Safety · Bellows Falls
Bellows Falls, VT crime & safety
Bellows Falls's reported crime rate is below Vermont's. Most reported incidents are property crimes, mainly thefts. Violent crime is rare: 3 reported in 2025.
Crime reported to police, trends and how Bellows Falls compares with the towns next door, from FBI data.
Reported crime, 2025
Bellows Falls at a glance
Violent crime
1.1
per 1,000 residents · Vermont 2.2
Property crime
8.4
per 1,000 residents · Vermont 14.5
Incidents reported
26
3 violent · 23 property
Since 2022
▼ 54%
change in reported property crime
Violent crime per 1,000
Property crime per 1,000
Trend
Reported crime per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025
Bellows FallsVermont
Solid lines: property crime · dashed: violent crime.
Show as a table
| Year | Bellows Falls property | Vermont property | Bellows Falls violent | Vermont violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 18.4 | 17.1 | 1.8 | 2.2 |
| 2023 | 12.3 | 18.2 | 2.9 | 2.2 |
| 2024 | 5.8 | 16.7 | 3.3 | 2.3 |
| 2025 | 8.4 | 14.5 | 1.1 | 2.2 |
What gets reported
2025, by type
Larceny / theft
19
Burglary
3
Vehicle theft
1
Aggravated assault
3
Robbery
0
Rape
0
Homicide
0
Arson
0
Offenses reported to police, not convictions.
Who keeps Bellows Falls safe
Local public safety
👮 Bellows Falls Police DepartmentReports its crime counts to the FBI — the figures on this page.
🚨 EmergenciesCall 911. For non-emergency numbers, alerts and preparedness, see the town guide.
Next door
Bellows Falls and its neighbors
Reported crime per 1,000 residents in each town's latest year. * = a count, for towns under 1,000 people.
| Town | Violent | Property | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bellows Falls | 1.1 | 8.4 | 2025 |
| Walpole | 0.3 | 3.7 | 2025 |
No town figures in the FBI's data: Rockingham, North Westminster, Westminster.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can't tell you
- It's reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many thefts and some assaults are never reported.
- Small numbers swing. In a town of about 2,700, a handful of incidents moves the rate noticeably from year to year. The trend matters more than any one year.
- Visitors count too. Towns with a campus, highway, beach or shopping center see incidents involving people who don't live there, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn't report a full year, not that nothing happened.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. This isn't an official statement of public safety — in an emergency, call 911.