Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Burlington, VT Crime Grade
How Burlington 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
1/10
vs. Vermont cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Burlington, VT was 482.5 per 100,000 residents (214 incidents over a population of 44,354). That puts Burlington Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 125% above the Vermont statewide rate of 214.6.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Burlington (red), Vermont (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Burlington 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 | 358.6(154) | 420.7(188) | 426.8(190) | 488.1(217) | 482.5(214) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 11.2(5) | 6.7(3) | 2.2(1) | 2.3(1) |
| Rape | 46.6(20) | 31.3(14) | 44.9(20) | 24.7(11) | 29.3(13) |
| Robbery | 23.3(10) | 35.8(16) | 51.7(23) | 58.5(26) | 58.6(26) |
| Aggravated assault | 288.7(124) | 342.4(153) | 323.4(144) | 402.6(179) | 392.3(174) |
| Property crime | 3564.9(1,531) | 5180.2(2,315) | 6661.9(2,966) | 4411.1(1,961) | 4080.8(1,810) |
| Burglary | 470.4(202) | 398.3(178) | 433.5(193) | 384.6(171) | 297.6(132) |
| Larceny | 2850.1(1,224) | 4070.4(1,819) | 5595.0(2,491) | 3799.3(1,689) | 3580.3(1,588) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 235.2(101) | 700.4(313) | 604.2(269) | 204.7(91) | 175.9(78) |
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: Burlington'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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