The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Brattleboro, VT
Brattleboro is a town of 14,100 in Windham County, about 45 miles northeast of downtown Pittsfield · Updated November 2026
Is Brattleboro, VT safe?
Yes. An overall CrimeGrade™ of A- means crime in Brattleboro is low. Most US neighborhoods have little crime too, so Brattleboro sits near the middle: 50% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime, and 50% in neighborhoods with less. Violent crime grades A and property crime A-. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Brattleboro run from A+ to C+, so check the map below.
A-
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 837 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
50% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Brattleboro as a whole, and 50% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Brattleboro scores 837.
Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its crime with the people, homes and cars there, on one national scale, from green for the least crime to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy shopping center can show red while the homes beside it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in Brattleboro, VT at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Brattleboro, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.
Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports
What stands out in Brattleboro
Car thefts are less common than the crime level suggests. Crime overall in Brattleboro runs 51% above the US rate, but car thefts run 41% below it: 1.6 a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 nationally.
Thefts run high for an A-graded city. Brattleboro has 29.5 thefts a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of an A-graded US city, the figure is 8.3.
The safest and least safe parts of Brattleboro
Most of Brattleboro grades well: 95% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and the rest in areas graded C. Grades across Brattleboro run from A+ to C+; 47% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
95%
A or B 95%C 5%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Brattleboro, the south side has the least crime and the east side the most.
Is crime going up in Brattleboro?
Since 2019, reported violent crime in Brattleboro is up 57% and property crime is down 25%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 4.1 to 6.5 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 55 to 41 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime rose 20% and property crime fell 22%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
BrattleboroUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Brattleboro. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Brattleboro
Violent, US
Property, Brattleboro
Property, US
2016
-22%
+4%
-29%
+15%
2017
-46%
+4%
-29%
+12%
2018
-16%
+0%
-26%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-9%
+4%
-31%
-8%
2021
-33%
+6%
-36%
-10%
2022
+21%
+5%
+14%
-6%
2023
+32%
+2%
-4%
-7%
2024
+57%
-4%
-25%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Brattleboro
CrimeGrade™ estimates Brattleboro has about 56 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 51% more than the US as a whole and about double the rate for Vermont.
Overall crime
Violent crime
Property crime
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. These figures include simple assaults and vandalism, which the FBI's violent and property crime rates leave out.
Theft is the most common crime in Brattleboro, about 53% of everything reported, but assault costs more, because each one does more harm.
Each CrimeGrade™ compares a crime with what it affects: people for assaults and robbery, homes for burglary, parked cars for vehicle theft. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Where and when crime happens in Brattleboro
Brattleboro has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Brattleboro, 33% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 40% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Stores and businesses (54%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Theft from cars
Homes (40%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Homes (30%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Aggravated assault
Homes (53%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
How Brattleboro compares with nearby cities
Of the 4 cities closest to Brattleboro, 3 have less crime. Chesterfield, NH and West Chesterfield, NH have the least.
Shops, night lighting and walkability in Brattleboro
Two things set Brattleboro apart: it has 24.7 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally, and 41% of the land where people live lit at night, against 78% nationally. Places with many stores and restaurants tend to report more theft, and it runs high here.
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.24.7 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 98% of US city residents
Lit at nightSatellite images show which neighborhoods are lit at night, a sign of busy streets and businesses. Brightly lit places tend to report more theft and vandalism.41% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 90% of US city residents
Walk GradeBestNeighborhood's grade for getting through daily life on foot, traced along real walking routes to shops, schools and parks. Walkable places tend to report more theft and assault. 72% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (24 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 71% of US city residents
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JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.72 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 87% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.2.7 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 78% of US city residents
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.10% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 60% of US city residents
These traits tend to go with more or less crime; none of them causes it on its own. Sources: Census job counts and housing figures, OpenStreetMap and Overture business listings, CrimeGrade™ parking estimates, NASA night-light imagery, US Forest Service tree cover, EPA transit data and BestNeighborhood's Walk Grade.
What crime costs Brattleboro
Crime costs Brattleboro about $1,213 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, about the same as the US figure of $1,205.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost comes to about $24 million a year, or $1,722 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$930,000
$66
Rape
$530,000
$37
Robbery
$190,000
$13
Assault
$2.7 million
$193
Burglary
$380,000
$27
Theft
$2.1 million
$152
Vehicle theft
$340,000
$24
Arson
$34,000
$2
Vandalism
$730,000
$52
Total
$8.0 million
$566
How CrimeGrade™ works
A CrimeGrade™ shows how much crime an area has compared with the rest of the country, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most. Every neighborhood in the US is graded on the same scale, so a B in Brattleboro means the same as a B anywhere else.
CrimeGrade™ starts from the crimes people report to police and measures each kind of crime against what it affects: people for assaults, homes for burglaries, parked cars for car thefts.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them.
Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.
Where the numbers come from
Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.
Schools in Brattleboro, VT average a SchoolGrade of B-: 46% of students test proficient, against 42% projected for schools like them. Overall, they greatly exceed expectations. See schools in Brattleboro on SchoolGrade
