Hartford, VT carries a PlainCrime B safety grade with violent crime 10% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Hartford, VT shows violent crime at 316 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 920.2 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 10% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade B from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
B safety grade
316/100K violent
920.2/100K property
-10% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Hartford, VT
Comparable rate records
Hartford's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Vermont cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Hartford's 316.0 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Bellows Falls (325.9), Montpelier (326.4), St. Johnsbury (296.3), Winooski (348.4). These are same-year agency submissions that pass the same completeness screen, not a claim that the cities have identical conditions. They make the cohort position above checkable against named records instead of a generic state average.
Position in the state cohort
Hartford reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable Vermont cities
At 316.0 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Hartford ranks 12 of 53 — above 41 of the 52 other Vermont cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +118.5% against the cohort median of 144.7. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
Offense mix
Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix
Violent offenses are 25.6% of the 133 Part I offenses reported in Hartford for 2024, against a median of 11.9% across comparable Vermont cities — a gap of 13.6 points. Offense mix is shaped by which agencies report and how incidents are classified as well as by the underlying offenses, so it describes the reported record rather than a settled difference in conditions.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 420.4 per 100,000 in 2020 to 316.0 in 2024 (-24.8%). The highest observed value was 420.4 in 2020 and the lowest 213.0 in 2023. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property-offense composition
Burglary and vehicle theft carry more of the property total than they do across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 76.8% of reported property offenses in Hartford, against a cohort median of 88.7%. The remainder is burglary (17) and motor vehicle theft (6). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
Property counts dominate Hartford's FBI UCR Table 8 municipal row. Per-100,000 rates use the reporting-year population on that row; cities that fail the completeness test stay out of rate rankings. A citywide figure rarely describes any single neighbourhood inside the municipal boundary.
Mid-size municipal totals above are reported offenses, not safety advice for any single block. Reporting completeness still varies by year and agency.
Hartford's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 45.1 Census sq mi, Hartford logged 2.2 property and 0.8 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Hartford leans on larceny-theft at 57% of reported offenses, with a moderate mix index of 3,805.
Violent offenses are 26% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (45.1 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
+48.4%
213 → 316/100K
Property Crime Rate
-15.1%
1083.4 → 920.2/100K
Property offenses lead Hartford's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
vs VT
Property Crime
99
920.2
1711
1664.8
Larceny-Theft
76
706.4
-
-
Burglary
17
158
-
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
6
55.8
-
-
Arson
1
9.3
-
-
Violent Crime
34
316
352
225.3
Aggravated Assault
22
204.5
-
-
Rape
12
111.5
-
-
Murder
0
0
-
-
Robbery
0
0
-
-
Hartford Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Hartford property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Hartford Police Department
Reporting agency for Hartford NIBRS-participating
Hartford Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Hartford's 133 reported offenses (5-year span 2020-2024).
This agency reports via NIBRS, the incident-based system that captures more detail per offense (multiple crimes per incident, victim/offender data) than the older summary counts.
Similar-Size Cities in Vermont
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In 2024, Hartford reported 34 violent crimes and 99 property crimes, for a total of 133 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Hartford?
From 2023 to 2024, Hartford's violent crime rate increased by 48.4%, and the property crime rate decreased by 15.1%.
What is the most common crime in Hartford?
The most common crime type in Hartford is larceny-theft, accounting for 57.1% of all reported crimes (76 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Hartford figures are FBI UCR CIUS Table 8 (vintage 2024), population-adjusted per 100,000.
Denominators are the reporting-year population on the municipal row. Incomplete years are dropped from rankings. Confirm at FBI Crime Data Explorer and Census.gov QuickFacts.
Disclaimer (mid-size municipal): figures are informational, not advice. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program is the source. Consult a professional before decisions.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Hartford, VT rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.