Vermont Crime Rates & City Safety Scores
Population-adjusted FBI reporting rates; see the city profiles below.
Key facts
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Vermont displays a 48.37-point adjusted-score range in its 2025 source-year cohort: Rutland Town, Vermont at 95.12 points out of 100 versus Burlington, Vermont at 46.75.
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Vermont displays 3 jurisdiction profiles from a scoring run containing 43 reportable jurisdictions in its 2025 source-year directory; 3 displayed profiles have scores.
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Vermont has 1 displayed jurisdictions with decreasing reported trajectories versus 2 increasing and 0 stable, comparing weighted 2024 reporting with 2025.
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Burlington, Vermont has a reporting population of 44,649 residents versus 15,747 in Rutland Town, Vermont, in the 2025 source-year displayed cohort.
Quick answer
In the Safety Atlas 2026 public safety index, the highest-scoring city in Vermont is Rutland Town with an adjusted safety score of 95.12 out of 100, ranked across 3 tracked jurisdictions using 2025 FBI reporting.
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Vermont city safety rankings
Ranked by adjusted Safety Atlas score. The table lists the 3 most populous jurisdictions in this directory; each rank is calculated within this displayed 3-jurisdiction cohort.
| City / Jurisdiction | Cohort Rank | Population | Safety Score | Overall Trend | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rutland Town | #1 of 3 | 15,747 | 95.12 | ↓ Decreasing | View Report → |
| South Burlington | #2 of 3 | 20,488 | 60.1 | ↑ Increasing | View Report → |
| Burlington | #3 of 3 | 44,649 | 46.75 | ↑ Increasing | View Report → |
* Trajectory trends compare weighted year-over-year reporting from 2024 to 2025. Scores describe relative reported rates, not personal risk. Cohort rank covers only the 3 jurisdictions listed above.
Vermont in 7 numbers
- Every major offense fell in 2025. Homicide -50% (30 to 15), burglary -30%, motor vehicle theft -28%, robbery -17%, larceny-theft -10%, aggravated assault -2%.
- Almost half of all reports are property crime. 15,391 of 25,585 reports (60.2%); larceny-theft alone is 11,086 (43.3%).
- Clearances skew toward violent crime. 87% of aggravated assaults cleared vs 23% of larcenies and 27% of motor vehicle thefts (2025, reports cleared divided by reports received, reporting agencies only).
- Homicides fell by nearly a fifth. 15 reports in 2025 vs 30 in 2024 (-50%) across reporting agencies.
- The biggest volume is not violent. Vandalism (2,936) alone outweighs the entire personal-safety total (1,812, 7.1% of reports).
- Watch the monthly shape. Larceny-theft peaked in Jul (1,129) and troughed in Dec (665), a 1.7× swing inside a single year.
- These are reporting-agency sums. 68 of 69 agencies reported homicide in December 2025 (vs 68 in January); totals reflect who reported, not a census of crime.
Takeaways are computed from summed FBI CDE reported counts (source year 2025, 69 agencies in file). They describe reported data, not forecasts; check the methodology and coverage notes before reuse.
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Vermont monthly trend: reporting-agency sums through December 2025
Annual totals hide timing. The bars below show 2025 reported counts per month summed across reporting agencies for three indicator offenses. Counts only; there is no honest monthly denominator at this grain, so no rates are shown.
Larceny-theft, month by month
↓ Decreasing, 11086 reports vs 12337 in 2024 (down 10% in reported data).
| Month | Count | Agencies | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2025 | 853 | 13 | Full |
| Feb 2025 | 739 | 13 | Full |
| Mar 2025 | 1,007 | 12 | Full |
| Apr 2025 | 883 | 13 | Full |
| May 2025 | 981 | 13 | Full |
| Jun 2025 | 957 | 13 | Full |
| Jul 2025 | 1,129 | 13 | Full |
| Aug 2025 | 1,119 | 13 | Full |
| Sep 2025 | 1,037 | 12 | Full |
| Oct 2025 | 941 | 12 | Full |
| Nov 2025 | 775 | 13 | Full |
| Dec 2025 | 665 | 13 | Full |
Vandalism, month by month
↓ Decreasing, 2936 reports vs 3358 in 2024 (down 13% in reported data).
| Month | Count | Agencies | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2025 | 170 | 15 | Full |
| Feb 2025 | 158 | 15 | Full |
| Mar 2025 | 260 | 14 | Full |
| Apr 2025 | 256 | 15 | Full |
| May 2025 | 275 | 15 | Full |
| Jun 2025 | 313 | 15 | Full |
| Jul 2025 | 341 | 15 | Full |
| Aug 2025 | 299 | 15 | Full |
| Sep 2025 | 235 | 14 | Full |
| Oct 2025 | 265 | 14 | Full |
| Nov 2025 | 205 | 15 | Full |
| Dec 2025 | 159 | 15 | Full |
Theft From Motor Vehicle, month by month
↓ Decreasing, 2686 reports vs 3034 in 2024 (down 11% in reported data).
