CONNECTICUT — We love to post and share stories about our state's safest communities, but we don't pay much attention to our most dangerous ones. Or maybe we do, and then turn away.

RoadSnacks, a website that analyzes cities and states using various data, recently released its newest ranking of the state's most dangerous cities — an assessment created using violent crimes and property crimes in cities with a population of 7,000 or more. There are 93 municipalities that match that criterion in Connecticut. Connecticut is the 15th wealthiest state in the nation, so expectations regarding safety may be higher here than in other areas. Admirably, our crime numbers have been dropping at an impressive rate. Total violent crime in the Nutmeg State fell by ten percent, one of the steepest drops in the country. But the plunge has not been across the board: Bridgeport recorded the highest numbers of property crimes and violent crimes in the state's history.

This is the fifth year the website has released its analysis of the state's most dangerous cities. The same town has made the top slot two years in a row.

Here are the top 10 cities in Connecticut with the highest number of violent and property crimes, including robberies and burglaries, according to the analysis performed by RoadSnacks:

1. Hartford Rank Last Year: 1 (No Change)

Violent Crimes Per 100k: (1st most dangerous)

Property Crimes Per 100k: (3rd most dangerous) Hartford is the most dangerous city in the state based on 2018 data, and its residents face a 1 in 93 chance of being the victim of violence.

2. New Haven

Rank Last Year: 2 (No change)

Violent Crimes Per 100k: (2nd most dangerous)

Property Crimes Per 100k: (2nd most dangerous) Residents of the second most populated city in Connecticut face a 1 in 118 chance of being the victim of a violent crime — that's more than four times more likely than anywhere else in the state.

3. Waterbury Rank Last Year: 3 (No change)

Violent Crimes Per 100k: (5th most dangerous)

Property Crimes Per 100k: (1st most dangerous) You haven't imagined it: Waterbury has seen a rise in crime, compared to the previous year's reckoning. Residents of "The Brass City" now face a 1 in 25.5 chance of being the victim of a property crime, a number twice as bad as the state's average.