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Burlington Crime Rate Report (Vermont)

Burlington crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 19 years with violent crime increasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Burlington for 2026 is expected to be lower than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for Burlington in 2025 was higher than the national violent crime rate average by 47.27% and the city property crime rate in Burlington was higher than the national property crime rate average by 164.12%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in Burlington was higher than the violent crime rate in Vermont by 125.06% and the city property crime rate in Burlington was higher than the property crime rate in Vermont by 185.61%.

Property and Violent Crime
Burlington Property Crime vs. State and National Per Capita
Burlington Violent Crime vs. State and National Per Capita

Burlington Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault174
Arson12
Burglary132
Larceny and Theft1,588
Motor Vehicle Theft78
Murder and Manslaughter1
Rape13
Robbery26
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)1,940
Property Crime1,798
Violent Crime214
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault187
Arson11
Burglary144
Larceny and Theft1,958
Motor Vehicle Theft202
Murder and Manslaughter2
Rape14
Robbery23
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)2,447
Property Crime2,305
Violent Crime225

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Burlington Property Crime

Burlington Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Burlington Crime 2025

Burlington Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Burlington Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

Burlington Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Burlington, Vermont crime rate report is the FBI Report of Offenses Known to Law Enforcement for the corresponding year or years. Arson numbers are reported inconsistently. Zero values may indicate the data was not available. The projected crime rate data displayed above was generated from the trends found in the years of actual reported crime data on file. In this case, the Burlington crime report data for 2026 was projected from 19 years of actual data. The last year of actual available crime data, as reported above, was 2025.

The FBI cautions the data users against comparing yearly statistical data solely on the basis of their population coverage. The comparisons made herein are thus, only meaningful upon further examination of all variables that affect crime in each reported city, state or other reported jurisdicition.



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