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Safety in Ludlow · Not graded

Crime reported in Ludlow, VT

Ludlow has no FBI crime figures of its own for 2023–2025, so there is nothing to grade it on.

Violent crimes
1
reported to the FBI, 2025
Property crimes
10
reported to the FBI, 2025
Nearest graded town
9 mi
Chester (A+)
1,000 neighbors · one year

For every 1,000 residents, about 5 property crimes reported

And about 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.

Property crime (4.6)Violent crime (0.5)Everyone else

Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025

Ludlow0.5
Rest of VT2.7
U.S. (FBI)3.3

Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025

Ludlow4.6
Rest of VT22.3
U.S. (FBI)15.5

Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.

By year

The years Ludlow’s police reported

Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents, against the rest of Vermont. A year the department didn’t report in full is a gap, not a zero.

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YearLudlowRest of VermontLudlowRest of Vermont
202213.626.61.43.0
20237.327.90.92.7
20246.924.00.02.7
20254.622.30.52.7

Crimes per 1,000 residents

What gets reported

11 crimes reported in 2025

1 violent and 10 property, as reported to the FBI by Ludlow’s police.

2025 offenses reported

Larceny / theft9
Burglary0
Vehicle theft1
Aggravated assault0
Robbery0
Rape1
Homicide0
Arson0
1
violent crimes
10
property crimes

Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.

Nearest with figures

The nearest Vermont towns with a Safety Grade

Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

TownGradeDistanceViolentProperty
ChesterA+9 mi0.30.8
WeathersfieldA11 mi0.71.5
SpringfieldB−13 mi2.211.7
WindsorB15 mi1.86.7
KillingtonB−18 mi0.714.9
RutlandD20 mi4.536.5

Straight-line distance from the center of Ludlow. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Ludlow.

On the roads

No one died in a crash on Ludlow’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 Ludlow’s size would see about 0 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Ludlow’s own rate (0.0) is context, not a ranking.

0
people died in crashes, 2019–2023
0
pedestrians among them
0
cyclists among them
0.0
per 100,000 a year · Vermont towns of 2,500–5,000: 7.5

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.

Next door

Ludlow and its neighbors

How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.

Ludlow
A rangeB rangeC rangeD rangeNot graded
TownGradeViolentProperty

Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

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 crimes are never reported to police.
  • One number for all of Ludlow. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
  • Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Ludlow’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
  • Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (2,163 in 2025); our figure for Ludlow is 767 (2025 Census estimate).
  • 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 Ludlow

Is Ludlow, VT safe?

There is no Safety Grade for Ludlow. Ludlow has no FBI crime figures of its own for 2023–2025, so there is nothing to grade it on. The nearest Vermont towns with a grade are Chester (A+, 9 mi), Weathersfield (A, 11 mi), Springfield (B−, 13 mi).

Who polices Ludlow?

Ludlow’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Ludlow”. Its figures are the ones on this page.

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Crime: 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. 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.