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Table 8

VIRGINIA

Offenses Known to Law Enforcement

by City, 2017

State Population Violent
crime 		Murder and
nonnegligent
manslaughter		 Rape1 Robbery Aggravated
assault		 Property
crime 		Burglary Larceny-
theft		 Motor
vehicle
theft		 Arson
Abingdon 8,066 14 0 2 2 10 141 16 116 9 1
Alexandria 158,256 262 6 16 102 138 2,482 163 2,046 273 8
Altavista 3,470 4 0 0 0 4 110 12 94 4 0
Amherst 2,201 1 0 0 1 0 12 1 10 1 0
Appalachia 1,638 4 0 0 1 3 20 8 12 0 1
Ashland 7,722 31 1 1 4 25 160 13 141 6 0
Bedford 6,622 15 1 4 4 6 234 10 217 7 1
Berryville 4,324 1 0 1 0 0 38 7 30 1 0
Big Stone Gap 5,334 6 0 3 1 2 173 16 154 3 5
Blacksburg 45,443 24 0 10 1 13 339 40 289 10 1
Blackstone 3,427 14 0 2 3 9 139 17 114 8 1
Bluefield 4,894 16 3 7 3 3 248 19 228 1 0
Bridgewater 6,119 1 0 0 0 1 12 0 12 0 0
Bristol 16,795 54 0 15 3 36 562 86 428 48 1
Broadway 3,889 4 0 2 0 2 12 2 10 0 0
Brookneal 1,117 4 0 0 1 3 18 3 14 1 0
Burkeville 402 0 0 0 0 0 19 2 16 1 0
Cape Charles 1,044 1 0 0 0 1 10 0 10 0 0
Cedar Bluff 1,049 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 1 0
Charlottesville 47,446 185 3 31 22 129 1,036 145 820 71 6
Chase City 2,268 11 1 0 2 8 38 15 17 6 1
Chatham 1,473 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 8 0 0
Chesapeake 240,119 1,006 11 87 198 710 5,456 663 4,543 250 20
Chilhowie 1,712 0 0 0 0 0 17 4 13 0 0
Chincoteague 2,916 4 0 2 1 1 37 7 28 2 1
Clarksville 1,181 1 0 0 0 1 24 3 21 0 0
Clifton Forge 3,689 9 0 0 1 8 48 3 42 3 1
Clintwood 1,285 1 0 0 0 1 24 5 19 0 0
Coeburn 1,970 10 0 4 0 6 44 4 36 4 1
Colonial Beach 3,577 11 1 2 0 8 47 11 32 4 0
Colonial Heights 17,820 67 3 25 20 19 728 25 688 15 8
Covington 5,442 17 0 1 0 16 88 9 76 3 1
Crewe 2,199 8 0 0 5 3 58 9 45 4 0
Culpeper 18,232 45 0 5 13 27 320 22 279 19 3
Damascus 796 2 0 0 0 2 38 4 33 1 0
Danville 41,680 250 13 14 68 155 1,808 288 1,422 98 13
Dayton 1,621 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0
Dublin 2,710 5 0 2 0 3 17 3 12 2 0
Dumfries 5,219 4 0 0 1 3 47 7 34 6 0
Elkton 2,871 2 0 0 1 1 31 3 25 3 0
Emporia 5,201 22 2 1 9 10 223 29 189 5 0
Exmore 1,438 2 0 1 0 1 26 2 24 0 0
Fairfax City 24,406 33 0 7 23 3 366 10 339 17 1
Falls Church 14,278 10 0 4 2 4 213 10 194 9 1
Farmville 8,127 18 0 5 4 9 226 21 195 10 1
Franklin 8,250 30 1 4 14 11 465 62 386 17 2
Fredericksburg 29,016 108 2 9 17 80 1,026 53 922 51 6
Galax 6,728 19 1 2 3 13 260 35 208 17 0
Gate City 1,911 4 0 2 0 2 29 5 21 3 2
Glade Spring 1,446 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 1 0
Glasgow 1,117 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Glen Lyn 118 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 0
Gordonsville 1,599 3 0 1 0 2 14 3 10 1 0
Gretna 1,231 0 0 0 0 0 11 5 5 1 0
Grottoes 2,821 3 0 1 0 2 20 0 20 0 0
Grundy 949 0 0 0 0 0 23 0 22 1 0
Halifax 1,240 1 0 0 1 0 15 2 11 2 0
Hampton 134,929 407 17 26 185 179 4,364 551 3,481 332 18
Harrisonburg 53,717 128 3 24 12 89 897 115 739 43 3
Haymarket 2,001 1 0 0 0 1 16 1 14 1 0
Haysi 473 1 0 0 1 0 5 3 2 0 0
Herndon 24,561 38 0 4 12 22 287 10 268 9 0
Hillsville 2,643 1 0 1 0 0 65 12 48 5 0
Honaker 1,352 3 0 0 0 3 31 4 26 1 0
Hopewell 22,723 79 2 2 28 47 596 147 392 57 3
Hurt 1,260 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0
Independence 919 2 0 1 0 1 11 1 8 2 1
Jonesville 948 1 0 0 0 1 8 1 7 0 0
Kenbridge 1,214 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kilmarnock 1,431 1 0 0 0 1 34 5 24 5 0
La Crosse 581 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 4 0 0
