Table 8
VIRGINIA
Offenses Known to Law Enforcement
by City, 2013
City | Population |
Violent crime |
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter |
Rape (revised definition)1 |
Rape (legacy definition)2 |
Robbery |
Aggravated assault |
Property crime |
Burglary |
Larceny- theft |
Motor vehicle theft |
Arson |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Abingdon | 8,186 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 233 | 20 | 198 | 15 | 4 | |
Alexandria | 148,519 | 258 | 5 | 21 | 118 | 114 | 2,967 | 249 | 2,427 | 291 | 13 | |
Altavista | 3,486 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 56 | 4 | 52 | 0 | 0 | |
Amherst | 2,223 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 6 | 19 | 2 | 0 | |
Appalachia | 1,728 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 77 | 25 | 51 | 1 | 0 | |
Ashland | 7,310 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 246 | 14 | 221 | 11 | 1 | |
Bedford | 5,894 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 237 | 26 | 199 | 12 | 0 | |
Berryville | 4,290 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 80 | 7 | 72 | 1 | 0 | |
Big Stone Gap | 5,568 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 203 | 21 | 176 | 6 | 2 | |
Blacksburg | 42,603 | 31 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 523 | 91 | 417 | 15 | 8 | |
Blackstone | 3,574 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 129 | 14 | 114 | 1 | 1 | |
Bloxom | 390 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bowling Green | 1,130 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Boykins | 554 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | |
Bridgewater | 5,817 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 48 | 10 | 37 | 1 | 0 | |
Bristol | 17,641 | 59 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 46 | 543 | 61 | 462 | 20 | 5 | |
Broadway | 3,766 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
Brookneal | 1,121 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | |
Buena Vista | 6,747 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 58 | 1 | 56 | 1 | 1 | |
Burkeville | 424 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | |
Cape Charles | 996 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 1 | |
Charlottesville | 44,187 | 211 | 1 | 20 | 63 | 127 | 1,471 | 200 | 1,218 | 53 | 5 | |
Chase City | 2,328 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 62 | 7 | 55 | 0 | 0 | |
Chatham | 1,494 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
Chesapeake | 230,577 | 737 | 9 | 48 | 155 | 525 | 6,188 | 1,076 | 4,832 | 280 | 23 | |
Chilhowie | 1,750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 4 | 30 | 2 | 0 | |
Chincoteague | 2,949 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 45 | 9 | 35 | 1 | 1 | |
Christiansburg | 21,581 | 30 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 13 | 545 | 53 | 478 | 14 | 2 | |
Clarksville | 1,129 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 0 | |
Clifton Forge | 3,876 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 50 | 9 | 37 | 4 | 0 | |
Clintwood | 1,374 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 3 | 21 | 1 | 0 | |
Coeburn | 2,117 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 105 | 23 | 79 | 3 | 1 | |
Colonial Beach | 3,554 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 88 | 20 | 57 | 11 | 0 | |
Colonial Heights | 17,553 | 43 | 1 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 748 | 49 | 681 | 18 | 1 | |
Covington | 5,725 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 105 | 18 | 85 | 2 | 1 | |
Crewe | 2,295 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 63 | 19 | 42 | 2 | 0 | |
Culpeper | 16,703 | 38 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 24 | 548 | 28 | 500 | 20 | 0 | |
Damascus | 815 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | |
Danville | 43,133 | 150 | 5 | 20 | 60 | 65 | 2,036 | 444 | 1,508 | 84 | 13 | |
Dayton | 1,558 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
Dublin | 2,512 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 5 | 36 | 5 | 0 | |
Dumfries | 5,194 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 113 | 21 | 81 | 11 | 0 | |
Edinburg | 1,058 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | |
Elkton | 2,776 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 4 | 24 | 3 | 0 | |
Emporia | 5,693 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 235 | 44 | 187 | 4 | 2 | |
Exmore | 1,446 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 34 | 10 | 22 | 2 | 1 | |
Fairfax City | 23,801 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 396 | 27 | 346 | 23 | 0 | |
Falls Church | 13,517 | 24 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 215 | 14 | 194 | 7 | 0 | |
