State crime profile · 2024
Vermont Crime Rates: Safest & Most Dangerous Cities
Crime data for 53 cities and 14 of 14 counties in Vermont (VT), ranked safest to most dangerous from 87 reporting agencies.
Data updated 2026-09-05
- 225.3
- Violent / 100K
- 1,664.8
- Property / 100K
- 53
- Cities
- 14
- Counties
Vermont violent crime is 225.3 per 100,000, 36% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Vermont records 225.3 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, 36% below the national average (about the 11th-safest of 51 states and D.C.). Statewide averages hide city and county variation; UCR participation is voluntary.
- 225.3 violent crimes per 100K
- -36% vs. the U.S. average
- 11th safest of 51 states & DC
- 1,664.8 property crimes per 100K
How safe is Vermont? FBI UCR data snapshot
Vermont (VT) reported 1,461 violent crimes and 10,796 property crimes in 2024, based on FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program submissions from 87 law enforcement agencies. That translates to a statewide violent crime rate of 225.3 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 1664.8 per 100,000 against a reporting population of 648,493. The PlainCrime dataset indexes 53 Vermont cities and 14 counties, each with their own detail pages and local crime figures drawn from FBI UCR Tables 8 and 10.
The FBI's state-level summary reports violent and property crime as aggregate totals rather than broken out by individual offense type (murder, rape, robbery, assault, burglary, larceny, motor vehicle theft, arson). For an offense-by-offense breakdown, see the individual city and county pages for Vermont below, which draw on FBI UCR Tables 8 and 10 and do report each offense type separately.
Across 11 years of state-level UCR history (2014–2024), the violent crime rate moved from 101.5 to 225.3 per 100,000, a rise of 122%. City-level detail pages within Vermont include safety grades (A+ to F), benchmarks against national averages, per-capita risk estimates, and multi-year trend tables for users comparing specific jurisdictions. All figures above are drawn from FBI UCR 2024 submissions; reporting completeness varies by agency, and the FBI periodically restates prior-year figures as late submissions arrive.
How Vermont ranks nationally
Vermont vs. every U.S. state
Violent crime per 100,000 residents, FBI UCR 2024. Lower is safer.
225 Safer than 78% among 51 U.S. states
Each bar is a band of values; taller bars hold more U.S. states. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · 2024
Safest cities · Most dangerous cities · Crime trends
Crime Trends
| Year | Population | Violent Crime | Rate | Property Crime | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 648,493 | 1,461 | 225.3 | 10,796 | 1664.8 |
| 2023 | 647,464 | 1,397 | 215.8 | 11,795 | 1821.7 |
| 2022 | 647,064 | 1,447 | 223.6 | 11,056 | 1708.6 |
| 2021 | 645,570 | 1,225 | 189.8 | 9,005 | 1394.9 |
| 2020 | 623,347 | 1,131 | 181.4 | 7,958 | 1276.7 |
| 2019 | 623,989 | 1,265 | 202.7 | 9,017 | 1445.1 |
| 2018 | 626,299 | 1,122 | 179.1 | 8,249 | 1317.1 |
| 2017 | 623,657 | 1,094 | 175.4 | 9,449 | 1515.1 |
| 2016 | 624,594 | 802 | 128.4 | 9,265 | 1483.4 |
| 2015 | 626,042 | 764 | 122 | 9,213 | 1471.6 |
| 2014 | 626,562 | 636 | 101.5 | 9,511 | 1518 |
Cities in Vermont
| City | Population | Violent / 100K | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burlington | 44,456 | 479.1 | F |
| Essex | 22,347 | 111.9 | B |
| South Burlington | 21,300 | 234.7 | C |
| Colchester | 17,617 | 215.7 | B |
| Rutland | 15,579 | 475 | F |
| Bennington | 15,165 | 389.1 | C |
| Brattleboro | 12,092 | 645.1 | F |
| Hartford | 10,759 | 316 | B |
| Milton | 10,733 | 186.3 | A |
| Williston | 10,071 | 109.2 | C |
| Middlebury | 9,174 | 141.7 | B |
| Springfield | 9,071 | 121.3 | A |
| Barre | 8,358 | 646.1 | F |
| Winooski | 8,323 | 348.4 | C |
| Barre Town | 8,075 | 111.5 | A |
| Shelburne | 7,991 | 62.6 | A |
| Montpelier | 7,965 | 326.4 | C |
| St. Johnsbury | 7,425 | 296.3 | C |
| St. Albans | 6,958 | 991.7 | F |
| Swanton | 6,885 | 130.7 | A |
| Morristown | 6,020 | 182.7 | B |
| Northfield | 5,944 | 67.3 | A+ |
| Stowe | 5,272 | 94.8 | A |
| Randolph | 4,875 | 20.5 | A+ |
| Hinesburg | 4,691 | 106.6 | A |
| Manchester | 4,482 | 200.8 | B |
| Castleton | 4,441 | 0 | A+ |
| Newport | 4,300 | 627.9 | F |
| Richmond | 4,117 | 0 | A+ |
| Brandon | 4,101 | 219.5 | B |
| Rutland Town | 3,929 | 203.6 | C |
| Bristol | 3,763 | 26.6 | A+ |
| Norwich | 3,653 | 0 | A+ |
| Windsor | 3,550 | 169 | A |
| Woodstock | 3,040 | 230.3 | B |
| Chester | 3,016 | 66.3 | A+ |
| Hardwick | 2,996 | 133.5 | B |
| Berlin | 2,919 | 274.1 | C |
| Pittsford | 2,886 | 0 | A+ |
| Thetford | 2,862 | 244.6 | A |
| Weathersfield | 2,859 | 35 | A+ |
| Bradford | 2,850 | 35.1 | A+ |
| Royalton | 2,778 | 108 | A |
| Bellows Falls | 2,762 | 325.9 | B |
| Fair Haven | 2,710 | 147.6 | A |
| Vergennes | 2,570 | 116.7 | A |
| Wilmington | 2,282 | 219.1 | A |
| Ludlow | 2,187 | 0 | A+ |
| Dover | 1,853 | 54 | A+ |
| Killington | 1,413 | 0 | A+ |
| Lyndonville | 1,223 | 490.6 | F |
| Winhall | 1,168 | 171.2 | A |
| Fairlee | 1,042 | 0 | A+ |
Counties in Vermont
All 14 Census county-equivalents in Vermont appear in FBI Table 10 for this vintage. Missing counties are absent from the FBI source for this year, not dropped by PlainCrime. See national county coverage and methodology.
Largest counties in Vermont, violent crime per 100K
Top 8 counties by population, violent crime per 100,000 residents. Hover a bar for the exact rate.
- Chittenden 0
Chittenden
0 /100K
- Rutland 5
Rutland
5 /100K
- Washington 0
Washington
0 /100K
- Windsor 2
Windsor
2 /100K
- Franklin
Franklin
14 /100K
- Windham
Windham
7 /100K
- Addison 0
Addison
0 /100K
- Bennington
Bennington
16 /100K
Nationwide peers for Vermont
Similar violent rate (~225.3/100K)
Nearby States
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Primary source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, Crime in the United States annual release. State-level trends cross-check against the FBI Crime Data Explorer (CDE) API.
Population figures for rate calculations reference U.S. Census Bureau estimates where FBI-reported populations are unavailable. Verify with Census.gov QuickFacts.
Read our methodology , how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Put this to use
Put the Vermont FBI UCR state file to work: open a city, a county, or a national ranking built from the same vintage.
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