Table 8
VIRGINIA
Offenses Known to Law Enforcement
by City, 2015
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 | 8,137 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 176 | 27 | 145 | 4 | 1 | |
Alexandria | 152,710 | 312 | 4 | 18 | 142 | 148 | 2,854 | 227 | 2,372 | 255 | 5 | |
Altavista | 3,462 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 128 | 15 | 109 | 4 | 0 | |
Amherst | 2,200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
Appalachia | 1,668 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 32 | 12 | 18 | 2 | 1 | |
Ashland | 7,353 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 298 | 21 | 267 | 10 | 1 | |
Bedford | 6,437 | 30 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 332 | 23 | 302 | 7 | 2 | |
Berryville | 4,325 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 12 | 35 | 0 | 0 | |
Big Stone Gap | 5,421 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 194 | 15 | 179 | 0 | 0 | |
Blackstone | 3,538 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 123 | 18 | 105 | 0 | 4 | |
Bluefield | 5,268 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 237 | 14 | 223 | 0 | 1 | |
Bowling Green | 1,162 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Boykins | 539 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
Bridgewater | 6,029 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | |
Bristol | 16,976 | 45 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 29 | 425 | 56 | 347 | 22 | 2 | |
Broadway | 3,803 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | |
Brookneal | 1,116 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | |
Buena Vista | 6,575 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 42 | 7 | 31 | 4 | 0 | |
Burkeville | 417 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 0 | |
Cape Charles | 985 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | |
Cedar Bluff | 1,079 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Charlottesville | 45,997 | 175 | 2 | 18 | 48 | 107 | 1,157 | 187 | 918 | 52 | 4 | |
Chase City | 2,292 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 44 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 0 | |
Chatham | 1,476 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | |
Chesapeake | 235,273 | 897 | 11 | 67 | 178 | 641 | 5,684 | 871 | 4,487 | 326 | 20 | |
Chilhowie | 1,741 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | |
Chincoteague | 2,907 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 62 | 5 | 53 | 4 | 0 | |
Christiansburg | 22,007 | 29 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 527 | 42 | 475 | 10 | 0 | |
Clarksville | 1,112 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | |
Clifton Forge | 3,750 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 73 | 14 | 57 | 2 | 1 | |
Clintwood | 1,328 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 47 | 5 | 41 | 1 | 0 | |
Coeburn | 1,998 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 54 | 16 | 35 | 3 | 0 | |
Colonial Beach | 3,542 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 76 | 12 | 60 | 4 | 1 | |
Colonial Heights | 17,770 | 42 | 0 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 895 | 49 | 822 | 24 | 2 | |
Covington | 5,750 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 130 | 13 | 113 | 4 | 3 | |
Crewe | 2,272 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 71 | 23 | 45 | 3 | 1 | |
Culpeper | 17,596 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 376 | 34 | 329 | 13 | 1 | |
Damascus | 801 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 0 | |
Danville | 42,210 | 257 | 6 | 24 | 85 | 142 | 1,741 | 316 | 1,350 | 75 | 13 | |
Dayton | 1,587 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | |
Dublin | 2,728 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 53 | 11 | 40 | 2 | 0 | |
Dumfries | 5,243 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 81 | 8 | 65 | 8 | 1 | |
Elkton | 2,806 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 31 | 5 | 24 | 2 | 0 | |
Emporia | 5,339 | 30 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 268 | 30 | 235 | 3 | 4 | |
Exmore | 1,440 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 36 | 11 | 25 | 0 | 0 | |
Fairfax City | 24,911 | 41 | 0 | 10 | 16 | 15 | 427 | 31 | 378 | 18 | 1 | |
Falls Church | 13,870 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 243 | 19 | 213 | 11 | 1 | |
Farmville | 8,230 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 269 | 18 | 245 | 6 | 1 | |
Franklin | 8,489 | 33 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 18 | 457 | 39 | 412 | 6 | 1 | |
Fredericksburg | 29,422 | 122 | 4 | 14 | 21 | 83 | 1,173 | 80 | 1,057 | 36 | 5 | |
Front Royal | 15,184 | 31 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 14 | 382 | 37 | 325 | 20 | 2 | |
Galax | 6,980 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 296 | 44 | 245 | 7 | 0 | |
Gate City | 1,959 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 0 | |
Glade Spring | 1,458 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
Glen Lyn | 116 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | |
Gordonsville | 1,578 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
Gretna | 1,240 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | |
Grottoes | 2,755 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 96 | 62 | 33 | 1 | 0 | |
Halifax | 1,245 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
Hampton | 136,381 | 382 | 16 | 35 | 186 | 145 | 4,474 | 650 | 3,476 | 348 | 26 | |
Harrisonburg | 53,226 | 119 | 1 | 25 | 12 | 81 | 1,238 | 157 | 1,048 | 33 | 3 | |
Haymarket | 2,020 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
Haysi | 475 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Hillsville | 2,667 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 7 | 58 | 5 | 1 | |
Honaker | 1,388 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
Hopewell | 22,027 | 80 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 48 | 654 | 138 | 475 | 41 | 3 | |
Hurt | 1,276 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
Independence | 922 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
Jonesville | 977 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Kenbridge | 1,236 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
Kilmarnock | 1,437 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 6 | 34 | 2 | 0 | |
Lawrenceville | 1,009 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 0 | |
Lebanon | 3,336 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 108 | 3 | 105 | 0 | 0 | |
Leesburg | 51,254 | 84 | 1 | 20 | 14 | 49 | 722 | 36 | 669 | 17 | 1 | |