Lebanon 3,260 2 0 1 0 1 110 4 101 5 1
Lexington 7,034 9 0 2 1 6 40 6 33 1 0
Louisa 1,665 1 0 0 0 1 34 0 34 0 0
Luray 4,804 8 0 3 2 3 122 11 107 4 0
Lynchburg 80,890 287 4 33 42 208 1,886 224 1,522 140 7
Manassas 41,995 95 3 15 36 41 788 100 649 39 9
Manassas Park 16,158 20 0 9 4 7 147 12 124 11 3
Marion 5,837 20 0 2 2 16 247 43 188 16 1
Martinsville 13,383 40 2 4 4 30 395 68 306 21 0
Middleburg 856 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 6 1 0
Middletown 1,345 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 2 1 0
Mount Jackson 2,048 2 0 0 0 2 50 3 47 0 0
Narrows 1,963 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 3 0 0
New Market 2,217 1 0 1 0 0 17 0 17 0 0
Newport News 181,738 907 24 93 239 551 5,528 829 4,211 488 46
Norfolk 245,190 1,363 36 135 371 821 9,192 1,156 7,318 718 8
Norton 3,842 5 0 2 1 2 132 9 117 6 1
Occoquan 1,082 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0
Onancock 1,266 8 0 1 0 7 14 0 12 2 0
Onley 513 2 0 0 1 1 17 1 16 0 0
Orange 5,033 7 0 0 1 6 65 5 53 7 1
Parksley 841 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 0
Pearisburg 2,683 5 0 2 0 3 58 6 49 3 0
Pembroke 1,086 0 0 0 0 0 19 1 16 2 0
Pennington Gap 1,759 2 0 0 0 2 15 1 14 0 0
Petersburg 31,739 252 12 13 75 152 1,080 177 790 113 5
Pocahontas 372 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Poquoson 11,981 19 0 3 2 14 183 34 149 0 1
Portsmouth 95,100 677 17 36 224 400 5,447 1,160 3,903 384 6
Pound 945 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 3 0
Pulaski 8,799 22 1 12 1 8 262 52 196 14 2
Purcellville 9,779 10 0 1 0 9 49 3 43 3 0
Quantico 550 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
Radford 17,641 68 0 16 7 45 237 59 172 6 2
Rich Creek 752 4 0 3 1 0 10 1 8 1 0
Richlands 5,365 10 0 4 0 6 94 20 71 3 0
Roanoke 100,027 402 16 41 79 266 4,493 487 3,719 287 26
Rocky Mount 4,801 16 0 5 3 8 170 16 150 4 3
Rural Retreat 1,480 0 0 0 0 0 9 3 6 0 0
Salem 25,624 18 0 3 8 7 555 41 470 44 1
Saltville 1,998 3 1 2 0 0 16 4 9 3 1
Shenandoah 2,328 1 0 0 0 1 34 4 28 2 0
Smithfield 8,492 23 1 0 4 18 92 13 72 7 0
South Boston 7,919 37 0 1 16 20 298 56 234 8 1
South Hill 4,449 11 0 1 5 5 123 13 105 5 0
Stanley 1,643 1 0 0 0 1 24 1 21 2 0
Staunton 24,423 35 0 7 8 20 551 77 456 18 13
Stephens City 1,990 1 0 0 0 1 25 3 21 1 0
St. Paul 899 2 0 1 0 1 25 5 18 2 0
Strasburg 6,613 7 0 2 1 4 59 11 47 1 0
Suffolk 89,922 274 3 26 69 176 2,231 343 1,791 97 13
Tappahannock 2,386 11 0 1 0 10 79 4 73 2 0
Tazewell 4,320 3 0 1 0 2 48 8 38 2 0
Timberville 2,659 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 6 0 0
Victoria 1,663 3 0 0 0 3 28 10 17 1 1
Vienna 16,590 4 1 2 1 0 132 10 119 3 1
Vinton 8,207 13 0 2 4 7 220 14 193 13 0
Virginia Beach 454,353 625 14 102 272 237 8,790 754 7,577 459 51
Warrenton 9,901 13 1 4 4 4 186 7 174 5 0
Warsaw 1,483 0 0 0 0 0 14 2 11 1 0
Waverly 2,033 4 1 1 0 2 37 9 25 3 0
Waynesboro 22,004 40 0 13 10 17 528 46 459 23 1
Weber City 1,234 1 0 1 0 0 14 2 12 0 0
West Point 3,313 3 0 0 0 3 28 2 24 2 0
White Stone 340 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0
Williamsburg 15,464 24 1 3 9 11 181 12 156 13 2
Winchester 27,715 115 0 36 25 54 688 81 584 23 2
Windsor 2,694 4 0 1 1 2 29 3 26 0 0
Wise 3,056 4 0 3 0 1 26 8 15 3 0
Woodstock 5,272 12 1 1 3 7 113 5 102 6 1
Wytheville 8,084 11 0 3 2 6 170 7 153 10 2
  • 1 The figures shown in this column for the offense of rape were reported using only the revised Uniform Crime Reporting 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.