Table 8
VIRGINIA
Offenses Known to Law Enforcement
by City, 2012
City | Population |
Violent crime |
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter |
Forcible rape |
Robbery |
Aggravated assault |
Property crime |
Burglary |
Larceny- theft |
Motor vehicle theft |
Arson |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Abingdon | 8,273 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 270 | 36 | 227 | 7 | 2 |
Alexandria | 145,892 | 243 | 0 | 9 | 138 | 96 | 2,990 | 281 | 2,383 | 326 | 8 |
Altavista | 3,500 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 79 | 11 | 65 | 3 | 0 |
Amherst | 2,242 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 5 | 21 | 1 | 0 |
Appalachia | 1,778 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 71 | 27 | 44 | 0 | 4 |
Ashland | 7,336 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 234 | 12 | 214 | 8 | 1 |
Bedford | 6,249 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 205 | 20 | 176 | 9 | 0 |
Berryville | 4,299 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 2 | 35 | 2 | 1 |
Big Stone Gap | 5,684 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 187 | 37 | 145 | 5 | 0 |
Blacksburg | 43,070 | 39 | 0 | 12 | 11 | 16 | 475 | 80 | 377 | 18 | 7 |
Blackstone | 3,656 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 97 | 14 | 76 | 7 | 0 |
Bloxom | 394 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bluefield | 5,462 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 240 | 22 | 211 | 7 | 0 |
Bowling Green | 1,127 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Boykins | 565 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
Bridgewater | 5,722 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 87 | 59 | 27 | 1 | 0 |
Bristol | 17,946 | 60 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 36 | 653 | 117 | 505 | 31 | 3 |
Broadway | 3,745 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Brookneal | 1,127 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
Burkeville | 437 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
Cape Charles | 1,019 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
Charlottesville | 43,991 | 198 | 2 | 17 | 50 | 129 | 1,502 | 162 | 1,246 | 94 | 9 |
Chase City | 2,368 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 75 | 10 | 62 | 3 | 0 |
Chatham | 1,272 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
Chesapeake | 227,531 | 839 | 12 | 36 | 202 | 589 | 6,292 | 1,034 | 4,979 | 279 | 27 |
Chilhowie | 1,792 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 5 | 50 | 2 | 0 |
Chincoteague | 2,989 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 61 | 5 | 50 | 6 | 0 |
Christiansburg | 21,262 | 30 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 675 | 87 | 576 | 12 | 3 |
Clarksville | 1,149 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 7 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
Clifton Forge | 3,909 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 94 | 19 | 73 | 2 | 0 |
Clintwood | 1,414 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 7 | 28 | 0 | 1 |
Coeburn | 2,168 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 78 | 15 | 60 | 3 | 0 |
Colonial Beach | 3,609 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 31 | 1 | 28 | 2 | 0 |
Colonial Heights | 17,632 | 40 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 29 | 976 | 57 | 878 | 41 | 7 |
Covington | 6,004 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 147 | 26 | 118 | 3 | 4 |
Crewe | 2,351 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 76 | 20 | 51 | 5 | 0 |
Culpeper | 16,846 | 45 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 24 | 573 | 34 | 516 | 23 | 0 |
Damascus | 822 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 23 | 1 | 19 | 3 | 0 |
Danville | 43,324 | 135 | 3 | 15 | 54 | 63 | 1,944 | 422 | 1,477 | 45 | 15 |
Dayton | 1,552 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Dublin | 2,547 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 60 | 8 | 50 | 2 | 0 |
Dumfries | 5,227 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 73 | 9 | 58 | 6 | 0 |
Edinburg | 1,059 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
Elkton | 2,767 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 7 | 31 | 5 | 0 |
Emporia | 5,936 | 32 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 299 | 71 | 213 | 15 | 2 |
Exmore | 1,474 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 76 | 18 | 52 | 6 | 0 |
Fairfax City | 22,798 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 440 | 22 | 396 | 22 | 1 |
Falls Church | 12,892 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 211 | 14 | 194 | 3 | 0 |
Farmville | 8,297 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 376 | 34 | 332 | 10 | 1 |
Franklin | 8,683 | 35 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 362 | 40 | 304 | 18 | 1 |
Fredericksburg | 25,974 | 108 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 86 | 1,022 | 87 | 914 | 21 | 5 |
Front Royal | 14,718 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 496 | 51 | 425 | 20 | 1 |
Galax | 7,060 | 36 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 25 | 285 | 17 | 262 | 6 | 0 |
Gate City | 2,066 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 46 | 14 | 31 | 1 | 0 |
Glen Lyn | 115 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
Gordonsville | 1,534 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 0 |
Gretna | 1,268 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 0 |
Grottoes | 2,708 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 2 | 30 | 2 | 0 |
Grundy | 1,007 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 0 |
Halifax | 1,317 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
Hampton | 137,905 | 314 | 9 | 16 | 146 | 143 | 4,657 | 758 | 3,637 | 262 | 27 |
Harrisonburg | 50,524 | 110 | 1 | 14 | 25 | 70 | 1,067 | 152 | 888 | 27 | 6 |
Haymarket | 1,877 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
Haysi | 495 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 |
Herndon | 23,966 | 28 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 367 | 27 | 332 | 8 | 0 |
Hillsville | 2,704 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 88 | 8 | 79 | 1 | 0 |
Honaker | 1,457 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Hopewell | 22,829 | 91 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 54 | 878 | 209 | 615 | 54 | 5 |
Hurt | 1,304 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
Independence | 946 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
Jonesville | 1,026 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