| Month | Count | Agencies | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2025 | 189 | 15 | Full |
| Feb 2025 | 170 | 15 | Full |
| Mar 2025 | 287 | 14 | Full |
| Apr 2025 | 216 | 15 | Full |
| May 2025 | 241 | 15 | Full |
| Jun 2025 | 233 | 15 | Full |
| Jul 2025 | 286 | 15 | Full |
| Aug 2025 | 311 | 15 | Full |
| Sep 2025 | 256 | 14 | Full |
| Oct 2025 | 176 | 14 | Full |
| Nov 2025 | 192 | 15 | Full |
| Dec 2025 | 129 | 15 | Full |
Clearances: what got cleared in 2025
87% of aggravated assaults cleared vs 23% of larcenies, clearance follows violent crime, not volume.
| Offense | Reported | Cleared | Clearance rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 15 | 10 | 66.7% |
| Aggravated Assault | 1,320 | 1,146 | 86.8% |
| Robbery | 106 | 70 | 66.0% |
| Burglary | 767 | 235 | 30.6% |
| Larceny-theft | 11,086 | 2,572 | 23.2% |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 431 | 117 | 27.1% |
Clearances ÷ reports received; clearances may concern earlier reports, so this is not a solve rate.
Monthly counts summed over reporting agencies, FBI CDE source year 2025. A hyphen (-) means not reported, not zero. Totals reflect who reported, not a census of crime.
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Vermont city reports
- Rutland Town safety report: #1 of 3, population 15,747, score 95.12, and the displayed trajectory is ↓ Decreasing.
- South Burlington safety report: #2 of 3, population 20,488, score 60.1, and the displayed trajectory is ↑ Increasing.
- Burlington safety report: #3 of 3, population 44,649, score 46.75, and the displayed trajectory is ↑ Increasing.
Reading the comparison
Scores compare reported rates; they do not predict personal risk. Methodology · Coverage
Monthly count comparisons
Vermont reporting agencies recorded 1,129 larceny-theft offenses in Jul 2025 versus 665 in Dec 2025, a difference of 464 reports; 13 agencies reported in the peak-count month compared with 13 in the minimum-count month, within 12 displayed months totaling 11,086 reports (FBI CDE reporting-agency sums, not statewide population rates).
Vermont reporting agencies recorded 341 vandalism offenses in Jul 2025 versus 158 in Feb 2025, a difference of 183 reports; 15 agencies reported in the peak-count month compared with 15 in the minimum-count month, within 12 displayed months totaling 2,936 reports (FBI CDE reporting-agency sums, not statewide population rates).
Vermont reporting agencies recorded 311 theft from motor vehicle offenses in Aug 2025 versus 129 in Dec 2025, a difference of 182 reports; 15 agencies reported in the peak-count month compared with 15 in the minimum-count month, within 12 displayed months totaling 2,686 reports (FBI CDE reporting-agency sums, not statewide population rates).
Vermont reporting agencies recorded 1,146 cleared aggravated assault offenses against 1,320 reports received in 2025 (86.8%), compared with 2,572 cleared larceny-theft offenses against 11,086 reports (23.2%), a 63.6-percentage-point difference between the displayed clearance ratios; clearances can concern earlier reports.
Rutland Town, Vermont records 95.12 adjusted score points out of 100 in the 2025 source-year directory, 27.80 points above the displayed scored-cohort mean of 67.32; its reporting population of 15,747 residents accounts for 19.5% of the 80,884 residents summed across the 3 displayed jurisdiction populations.
Burlington, Vermont records 46.75 adjusted score points out of 100 in the 2025 source-year directory, 20.57 points below the displayed scored-cohort mean of 67.32; its reporting population of 44,649 residents accounts for 55.2% of the 80,884 residents summed across the 3 displayed jurisdiction populations.
South Burlington, Vermont records 60.1 adjusted score points out of 100 in the 2025 source-year directory, 7.22 points below the displayed scored-cohort mean of 67.32; its reporting population of 20,488 residents accounts for 25.3% of the 80,884 residents summed across the 3 displayed jurisdiction populations.
Vermont reporting-agency sums contain 11,086 larceny-theft reports in 2025 versus 12,337 in 2024, 1,251 reports (10.1%) fewer across the two complete twelve-month source series; monthly reporting participation ranges from 12 to 13 agencies across those years, so the count change includes differences in participation and is not a population-adjusted rate change.
Vermont reporting-agency sums contain 2,576 simple assault reports in 2025 versus 2,551 in 2024, 25 reports (1.0%) more across the two complete twelve-month source series; monthly reporting participation ranges from 13 to 14 agencies across those years, so the count change includes differences in participation and is not a population-adjusted rate change.
Vermont reporting-agency sums contain 2,936 vandalism reports in 2025 versus 3,358 in 2024, 422 reports (12.6%) fewer across the two complete twelve-month source series; monthly reporting participation ranges from 14 to 15 agencies across those years, so the count change includes differences in participation and is not a population-adjusted rate change.
How to read the Vermont directory
The scoring run contains 43 reportable jurisdictions in Vermont. This public directory displays the 3 most populous jurisdictions in the current scored comparison set, and each displayed city's rank is calculated within this displayed 3-jurisdiction cohort.
Within the displayed cohort, Rutland Town has the highest adjusted score at 95.12, and Burlington has the lowest at 46.75. The public-cohort range is 48.37 points; use the offense-rate tables on each city profile to understand that spread.
Current trajectories in the displayed cohort: 1 decreasing, 0 stable, and 2 increasing. Trends compare weighted 2024 and 2025 reporting and do not forecast future incidents.
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