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Table 8

VIRGINIA

Offenses Known to Law Enforcement

by City, 2018

City Population Violent
crime 		Murder and
nonnegligent
manslaughter		 Rape1 Robbery Aggravated
assault		 Property
crime 		Burglary Larceny-
theft		 Motor
vehicle
theft		 Arson
Abingdon 7,949 6 0 2 2 2 129 7 112 10 0
Alexandria 162,588 260 4 24 78 154 2,482 128 1,967 387 5
Altavista 3,417 7 0 1 1 5 86 5 77 4 0
Amherst 2,194 4 0 0 0 4 8 1 7 0 0
Appalachia 1,568 2 0 0 0 2 18 10 5 3 3
Ashland 7,876 37 1 3 6 27 199 13 177 9 0
Bedford 6,532 20 0 9 1 10 199 14 178 7 2
Berryville 4,361 1 0 0 0 1 36 4 32 0 1
Big Stone Gap 5,215 3 0 2 0 1 110 12 94 4 3
Blacksburg 44,853 41 0 20 4 17 322 28 285 9 0
Blackstone 3,367 14 0 4 3 7 83 16 64 3 0
Bluefield 4,624 6 1 3 1 1 218 16 198 4 0
Bridgewater 6,125 3 0 1 0 2 25 2 23 0 0
Bristol 16,613 42 2 9 3 28 513 68 395 50 2
Broadway 3,908 1 0 0 1 0 9 2 6 1 0
Buena Vista 6,272 5 0 1 0 4 54 10 39 5 0
Burkeville 402 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 10 0 0
Cape Charles 1,009 1 0 0 0 1 4 0 3 1 0
Cedar Bluff 1,011 1 0 1 0 0 5 1 4 0 1
Charlottesville 48,585 174 1 36 30 107 1,161 116 961 84 0
Chase City 2,219 4 1 0 0 3 46 12 29 5 0
Chatham 1,434 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 0
Chesapeake 242,310 979 7 99 143 730 5,191 596 4,285 310 11
Chilhowie 1,718 1 0 1 0 0 17 3 13 1 0
Chincoteague 2,881 11 0 2 2 7 73 8 64 1 0
Christiansburg 22,444 43 0 15 2 26 532 34 485 13 1
Clarksville 1,175 0 0 0 0 0 12 1 11 0 0
Clifton Forge 3,524 7 0 0 0 7 48 6 35 7 0
Clintwood 1,311 2 0 0 0 2 15 2 13 0 0
Coeburn 1,881 9 0 2 0 7 38 5 32 1 0
Colonial Heights 17,857 50 0 17 8 25 676 29 620 27 2
Covington 5,462 4 0 1 0 3 107 10 93 4 2
Crewe 2,151 8 0 0 2 6 52 5 36 11 1
Culpeper 18,671 31 0 6 9 16 296 17 266 13 0
Damascus 788 0 0 0 0 0 16 3 13 0 0
Danville 40,781 216 11 26 61 118 1,632 222 1,326 84 14
Dayton 1,615 3 0 0 0 3 6 0 6 0 0
Dublin 2,667 3 0 2 0 1 23 4 19 0 0
Dumfries 5,265 9 0 0 5 4 74 14 45 15 0
Elkton 2,860 2 0 0 0 2 29 5 21 3 0
Emporia 5,184 26 0 2 8 16 192 14 176 2 0
Exmore 1,386 1 0 0 0 1 24 5 18 1 0
Fairfax City 24,259 24 0 5 13 6 405 13 366 26 1
Falls Church 14,884 12 0 1 3 8 176 15 148 13 1
Farmville 7,778 10 1 3 0 6 162 16 135 11 0
Franklin 8,100 25 1 6 7 11 348 38 290 20 2
Fredericksburg 28,919 108 2 13 16 77 999 58 905 36 4
Front Royal 15,356 33 0 16 6 11 279 25 239 15 1
Galax 6,559 27 0 5 3 19 292 20 259 13 1
Gate City 1,888 0 0 0 0 0 41 3 33 5 0
Glade Spring 1,424 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0
Glasgow 1,106 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0
Gordonsville 1,606 3 0 0 2 1 16 2 14 0 0
Gretna 1,205 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0
Grottoes 2,813 1 0 0 0 1 29 1 27 1 0
Grundy 917 1 0 0 0 1 36 0 35 1 0
Halifax 1,219 1 0 0 0 1 14 2 11 1 0
Hampton2 133,965 316 16 24 120 156 491 231 21
Harrisonburg 54,869 110 4 17 12 77 834 98 711 25 3
Haymarket 1,744 5 0 1 0 4 11 0 9 2 0
Haysi 480 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 6 0 0
Herndon 24,697 32 1 10 18 3 259 28 226 5 0
Hillsville 2,644 3 0 2 0 1 63 10 50 3 0
Hopewell 22,562 99 6 7 25 61 553 119 403 31 2
Hurt 1,235 0 0 0 0 0 14 1 11 2 0
Independence 895 1 0 0 0 1 9 1 6 2 0
Jonesville 938 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 5 0 0
Kenbridge 1,198 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kilmarnock 1,407 1 0 0 0 1 25 7 18 0 0
La Crosse 574 2 0 0 2 0 5 4 1 0 0
