Safest Places to Live in Vermont of March 2024

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Last Update: March 11, 2023 Living

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 March 2024

Rank:City:Population:Total Number of Crimes:Crime Score:
1Shelburne7 85710,13
2Stowe4 45210,22
3Richmond4 17810,24
4Bristol3 88310,26
5Norwich3 30710,30
6Castleton4 50730,67
7Barre Town7 67960,78
8Williston10 02680,80
9Essex22 213190,86
10Windsor3 32430,90

Crime Score in All Cities in Vermont of March 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:
1Winhall73100,00
2Killington75700,00
3Brighton1 18400,00
4Bradford2 70100,00
5Pittsford2 78600,00
6Royalton2 86400,00
7Woodstock2 92520,68
8Weathersfield2 75320,73
9Thetford2 54520,79
10Fair Haven2 55441,57
11Hardwick2 85251,75
12Vergennes2 59651,93
13Bellows Falls2 98872,34
14Lyndonville1 16032,59
15Dover1 05732,84
16Berlin2 78993,23
17Wilmington1 80163,33
18Ludlow1 87673,73

3,000 – 10,000 Residents

Rank:City:Population:Total Number of Crimes:Crime Score:
1Shelburne7 85710,13
2Stowe4 45210,22
3Richmond4 17810,24
4Bristol3 88310,26
5Norwich3 30710,30
6Castleton4 50730,67
7Barre Town7 67960,78
8Windsor3 32430,90
9Hinesburg4 60151,09
10Manchester4 24261,41
11Montpelier7 386111,49
12Swanton6 595101,52
13Brandon3 74461,60
14Rutland Town4 09671,71
15Middlebury8 776161,82
16Chester3 01861,99
17Northfield5 990132,17
18St. Johnsbury7 158172,37
19Morristown5 465142,56
20Springfield8 900252,81
21Winooski7 346233,13
22Hartford9 654383,94
23Barre8 551647,48
24St. Albans6 800517,50
25Newport4 216348,06

Over 10,000 Residents

Rank:City:Population:Total Number of Crimes:Crime Score:
1Williston10 02680,80
2Essex22 213190,86
3Milton11 064110,99
4South Burlington19 687221,12
5Colchester17 548261,48
6Burlington42 9581744,05
7Brattleboro11 401484,21
8Bennington14 912634,22
9Rutland15 191674,41

Is your city safe enough? Are you worried because of the crime rate in your town? Do you have any thoughts on safety levels in the country?

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