Crime rate lookup

Find a police agency and see how many crimes it reported to the FBI, how many people it serves and the rate that works out to. Every number on the page can be checked against the FBI's own data.

Informational only, not professional advice. A rate for a police agency says nothing certain about any one home, street or school.

Example: Burlington Police Department, Vermont

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Example · what you get backBurlington Police Department, Vermont · 2025

Violent crime

482.5reported per 100,000 people

In 2025, Burlington Police Department reported 214 violent crimes to the FBI, for the 44,354 people it serves. That works out to 482.5 for every 100,000 people.

214crimes reported÷44,354people served×100,000=482.5per 100,000 people

12 of 12 months reported

Property crime

4,076.3reported per 100,000 people

In 2025, Burlington Police Department reported 1,808 property crimes to the FBI, for the 44,354 people it serves. That works out to 4,076.3 for every 100,000 people.

1,808crimes reported÷44,354people served×100,000=4,076.3per 100,000 people

12 of 12 months reported

These are crimes reported to police and passed on to the FBI. It is not all crime, and it is not the risk to any one person, street or neighborhood.

Reported offenses in 2025

Offense	Reported	Per 100,000
Violent crime	214	482.5
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter	1	2.3
Rape	13	29.3
Robbery	26	58.6
Aggravated assault	174	392.3
Property crime	1,808	4,076.3
Burglary	132	297.6
Larceny-theft	1,597	3,600.6
Motor vehicle theft	79	178.1
Arson	12	27.1

Violent crime is the FBI's total of murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault. Property crime is its total of burglary, larceny-theft and motor vehicle theft. Arson is counted separately and is in neither total.

Every year on file, 2015 to 2025

Year	Population	Violent · rate	Property · rate	Months
2025	44,354	214 · 482.5	1,808 · 4,076.3	12 of 12
2024	44,456	222 · 499.4	1,951 · 4,388.6	12 of 12
2023	44,522	190 · 426.8	2,953 · 6,632.7	12 of 12
2022	44,689	188 · 420.7	2,310 · 5,169.1	12 of 12
2021	42,946	154 · 358.6	1,527 · 3,555.6	12 of 12
2020	42,862	158 · 368.6	1,039 · 2,424.1	12 of 12
2019	42,958	160 · 372.5	1,108 · 2,579.3	12 of 12
2018	42,212	103 · 244.0	834 · 1,975.7	12 of 12
2017	42,230	144 · 341.0	1,188 · 2,813.2	12 of 12
2016	42,454	146 · 343.9	1,359 · 3,201.1	12 of 12
2015	42,160	109 · 258.5	1,497 · 3,550.8	12 of 12

Each cell is the number of crimes reported, then the rate per 100,000 people, and the strokes are the monthly reports the FBI holds for that year. Population is the FBI's figure for the area this agency polices, which can differ from a city or county's census count. A month counts as reported if the agency sent the FBI anything for it, so a sharp drop in a single year can mean incomplete reporting and not less crime. The FBI keeps updating its data, so these counts can differ a little from its printed yearly tables.

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How the rate is worked out

reported crimes ÷ population × 100,000 = reported crime rate

Reported crimes is the number of offenses the agency reported to the FBI for the calendar year, added up from its twelve monthly reports. Population is the figure the FBI lists for the area that agency polices in that year. Both come from the FBI Crime Data Explorer, which is public-domain federal data. The figures here are from the FBI's September 2026 refresh and cover 2015 to 2025.

Violent crime is the FBI's total of murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault. Property crime is its total of burglary, larceny-theft and motor vehicle theft. Arson is counted separately.

When no rate is shown

Fewer than 12 months reported. The page shows the count and how many months it covers. It does not stretch a partial year into a yearly rate.
Nothing reported. The page says the FBI has no reports from that agency for that year.
2021, for agencies that had not switched to NIBRS. That year the FBI accepted reports only through its newer system. For an agency that had not switched by January 2021, whatever the FBI holds is incomplete, even where twelve monthly reports are on file, so no rate is shown.
No population. Some agencies, such as many state police units and campus police, have no resident population in the FBI's data. Their counts are shown without a rate.

What a rate can't tell you

It counts crimes reported to police and passed on to the FBI. Crimes nobody reported are not in it.
It describes the whole area one agency polices. It is not the risk to any one person, street or neighborhood.
Population counts residents. A town with many commuters, tourists or students has more people in it than its population says, which pushes its rate up.
In a small town, one or two crimes move the rate a long way. Two crimes among 400 people is a rate of 500 per 100,000.
Agencies overlap. A sheriff's office and a city police department can both work inside one county, so their numbers cannot simply be added together.
The FBI itself cautions against using these figures to rank places. See UCR Statistics: Their Proper Use. CrimeTally publishes no rankings.

Last reviewed: September 2026

Questions people ask

What is a reported crime rate?

It is the number of crimes a police agency reported to the FBI in a year, divided by the number of people that agency serves, times 100,000. Multiplying by 100,000 lets you read a small town and a big city on the same scale. It counts only crimes that were reported to police and passed on to the FBI.

Why can't I find a rate for my neighborhood or zip code?

The FBI collects crime counts from police agencies, not from neighborhoods. The smallest area in its data is the area one agency polices, which is usually a whole city, town or county. CrimeTally does not estimate anything smaller than that.

Why does an agency show no rate for 2021?

In 2021 the FBI accepted reports only through its newer reporting system, called NIBRS. Thousands of agencies, including New York City and Los Angeles, had not switched yet, so the FBI holds little or nothing from them for that year. CrimeTally shows that gap instead of a rate. Years before and after the switch were reported in different systems, so compare them with care.

Does CrimeTally rank the safest or most dangerous cities?

No. The FBI warns against ranking places with its data, because a rate leaves out most of what makes two places different, such as how many people commute in, how willing people are to report crimes and how an agency records them. CrimeTally lists agencies in A to Z order only.