Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Bennington, VT Crime Grade
How Bennington grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of Vermont — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
9/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Vermont
8/10
vs. Vermont cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Bennington, VT was 550.6 per 100,000 residents (83 incidents over a population of 15,075). That puts Bennington 69% above the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 157% above the Vermont statewide rate of 214.6.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Bennington (red), Vermont (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Bennington vs. U.S., 2025 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 351.0(52) | 633.9(97) | 450.6(69) | 389.1(59) | 550.6(83) |
| Murder | 6.8(1) | 13.1(2) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 0.0(0) | 19.6(3) | 13.1(2) | 6.6(1) | 26.5(4) |
| Robbery | 27.0(4) | 45.7(7) | 39.2(6) | 19.8(3) | 0.0(0) |
| Aggravated assault | 317.3(47) | 555.5(85) | 398.3(61) | 362.7(55) | 524.0(79) |
| Property crime | 2990.4(443) | 3137.0(480) | 2487.9(381) | 2486.0(377) | 1598.7(241) |
| Burglary | 492.8(73) | 222.2(34) | 333.0(51) | 224.2(34) | 139.3(21) |
| Larceny | 2342.4(347) | 2869.1(439) | 2148.4(329) | 2202.4(334) | 1412.9(213) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 148.5(22) | 39.2(6) | 6.5(1) | 46.2(7) | 33.2(5) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- Metric: Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- National decile: Bennington's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- State decile: Same calculation restricted to Vermont cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- Letter grade: 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- Refresh: Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- Limits: The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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