Middlebury, VT Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Middlebury, VT Summary

Crime in Middlebury research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Middlebury over the past eight years using the FBI Crime Explorer. Based on the most recently available data released on October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Middlebury:

  • There were 135 total crimes committed in Middlebury in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,471.6 total crimes per 100K people in Middlebury.
  • The overall crime rate in Middlebury is -30.56% below the national average.
  • Middlebury ranks #33 safest out of 53 cities in Vermont.
  • Middlebury ranks #5,954 safest out of 9,896 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as per capita comparisons and isn't meant to convey that 100,000+ people live in a location.

Additional research about crime in Vermont

Middlebury Vs Vermont And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Middlebury is 1,471.6 per 100,000 people. That's -30.56% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -20.31% lower than the Vermont total crime rate of 1,846.6 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Middlebury
/ 100k People
Vermont
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 135 1,471.6 1,846.6 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 3.4 5.0
Robbery 0 0.0 14.2 61.0
Aggravated Assault 6 65.4 166.8 256.0
Violent Crime 13 141.7 219.1 359.0
Burglary 7 76.3 130.6 229.0
Larceny 108 1,177.2 1,433.3 1,272.0
Car Theft 7 76.3 63.5 259.0
Property Crime 122 1,329.8 1,627.5 1,760.0

Middlebury Crime Compared To Vermont Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Vermont.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2024.

Violent Crime Rates In Middlebury

13
Violent Crimes
141.7
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-60.53%
Below The National Average
  • There were 13 violent crimes in Middlebury in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Middlebury is 141.7 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 705.7 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Middlebury each year. That compares to a 1 in 456.4 chance statewide.
  • That's -60.53% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -35.33% lower than the Vermont violent crime rate of 219.1 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Middlebury

122
Property Crimes
1,329.8
Property Crimes / 100k People
-24.44%
Below The National Average
  • There were 122 property crimes in Middlebury in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Middlebury is 1,329.8 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 75.2 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Middlebury each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -24.44% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -18.29% lower than the Vermont property crime rate of 1,627.5 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Middlebury

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Hanover, NH 12,421 56 450.8 450.8 0.0
Shelburne, VT 7,991 111 1,389.1 1,326.5 62.6
Vergennes, VT 2,570 21 817.1 700.4 116.7

Middlebury SnackAbility

7
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
7/10
Housing
8.5
Affordability
6
Diversity
8
Safety
8.5
Amenities
6
Education
9
Commute
9
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