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Burlington, VT · the CityFunIndex

Safety in Burlington

Burlington ranks #106 of 134 US cities for staying safe, with a safety score of 21 — Quiet. That puts it in the 22nd percentile nationally and #1 of 2 in Vermont.

safety score
21
Quiet
National rank
#106 of 134
In Vermont
#1 of 2
Percentile
22nd

The typical city scores 50 for staying safe; Burlington sits 29 points below the median.

How safety is measured

Reported violent and property crime rates.

The safety score is the flip side of our crime measure — 100 minus the raw crime score — so a city with less of it scores higher.

Data sources: FBI Crime Data Explorer and city open-data crime portals.

Full methodology → Glossary The raw measurement is part of the Data plan →

Ranked around Burlington

  1. T#103 Greensboro, NC 23
  2. #105 Louisville, KY 22
  3. #106 Burlington, VT — this page 21
  4. T#107 Charlotte, NC 20
  5. T#107 San Antonio, TX 20

See the full leaderboard — The safest cities in America →

Top US cities for staying safe

  1. #1 Jackson, WY 100
  2. #2 Gilbert, AZ 99
  3. T#3 Boise, ID 98
  4. T#3 Santa Clarita, CA 98
  5. #5 Irvine, CA 97

More about Burlington

Burlington scores 73 overall (Very Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: