What is the crime rate in Colchester, VT?

In 2025, the Colchester Police Department reported 39 violent crimes and 266 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 218 violent and 1,487 property crimes per 100,000 of the 17,884 residents it serves.

Across Vermont the rates were 220 and 1,446.

Nationally they were 330 and 1,552.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 218
Property per 100,000: 1,487
Violent crimes: 39
Property crimes: 266

Crime reported by the Colchester Police Department, 2023 to 2025

Offenses known to law enforcement, reported to the FBI; rates per 100,000 residents of the area the department serves
Year	Violent crimes	Violent per 100,000	Property crimes	Property per 100,000	Residents served
2023	29	164	333	1,886	17,654
2024	41	233	313	1,777	17,617
2025	39	218	266	1,487	17,884

Violent crimes reported went from 29 in 2023 to 39 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 333 in 2023 to 266 in 2025.

In a small town a handful of incidents moves these numbers a long way, so one year’s change says little on its own.

Colchester against Vermont and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Colchester	218	1,487
Chittenden County	250	2,556
Vermont	220	1,446
United States	330	1,552

These are rates per resident; they are not adjusted for visitors, commuters or the size of the area, which raise or lower a town’s figures without changing anybody’s risk.

Crime reported in places near Colchester, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Colchester	—	218	1,487
Burlington	4.3 mi	482	4,103
Winooski	4.5 mi	272	2,259
Milton	7.1 mi	185	730
South Burlington	8.4 mi	231	4,714
Essex	8.7 mi	126	1,476
Williston	11 mi	129	3,136
Shelburne	11 mi	61	1,340
Plattsburgh	15 mi	152	1,839

Neighboring departments count the same offenses the same way, but their areas, populations and visitors differ, so a difference between two towns is a starting point for a question, not an answer.

How to read these numbers

These are offenses known to the police and reported to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program: crimes nobody reported, or that a department did not record, are not in them.

Violent crime is murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft and arson.

A department reports the crimes in the area it polices, which can differ from the town’s boundaries, and the FBI estimates the population it serves.

The FBI asks that these figures not be used to rank places or to judge how safe a neighborhood is: crime depends on many local factors, and the counts describe a whole town, not any street or home.

A year is shown only when the department reported all twelve months.

FBI: Uniform Crime Reporting statistics and their proper use

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