Farmville | 8,142 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 271 | 15 | 253 | 3 | 1 | |
Franklin | 8,520 | 35 | 0 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 446 | 97 | 337 | 12 | 2 | |
Fredericksburg | 28,411 | 114 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 81 | 1,134 | 66 | 1,036 | 32 | 0 | |
Front Royal | 14,730 | 30 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 501 | 40 | 436 | 25 | 0 | |
Galax | 6,870 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 275 | 22 | 249 | 4 | 1 | |
Gate City | 1,996 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 37 | 7 | 28 | 2 | 0 | |
Glasgow | 1,138 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
Glen Lyn | 112 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | |
Gordonsville | 1,539 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | |
Gretna | 1,245 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |
Grottoes | 2,723 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 0 | |
Grundy | 1,008 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | |
Halifax | 1,301 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
Hampton | 136,949 | 292 | 22 | 21 | 120 | 129 | 4,473 | 722 | 3,525 | 226 | 23 | |
Harrisonburg | 51,767 | 106 | 1 | 18 | 16 | 71 | 1,367 | 206 | 1,126 | 35 | 1 | |
Haymarket | 1,949 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | |
Haysi | 490 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
Herndon | 24,561 | 51 | 0 | 8 | 18 | 25 | 366 | 27 | 331 | 8 | 0 | |
Hillsville | 2,702 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 82 | 6 | 69 | 7 | 0 | |
Honaker | 1,416 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Hopewell | 22,305 | 100 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 58 | 785 | 232 | 504 | 49 | 0 | |
Hurt | 1,281 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Independence | 924 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
Jonesville | 1,030 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | |
Kenbridge | 1,231 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
Kilmarnock | 1,464 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 0 | |
La Crosse | 600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Lawrenceville | 1,259 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 8 | 17 | 2 | 0 | |
Lebanon | 3,384 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 110 | 11 | 95 | 4 | 0 | |
Leesburg | 46,951 | 74 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 48 | 865 | 48 | 803 | 14 | 4 | |
Lexington | 6,995 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 62 | 6 | 54 | 2 | 0 | |
Louisa | 1,571 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50 | 4 | 45 | 1 | 0 | |
Luray | 4,862 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 103 | 13 | 85 | 5 | 0 | |
Lynchburg | 77,757 | 330 | 1 | 36 | 73 | 220 | 1,974 | 349 | 1,538 | 87 | 6 | |
Manassas | 41,512 | 122 | 0 | 23 | 38 | 61 | 839 | 94 | 696 | 49 | 7 | |
Manassas Park | 16,332 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 203 | 23 | 166 | 14 | 2 | |
Marion | 5,838 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 207 | 20 | 180 | 7 | 0 | |
Martinsville | 13,771 | 56 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 34 | 500 | 65 | 408 | 27 | 2 | |
Middleburg | 739 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
Middletown | 1,307 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 2 | |
Mount Jackson | 2,024 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 8 | 23 | 0 | 0 | |
Narrows | 1,976 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
New Market | 2,185 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 0 | |
Newport News | 181,074 | 795 | 15 | 56 | 246 | 478 | 5,582 | 991 | 4,247 | 344 | 64 | |
Norfolk | 247,303 | 1,418 | 28 | 134 | 414 | 842 | 10,812 | 2,039 | 8,006 | 767 | 43 | |
Norton | 4,108 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 192 | 23 | 165 | 4 | 0 | |
Occoquan | 987 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Onancock | 1,263 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 4 | 26 | 0 | 0 | |
Onley | 519 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | |
Orange | 4,841 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 112 | 11 | 98 | 3 | 0 | |
Parksley | 848 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 1 | |
Pearisburg | 2,699 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 85 | 4 | 79 | 2 | 0 | |
Pembroke | 1,097 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 6 | 42 | 0 | 1 | |
Pennington Gap | 1,864 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 49 | 8 | 41 | 0 | 1 | |
Petersburg | 31,847 | 163 | 7 | 9 | 56 | 91 | 1,103 | 345 | 671 | 87 | 3 | |
