What is recorded in West Pawlet, and why there is no grade
The nearest town with a Safety Grade is Fair Haven, 18 miles away, graded C+. West Pawlet has no police department of its own: it’s an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) in Rutland County. The Rutland 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 West Pawlet alone, and no Safety Grade. Within a 25-mile drive lie 5 towns that have a grade.
What stands out about safety in West Pawlet
Policed by the county
West Pawlet is a census-designated place, with no town government. Crimes there are reported to the FBI inside the Rutland County Sheriff’s Office’s totals for the county. County police ↓
Counts, not rates
The FBI doesn’t publish how many people the Rutland County Sheriff’s Office covers, so its totals can’t be turned into a per-resident rate or a grade for West Pawlet. County police ↓
The nearest graded towns
The closest Vermont towns with their own police figures are Fair Haven (C+, 18 mi), Winhall (A, 19 mi), Castleton (A+, 21 mi). Nearby towns can differ a lot from West Pawlet. Nearest ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What the Rutland County Sheriff’s Office reports
Reports to the FBI for the parts of Rutland County without police of their own, which include West Pawlet.
Property crimes
Violent crimes
2025 offenses reported by the Rutland 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
Straight-line distance from the center of West Pawlet. Nearby towns can differ a lot from West Pawlet.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
No one died in a crash on West Pawlet’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 West Pawlet’s size would see about 0 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so West Pawlet’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.
West Pawlet and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pawlet | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Pawlet has no FBI figures of its own for 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 West Pawlet
Is West Pawlet, VT safe?
There is no Safety Grade for West Pawlet. The nearest Vermont towns with a grade are Fair Haven (C+, 18 mi), Winhall (A, 19 mi), Castleton (A+, 21 mi).
Who polices West Pawlet?
The Rutland County Sheriff’s Office. West Pawlet is an unincorporated community, and the department reports to the FBI for the parts of Rutland County without police of their own.
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Neighbors looking out for each other in West Pawlet.
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.