Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Rutland, VT Crime Grade
How Rutland 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
7/10
vs. Vermont cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Rutland, VT was 457.7 per 100,000 residents (71 incidents over a population of 15,512). That puts Rutland 41% above the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 113% above the Vermont statewide rate of 214.6.
That ranks Rutland #3,191 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 15% of them, and #7 of 10 in Vermont. Violent crime is down 6% year over year and down 10% over the last five years.
Rutland, VT crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (9/10)
- Vermont Grade
- C (7/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 457.7 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,191 of 3,771
- VT rank
- #7 of 10
- Safer than
- 15% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 6%
- 5-year change
- down 10%
- Population
- 15,512
- Reporting agency
- Rutland Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Rutland Police Department (FBI ORI VT0110200) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Rutland, VT
Also known as
- Mill Village
- The Marble City
Name history sourced from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) — public-domain federal geographic-names data.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Rutland (red), Vermont (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Rutland 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 | 507.8(75) | 498.2(79) | 415.3(65) | 487.8(76) | 457.7(71) |
| Murder | 6.8(1) | 6.3(1) | 6.4(1) | 6.4(1) | 12.9(2) |
| Rape | 54.2(8) | 31.5(5) | 12.8(2) | 70.6(11) | 0.0(0) |
| Robbery | 128.6(19) | 88.3(14) | 19.2(3) | 32.1(5) | 45.1(7) |
| Aggravated assault | 318.2(47) | 372.1(59) | 377.0(59) | 378.7(59) | 399.7(62) |
| Property crime | 3798.0(561) | 4887.1(775) | 4140.3(648) | 3941.2(614) | 3094.4(480) |
| Burglary | 568.7(84) | 245.9(39) | 178.9(28) | 199.0(31) | 141.8(22) |
| Larceny | 2945.0(435) | 4496.2(713) | 3916.7(613) | 3697.3(576) | 2933.2(455) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 264.0(39) | 126.1(20) | 38.3(6) | 38.5(6) | 19.3(3) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Rutland, VT Crime Grade?
- FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- What metric does the Rutland Crime Grade use?
- Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- How is the national decile for Rutland calculated?
- Rutland's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the Vermont state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to Vermont cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- How do decile scores convert to a letter grade?
- 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- How often is the Rutland Crime Grade refreshed?
- Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- What are the limits of this Crime Grade?
- The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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