Pocahontas | 390 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Poquoson | 12,108 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 135 | 14 | 117 | 4 | 2 | |
Portsmouth | 97,018 | 590 | 12 | 47 | 177 | 354 | 5,355 | 1,535 | 3,615 | 205 | 5 | |
Pound | 1,026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 10 | 18 | 2 | 0 | |
Pulaski | 8,978 | 27 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 356 | 54 | 295 | 7 | 0 | |
Purcellville | 8,474 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 2 | 34 | 0 | 1 | |
Quantico | 523 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
Radford | 16,810 | 91 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 73 | 407 | 75 | 321 | 11 | 2 | |
Rich Creek | 755 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Richlands | 5,652 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 218 | 46 | 168 | 4 | 2 | |
Richmond | 212,830 | 1,327 | 37 | 43 | 624 | 623 | 8,704 | 1,817 | 5,949 | 938 | 50 | |
Roanoke | 97,927 | 457 | 9 | 44 | 142 | 262 | 4,444 | 628 | 3,636 | 180 | 21 | |
Rocky Mount | 4,827 | 23 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 15 | 173 | 9 | 160 | 4 | 0 | |
Rural Retreat | 1,487 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
Salem | 25,066 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 604 | 74 | 503 | 27 | 1 | |
Saltville | 2,043 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 39 | 5 | 34 | 0 | 2 | |
Shenandoah | 2,350 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 55 | 16 | 39 | 0 | 0 | |
Smithfield | 8,141 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 128 | 17 | 102 | 9 | 2 | |
South Boston | 8,048 | 43 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 29 | 384 | 65 | 309 | 10 | 3 | |
South Hill | 4,592 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 127 | 9 | 116 | 2 | 0 | |
Stanley | 1,672 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 10 | 25 | 2 | 0 | |
Staunton | 24,007 | 50 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 29 | 598 | 71 | 510 | 17 | 7 | |
Stephens City | 1,888 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 7 | 41 | 3 | 0 | |
St. Paul | 960 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 50 | 9 | 40 | 1 | 1 | |
Strasburg | 6,516 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 92 | 6 | 86 | 0 | 1 | |
Suffolk | 85,475 | 268 | 7 | 37 | 64 | 160 | 2,582 | 500 | 1,980 | 102 | 24 | |
Tappahannock | 2,398 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 123 | 9 | 113 | 1 | 0 | |
Tazewell | 4,507 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 86 | 14 | 69 | 3 | 1 | |
Timberville | 2,569 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
Victoria | 1,687 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | |
Vienna | 16,335 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 209 | 29 | 177 | 3 | 0 | |
Vinton | 8,104 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 29 | 270 | 13 | 251 | 6 | 0 | |
Virginia Beach | 450,687 | 730 | 17 | 140 | 304 | 269 | 11,226 | 1,407 | 9,374 | 445 | 99 | |
Warrenton | 9,860 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 170 | 14 | 154 | 2 | 3 | |
Warsaw | 1,493 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | |
Waverly | 2,114 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 0 | |
Waynesboro | 21,175 | 46 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 23 | 688 | 101 | 553 | 34 | 0 | |
Weber City | 1,285 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | |
West Point | 3,311 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 9 | 26 | 2 | 0 | |
White Stone | 346 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
Williamsburg | 15,565 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 191 | 12 | 171 | 8 | 0 | |
Winchester | 27,163 | 89 | 1 | 25 | 29 | 34 | 1,006 | 106 | 867 | 33 | 4 | |
Windsor | 2,631 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 47 | 4 | 42 | 1 | 1 | |
Wise | 3,251 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 79 | 10 | 66 | 3 | 1 | |
Woodstock | 5,193 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 107 | 6 | 99 | 2 | 0 | |
Wytheville | 8,194 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 234 | 69 | 159 | 6 | 0 |
- 1 The figures shown in this column for the offense of rape were reported using the revised Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) definition of rape. See Data Declaration for further explanation.
- 2 The figures shown in this column for the offense of rape were reported using the legacy UCR definition of rape. See Data Declaration for further explanation.
Data Declaration
Provides the methodology used in constructing this table and other pertinent information about this table.