Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Essex, VT Crime Grade
How Essex 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
4/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Vermont
1/10
vs. Vermont cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Essex, VT was 125.7 per 100,000 residents (28 incidents over a population of 22,284). That puts Essex 61% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 41% below the Vermont statewide rate of 214.6.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Essex (red), Vermont (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Essex 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 | 185.7(41) | 155.7(35) | 155.0(35) | 116.3(26) | 125.7(28) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 49.8(11) | 40.0(9) | 39.9(9) | 13.4(3) | 13.5(3) |
| Robbery | 0.0(0) | 8.9(2) | 4.4(1) | 8.9(2) | 9.0(2) |
| Aggravated assault | 135.9(30) | 106.8(24) | 110.7(25) | 94.0(21) | 103.2(23) |
| Property crime | 1667.2(368) | 1450.1(326) | 1457.3(329) | 1736.3(388) | 1462.9(326) |
| Burglary | 249.2(55) | 106.8(24) | 97.4(22) | 94.0(21) | 62.8(14) |
| Larceny | 1377.2(304) | 1303.3(293) | 1271.3(287) | 1508.0(337) | 1301.4(290) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 40.8(9) | 40.0(9) | 88.6(20) | 129.8(29) | 94.2(21) |
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: Essex'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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