliated with the FBI.