Photo: Gopats92 · Public domainBolton Valley has no grade of its own; Stowe, 9 miles away, is the nearest that does
Within a 25-mile drive lie 16 towns that have a grade. Inside a 10-mile circle, only Stowe carries a grade. Bolton Valley has no police department of its own: it’s an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) in Chittenden County. The Chittenden County Sheriff’s Office reports to the FBI for the parts of the county without police of their own, so there are no figures for Bolton Valley alone, and no Safety Grade.
What stands out about safety in Bolton Valley
Policed by the county
Bolton Valley is a census-designated place, with no town government. Crimes there are reported to the FBI inside the Chittenden County Sheriff’s Office’s totals for the county. County police ↓
Counts, not rates
The FBI doesn’t publish how many people the Chittenden County Sheriff’s Office covers, so its totals can’t be turned into a per-resident rate or a grade for Bolton Valley. County police ↓
The nearest graded towns
The closest Vermont towns with their own police figures are Stowe (B+, 9 mi), Williston (D, 12 mi), Essex (B−, 13 mi). Nearby towns can differ a lot from Bolton Valley. Nearest ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What the Chittenden County Sheriff’s Office reports
Reports to the FBI for the parts of Chittenden County without police of their own, which include Bolton Valley.
Property crimes
Violent crimes
2025 offenses reported by the Chittenden County Sheriff’s Office
Counts, not rates: the FBI doesn’t publish how many people each agency covers. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, Tables 10–11.
Crimes reported to the FBI for the whole area the department covers, by year.
The nearest Vermont towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stowe | B+ | 9 mi | 0.6 | 10.6 |
| Williston | D | 12 mi | 1.4 | 44.3 |
| Essex | B− | 13 mi | 1.3 | 15.4 |
| Hinesburg | B+ | 13 mi | 1.3 | 6.9 |
| Morristown | C+ | 14 mi | 1.8 | 15.1 |
| South Burlington | D | 16 mi | 2.4 | 48.1 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Bolton Valley. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Bolton Valley.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
No one died in a crash on Bolton Valley’s roads in 2019–2023
That is about what is typical for Vermont towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (7.5 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Bolton Valley’s size would see about 0 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Bolton Valley’s own rate (0.0) is context, not a ranking.
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Bolton Valley and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
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Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- A county agency covers a wide area. Its totals mix many communities, so they say little about any one of them.
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Bolton Valley
Is Bolton Valley, VT safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Bolton Valley. The nearest Vermont towns with a grade are Stowe (B+, 9 mi), Williston (D, 12 mi), Essex (B−, 13 mi).
Who polices Bolton Valley?
The Chittenden County Sheriff’s Office. Bolton Valley is an unincorporated community, and the department reports to the FBI for the parts of Chittenden County without police of their own.
Heads-up board
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Bolton Valley.
Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.