Lawrenceville 1,004 2 0 0 1 1 4 1 3 0 0
Lebanon 3,184 8 0 6 1 1 154 30 120 4 0
Leesburg 56,030 100 0 18 16 66 626 24 571 31 0
Lexington 7,098 3 0 0 1 2 36 2 33 1 0
Louisa 1,678 2 0 0 0 2 53 2 51 0 0
Luray 4,806 7 0 2 1 4 137 14 112 11 1
Lynchburg 81,603 275 8 33 41 193 1,627 181 1,278 168 11
Manassas 41,888 105 1 23 16 65 636 72 525 39 4
Manassas Park 16,882 25 0 9 6 10 111 10 90 11 0
Marion 5,615 29 0 2 5 22 183 27 147 9 1
Martinsville 13,025 54 2 3 8 41 471 72 366 33 0
Middleburg 879 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 9 0 0
Middletown 1,365 1 0 1 0 0 15 3 12 0 0
Mount Jackson 2,100 1 0 0 0 1 50 3 44 3 0
Narrows 1,950 1 0 0 0 1 7 1 6 0 0
New Market 2,245 3 0 0 1 2 8 1 6 1 1
Newport News 178,734 942 24 89 187 642 5,148 693 3,961 494 31
Norfolk 244,347 1,134 36 117 321 660 8,463 703 6,972 788 14
Norton 3,914 9 0 3 1 5 138 6 127 5 0
Occoquan 1,097 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0
Onancock 1,218 3 0 0 2 1 31 4 26 1 0
Onley 502 0 0 0 0 0 20 3 15 2 0
Orange 5,016 9 0 2 0 7 49 9 36 4 0
Parksley 817 1 0 0 0 1 6 0 4 2 0
Pearisburg 2,643 3 0 2 0 1 49 5 38 6 0
Pennington Gap 1,732 3 1 1 0 1 47 2 44 1 1
Petersburg 31,568 224 14 13 53 144 916 141 681 94 7
Pocahontas 357 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Poquoson 12,011 19 0 6 1 12 101 18 80 3 1
Portsmouth 94,218 749 20 44 203 482 4,977 958 3,651 368 11
Pound 939 3 0 1 0 2 3 0 3 0 0
Pulaski 8,720 27 1 11 8 7 258 32 213 13 1
Purcellville 10,090 13 0 3 1 9 46 2 38 6 0
Radford 17,797 52 0 20 4 28 237 38 192 7 2
Rich Creek 744 2 0 2 0 0 16 2 13 1 0
Richlands 5,256 16 0 3 0 13 136 29 99 8 2
Richmond 229,927 1,190 52 77 428 633 8,807 1,121 6,518 1,168 50
Roanoke 100,042 427 12 48 103 264 4,434 488 3,579 367 26
Rocky Mount 4,762 12 0 1 4 7 143 4 137 2 0
Rural Retreat 1,459 0 0 0 0 0 15 1 14 0 0
Salem 25,942 24 1 8 8 7 503 29 438 36 2
Saltville 1,927 1 0 1 0 0 11 3 8 0 0
Shenandoah 2,316 2 0 0 1 1 22 1 19 2 0
Smithfield 8,392 7 0 0 0 7 127 14 98 15 2
South Boston 7,721 28 0 2 8 18 335 40 291 4 1
South Hill 4,345 12 0 2 3 7 121 9 105 7 0
Stanley 1,651 1 0 0 0 1 19 4 15 0 0
Staunton 24,584 46 1 7 11 27 608 63 523 22 3
Stephens City 2,024 1 0 0 0 1 49 2 46 1 0
St. Paul 877 1 0 1 0 0 16 1 12 3 0
Strasburg 6,643 15 0 2 1 12 82 14 64 4 1
Suffolk 90,817 251 2 30 69 150 2,340 296 1,892 152 10
Tappahannock 2,417 17 0 1 0 16 46 7 37 2 0
Tazewell 4,185 6 0 1 0 5 35 10 21 4 0
Timberville 2,662 2 0 0 1 1 22 1 19 2 0
Victoria 1,631 1 0 0 0 1 30 4 25 1 0
Vienna 16,660 8 0 2 2 4 149 15 125 9 0
Vinton 8,077 9 0 0 0 9 180 15 146 19 0
Virginia Beach 451,001 528 7 81 174 266 7,772 584 6,611 577 39
Warrenton 9,912 12 0 4 2 6 215 8 204 3 1
Warsaw 1,484 0 0 0 0 0 13 2 11 0 0
Waverly 1,976 9 0 1 0 8 32 8 22 2 1
Waynesboro 22,470 50 1 10 12 27 477 53 382 42 0
Weber City 1,224 2 0 0 0 2 15 1 12 2 0
West Point 3,311 3 0 0 0 3 28 1 26 1 0
White Stone 332 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0
Williamsburg 15,191 20 0 3 7 10 193 5 180 8 0
Winchester 28,128 93 0 38 15 40 692 86 567 39 2
Windsor 2,731 4 0 0 0 4 15 3 12 0 0
Wise 2,965 1 0 0 0 1 36 10 23 3 1
Woodstock 5,232 9 0 0 1 8 97 4 91 2 0
Wytheville 7,969 5 0 1 1 3 194 12 168 14 0
  • 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.
  • 2 The FBI determined that the agency's data were underreported. Consequently, those data are not included in this table.

Data Declaration

Provides the methodology used in constructing this table and other pertinent information about this table.