Located in the New England region of the northeastern United States, the Green Mountain State is bordered by Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, and the Canadian province of Quebec.
With approximately 624,000 residents, Vermont is the second least populous state, but it is also the sixth smallest state by area. Its capital is Montpelier, while the largest city is Burlington, which has around 43,000 residents. Vermont is well known for its production of maple syrup.
After being home to indigenous people for centuries, Vermont was claimed by the French. After that, it became a British territory and then became an independent state in 1777 during the American Revolutionary War. In 1791, Vermont was the first state to join the Union after the original thirteen colonies.
Ranking Criteria
ElitePersonalFinance extracted the latest data from the FBI crime statistics in the United States. We took violent crime as the main criteria. To get our score, we used this formula:
Crime Score = ( Total Number of Violent Crimes / Population ) * 1,000
This way, safer cities got the lowest score, and those more vulnerable to crimes got higher scores.
The cities that did not report crimes to the FBI and those under 3,000 residents were not included in the list.
10 Safest Places in Vermont of September 2024
| Rank: | City: | Population: | Total Number of Crimes: | Crime Score: |
| 1 | Shelburne | 7 857 | 1 | 0,13 |
| 2 | Stowe | 4 452 | 1 | 0,22 |
| 3 | Richmond | 4 178 | 1 | 0,24 |
| 4 | Bristol | 3 883 | 1 | 0,26 |
| 5 | Norwich | 3 307 | 1 | 0,30 |
| 6 | Castleton | 4 507 | 3 | 0,67 |
| 7 | Barre Town | 7 679 | 6 | 0,78 |
| 8 | Williston | 10 026 | 8 | 0,80 |
| 9 | Essex | 22 213 | 19 | 0,86 |
| 10 | Windsor | 3 324 | 3 | 0,90 |
Crime Score in All Cities in Vermont of September 2024
If your city didn’t make our list, you could see our full list of Vermont cities.
We can’t compare crime rates in small and large cities. That’s why ElitePersonalFinance made a detailed analysis and narrowed the results according to population segments:
- Under 3,000 Residents
- 3,000 – 10,000 Residents
- Over 10,000 Residents
(Other sites don’t include places with under 3,000 residents, but we included them.)
These are the results that we got:
Under 3,000 Residents
| Rank: | City: | Population: | Total Number of Crimes: | Crime Score: |
| 1 | Winhall | 731 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 2 | Killington | 757 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 3 | Brighton | 1 184 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 4 | Bradford | 2 701 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 5 | Pittsford | 2 786 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 6 | Royalton | 2 864 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 7 | Woodstock | 2 925 | 2 | 0,68 |
| 8 | Weathersfield | 2 753 | 2 | 0,73 |
| 9 | Thetford | 2 545 | 2 | 0,79 |
| 10 | Fair Haven | 2 554 | 4 | 1,57 |
| 11 | Hardwick | 2 852 | 5 | 1,75 |
| 12 | Vergennes | 2 596 | 5 | 1,93 |
| 13 | Bellows Falls | 2 988 | 7 | 2,34 |
| 14 | Lyndonville | 1 160 | 3 | 2,59 |
| 15 | Dover | 1 057 | 3 | 2,84 |
| 16 | Berlin | 2 789 | 9 | 3,23 |
| 17 | Wilmington | 1 801 | 6 | 3,33 |
| 18 | Ludlow | 1 876 | 7 | 3,73 |
3,000 – 10,000 Residents
| Rank: | City: | Population: | Total Number of Crimes: | Crime Score: |
| 1 | Shelburne | 7 857 | 1 | 0,13 |
| 2 | Stowe | 4 452 | 1 | 0,22 |
| 3 | Richmond | 4 178 | 1 | 0,24 |
| 4 | Bristol | 3 883 | 1 | 0,26 |
| 5 | Norwich | 3 307 | 1 | 0,30 |
| 6 | Castleton | 4 507 | 3 | 0,67 |
| 7 | Barre Town | 7 679 | 6 | 0,78 |
| 8 | Windsor | 3 324 | 3 | 0,90 |
| 9 | Hinesburg | 4 601 | 5 | 1,09 |
| 10 | Manchester | 4 242 | 6 | 1,41 |
| 11 | Montpelier | 7 386 | 11 | 1,49 |
| 12 | Swanton | 6 595 | 10 | 1,52 |
| 13 | Brandon | 3 744 | 6 | 1,60 |
| 14 | Rutland Town | 4 096 | 7 | 1,71 |
| 15 | Middlebury | 8 776 | 16 | 1,82 |
| 16 | Chester | 3 018 | 6 | 1,99 |
| 17 | Northfield | 5 990 | 13 | 2,17 |
| 18 | St. Johnsbury | 7 158 | 17 | 2,37 |
| 19 | Morristown | 5 465 | 14 | 2,56 |
| 20 | Springfield | 8 900 | 25 | 2,81 |
| 21 | Winooski | 7 346 | 23 | 3,13 |
| 22 | Hartford | 9 654 | 38 | 3,94 |
| 23 | Barre | 8 551 | 64 | 7,48 |
| 24 | St. Albans | 6 800 | 51 | 7,50 |
| 25 | Newport | 4 216 | 34 | 8,06 |
Over 10,000 Residents
| Rank: | City: | Population: | Total Number of Crimes: | Crime Score: |
| 1 | Williston | 10 026 | 8 | 0,80 |
| 2 | Essex | 22 213 | 19 | 0,86 |
| 3 | Milton | 11 064 | 11 | 0,99 |
| 4 | South Burlington | 19 687 | 22 | 1,12 |
| 5 | Colchester | 17 548 | 26 | 1,48 |
| 6 | Burlington | 42 958 | 174 | 4,05 |
| 7 | Brattleboro | 11 401 | 48 | 4,21 |
| 8 | Bennington | 14 912 | 63 | 4,22 |
| 9 | Rutland | 15 191 | 67 | 4,41 |
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