Lexington | 7,356 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 62 | 12 | 48 | 2 | 0 | |
Louisa | 1,623 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 4 | 32 | 2 | 0 | |
Luray | 4,842 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 119 | 15 | 102 | 2 | 1 | |
Lynchburg | 79,675 | 270 | 2 | 35 | 47 | 186 | 1,709 | 232 | 1,400 | 77 | 13 | |
Manassas | 42,977 | 91 | 0 | 18 | 31 | 42 | 757 | 83 | 642 | 32 | 3 | |
Manassas Park | 15,333 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 140 | 11 | 119 | 10 | 1 | |
Marion | 5,852 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 207 | 38 | 162 | 7 | 0 | |
Martinsville | 13,667 | 51 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 38 | 415 | 60 | 341 | 14 | 4 | |
Middleburg | 809 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | |
Middletown | 1,331 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 0 | |
Mount Jackson | 2,046 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 0 | |
Narrows | 1,951 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
New Market | 2,212 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 0 | |
Newport News | 182,975 | 793 | 26 | 87 | 244 | 436 | 5,585 | 927 | 4,255 | 403 | 40 | |
Norfolk | 245,400 | 1,329 | 28 | 108 | 454 | 739 | 9,002 | 1,097 | 7,518 | 387 | 28 | |
Norton | 4,037 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 244 | 12 | 230 | 2 | 0 | |
Occoquan | 1,031 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Onancock | 1,261 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 30 | 3 | 24 | 3 | 0 | |
Onley | 517 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | |
Orange | 4,947 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 106 | 11 | 93 | 2 | 0 | |
Parksley | 841 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
Pearisburg | 2,676 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 78 | 3 | 75 | 0 | 0 | |
Pembroke | 1,079 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 0 | |
Pennington Gap | 1,812 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 7 | 35 | 1 | 0 | |
Petersburg | 32,647 | 264 | 16 | 16 | 54 | 178 | 992 | 265 | 654 | 73 | 6 | |
Pocahontas | 383 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Poquoson | 11,990 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 141 | 17 | 118 | 6 | 2 | |
Portsmouth | 95,877 | 670 | 27 | 44 | 231 | 368 | 4,838 | 1,191 | 3,332 | 315 | 12 | |
Pulaski | 8,869 | 22 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 248 | 44 | 195 | 9 | 2 | |
Purcellville | 9,235 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 51 | 3 | 48 | 0 | 0 | |
Quantico | 543 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
Radford | 17,911 | 58 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 37 | 278 | 62 | 207 | 9 | 2 | |
Rich Creek | 748 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | |
Richlands | 5,525 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 127 | 17 | 106 | 4 | 1 | |
Richmond | 220,802 | 1,139 | 43 | 60 | 489 | 547 | 8,648 | 1,605 | 6,171 | 872 | 53 | |
Roanoke | 99,827 | 337 | 11 | 37 | 67 | 222 | 3,816 | 464 | 3,163 | 189 | 23 | |
Rocky Mount | 4,802 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 192 | 9 | 181 | 2 | 1 | |
Rural Retreat | 1,486 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
Salem | 25,556 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 524 | 17 | 472 | 35 | 0 | |
Saltville | 2,034 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 4 | 27 | 1 | 0 | |
Shenandoah | 2,348 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 7 | 21 | 3 | 0 | |
Smithfield | 8,336 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 112 | 14 | 90 | 8 | 0 | |
South Boston | 7,948 | 44 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 34 | 305 | 37 | 261 | 7 | 4 | |
South Hill | 4,515 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 191 | 11 | 173 | 7 | 1 | |
Stanley | 1,659 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 5 | 22 | 0 | 0 | |
Staunton | 24,654 | 36 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 488 | 32 | 440 | 16 | 5 | |
Stephens City | 1,943 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | |
St. Paul | 917 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 32 | 4 | 28 | 0 | 0 | |
Strasburg | 6,598 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 92 | 12 | 78 | 2 | 0 | |
Suffolk | 87,062 | 214 | 3 | 17 | 62 | 132 | 2,321 | 336 | 1,884 | 101 | 19 | |
Tangier | 727 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tappahannock | 2,378 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 117 | 12 | 104 | 1 | 0 | |
Tazewell | 4,439 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 56 | 8 | 47 | 1 | 0 | |
Timberville | 2,601 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 0 | |
Victoria | 1,690 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | |
Vienna | 16,640 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 150 | 13 | 133 | 4 | 1 | |
Vinton | 8,210 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 223 | 11 | 202 | 10 | 0 | |
Virginia Beach | 452,797 | 626 | 19 | 103 | 270 | 234 | 9,987 | 956 | 8,596 | 435 | 95 | |
Warrenton | 9,981 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 286 | 14 | 266 | 6 | 1 | |
Warsaw | 1,499 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
Waverly | 2,064 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0 | |
Waynesboro | 21,384 | 43 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 23 | 570 | 26 | 530 | 14 | 2 | |
Weber City | 1,264 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 0 | |
West Point | 3,337 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 45 | 8 | 34 | 3 | 0 | |
White Stone | 343 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
Williamsburg | 14,915 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 195 | 9 | 179 | 7 | 0 | |
Winchester | 27,821 | 72 | 0 | 23 | 21 | 28 | 1,035 | 118 | 889 | 28 | 2 | |
Windsor | 2,663 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 1 | |
Wise | 3,118 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 46 | 8 | 37 | 1 | 0 | |
Woodstock | 5,257 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 140 | 25 | 113 | 2 | 0 | |
Wytheville | 8,114 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 215 | 21 | 187 | 7 | 1 |
- 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 the 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 the data declaration for further explanation.
Data Declaration
Provides the methodology used in constructing this table and other pertinent information about this table.