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Vermont

What Vermont's records show, how much of the state the FBI's data covers, and where the state publishes its own.

How Vermont handles a case

Sets bail first
Superior Court judge or court clerk
Who that is
Judges and others
Release on a schedule
No
Time to see a judge
No hour limit set
Money bail
Limited (2018)
Risk assessment
Statewide
Prosecutor
State's attorney, one per county, elected
Public defense
Statewide public defender
Jails run by
State
Who decides release first

After an arrest, the officer must call a judicial officer, a Superior Court judge or a court clerk, to set temporary release. For charges carrying less than two years, a person the Court Administrator designates may also set bail.

13 V.S.A. 7554(f) and 7559a
Time to see a judge

The rules say an arrested person must be brought before a judicial officer without unnecessary delay, and set no hour limit. The U.S. Supreme Court's 48-hour rule for a probable cause finding applies as the federal floor.

V.R.Cr.P. 3(k)
Money bail

Money bail is allowed. Since 2018, a court may not set bail at first appearance for a cited misdemeanor, and may set at most $200 for a misdemeanor eligible for expungement.

13 V.S.A. 7551(b)

Crime and arrests

No figures yet

Reported offenses and arrests per 100,000 people, year by year, and how Vermont compares with the country. They will come from the FBI's state totals.

FBI data coverage

Population covered
99%
of Vermont's people lived under an agency that reported to the FBI in 2025.
Agencies on NIBRS
100%
87 of 87 agencies send incident detail.

Counties and agencies: no data yet

Every agency in Vermont by county, with the year each began sending incident detail to the FBI. They will come from the FBI's agency list and its NIBRS master files.

Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer, pulled 2026-09-26.

State crime reporting

Program
Vermont Department of Public Safety, Vermont Crime Information Center (VCIC)
Incident reporting
Yes, VCIC collects and audits NIBRS data from all agencies.
Annual report
Vermont Crime ReportLatest edition: 2025. Editions online 1997 to 2025.
Online portal
No state portal found.
What changed
Moved from summary to incident-based reporting. The former Vermont Crime On-Line page now links only to the FBI Crime Data Explorer.

Links and years checked 2026-09-26.

Vermont sources

2 sources
  • VCIC Crime StatisticsState · VT

    Vermont Crime Information Center, Department of Public Safety · Incidents, Arrests · pdf, html · annual

    State NIBRS repository; annual Vermont Crime Report.

  • Vermont Judiciary court statistics and reportsState · VT

    Vermont Judiciary · Courts · pdf · annual

    Superior court unit (one per county): criminal incoming, outgoing, pending, clearance, felony and misdemeanor by type. FY15-FY25; FY25 tables are images.

Plus 83 national sources, from the FBI, the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the Census Bureau, the courts, and others.