Kenbridge | 1,267 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Kilmarnock | 1,491 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 7 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
La Crosse | 609 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Lawrenceville | 1,439 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 7 | 22 | 1 | 0 |
Lebanon | 3,465 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 147 | 5 | 140 | 2 | 0 |
Leesburg | 44,889 | 72 | 1 | 11 | 18 | 42 | 974 | 46 | 907 | 21 | 7 |
Lexington | 7,072 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 88 | 37 | 51 | 0 | 0 |
Louisa | 1,583 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 54 | 9 | 44 | 1 | 1 |
Luray | 4,932 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 140 | 25 | 114 | 1 | 0 |
Lynchburg | 77,347 | 267 | 3 | 34 | 46 | 184 | 2,093 | 365 | 1,659 | 69 | 13 |
Manassas | 39,733 | 135 | 2 | 8 | 51 | 74 | 900 | 111 | 741 | 48 | 7 |
Manassas Park | 15,501 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 233 | 20 | 200 | 13 | 0 |
Marion | 6,001 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 194 | 31 | 156 | 7 | 4 |
Martinsville | 13,708 | 39 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 412 | 77 | 315 | 20 | 5 |
Middleburg | 709 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
Middletown | 1,302 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
Mount Jackson | 2,031 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 0 |
Narrows | 2,033 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
New Market | 2,185 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
Newport News | 181,591 | 754 | 20 | 50 | 271 | 413 | 5,722 | 1,029 | 4,431 | 262 | 71 |
Norfolk | 245,303 | 1,332 | 34 | 75 | 491 | 732 | 11,391 | 2,261 | 8,403 | 727 | 58 |
Norton | 4,099 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 215 | 10 | 202 | 3 | 0 |
Occoquan | 986 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Onancock | 1,284 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
Onley | 524 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Orange | 4,831 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 131 | 12 | 118 | 1 | 0 |
Parksley | 854 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
Pearisburg | 2,791 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 94 | 4 | 90 | 0 | 1 |
Pembroke | 1,128 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 6 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
Pennington Gap | 1,857 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 73 | 17 | 56 | 0 | 2 |
Petersburg | 32,682 | 172 | 5 | 7 | 56 | 104 | 1,311 | 391 | 820 | 100 | 5 |
Pocahontas | 389 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Poquoson | 12,132 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 34 | 3 | 30 | 1 | 4 |
Portsmouth | 96,739 | 461 | 11 | 41 | 182 | 227 | 4,821 | 1,218 | 3,392 | 211 | 14 |
Pound | 1,051 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
Pulaski | 9,116 | 35 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 347 | 56 | 281 | 10 | 2 |
Purcellville | 8,132 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 59 | 3 | 54 | 2 | 0 |
Radford | 16,595 | 78 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 59 | 457 | 102 | 336 | 19 | 2 |
Rich Creek | 776 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Richlands | 5,839 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 265 | 49 | 212 | 4 | 3 |
Richmond | 207,799 | 1,348 | 42 | 38 | 633 | 635 | 9,103 | 2,030 | 6,138 | 935 | 50 |
Roanoke | 97,780 | 542 | 9 | 40 | 141 | 352 | 4,771 | 940 | 3,583 | 248 | 42 |
Rocky Mount | 4,873 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 213 | 17 | 192 | 4 | 0 |
Rural Retreat | 1,498 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Salem | 25,236 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 578 | 75 | 476 | 27 | 0 |
Saltville | 2,089 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 66 | 18 | 46 | 2 | 0 |
Shenandoah | 2,392 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 55 | 17 | 36 | 2 | 0 |
Smithfield | 8,197 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 102 | 8 | 90 | 4 | 1 |
South Boston | 8,191 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 20 | 432 | 91 | 327 | 14 | 1 |
South Hill | 4,686 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 189 | 18 | 158 | 13 | 0 |
Stanley | 1,702 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 5 | 24 | 1 | 0 |
Staunton | 24,031 | 42 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 527 | 62 | 456 | 9 | 5 |
Stephens City | 1,881 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 2 | 35 | 1 | 0 |
St. Paul | 985 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 32 | 3 | 29 | 0 | 0 |
Strasburg | 6,514 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 85 | 5 | 80 | 0 | 1 |
Tappahannock | 2,411 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 146 | 25 | 120 | 1 | 0 |
Tazewell | 4,640 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 144 | 56 | 86 | 2 | 1 |
Timberville | 2,560 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Victoria | 1,739 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 2 |
Vienna | 16,140 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 184 | 30 | 149 | 5 | 0 |
Vinton | 8,220 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 240 | 23 | 212 | 5 | 0 |
Virginia Beach | 447,588 | 758 | 21 | 58 | 326 | 353 | 11,717 | 1,573 | 9,662 | 482 | 123 |
Warrenton | 9,842 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 190 | 16 | 172 | 2 | 0 |
Warsaw | 1,524 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 0 |
Waverly | 2,174 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 22 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 1 |
Waynesboro | 21,546 | 70 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 50 | 744 | 88 | 617 | 39 | 1 |
Weber City | 1,329 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
West Point | 3,352 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 53 | 18 | 31 | 4 | 0 |
White Stone | 352 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Williamsburg | 14,603 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 259 | 26 | 222 | 11 | 0 |
Winchester | 26,880 | 59 | 0 | 9 | 17 | 33 | 1,194 | 161 | 1,004 | 29 | 5 |
Windsor | 2,662 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 61 | 17 | 44 | 0 | 0 |
Wise | 3,332 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 79 | 8 | 67 | 4 | 0 |
Woodstock | 5,189 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 179 | 19 | 153 | 7 | 1 |
Wytheville | 8,293 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 160 | 7 | 147 | 6 | 0 |
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