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Table 8

VIRGINIA

Offenses Known to Law Enforcement

by City, 2019

City Population Violent
crime 		Murder and
nonnegligent
manslaughter		 Rape1 Robbery Aggravated
assault		 Property
crime 		Burglary Larceny-
theft		 Motor
vehicle
theft		 Arson
Abingdon 7,933 7 0 1 1 5 118 6 104 8 0
Alexandria 162,258 288 2 19 80 187 2,517 117 2,005 395 2
Amherst 2,179 3 0 1 0 2 14 3 11 0 0
Appalachia 1,544 6 0 2 0 4 48 8 34 6 1
Ashland 7,916 19 0 1 4 14 158 8 142 8 1
Bedford 6,588 9 0 3 0 6 198 6 187 5 1
Berryville 4,363 1 0 0 0 1 33 6 27 0 0
Big Stone Gap 5,170 4 0 3 0 1 84 6 74 4 0
Blacksburg 44,948 50 0 26 1 23 275 38 228 9 1
Bluefield 4,822 9 0 3 1 5 274 9 254 11 0
Bowling Green 1,187 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bridgewater 6,167 0 0 0 0 0 23 2 21 0 0
Bristol 16,234 52 0 14 6 32 388 66 287 35 0
Broadway 3,973 0 0 0 0 0 13 4 9 0 0
Brookneal 1,098 2 0 0 1 1 9 0 9 0 0
Buena Vista 6,156 7 0 3 0 4 18 3 15 0 0
Cape Charles 1,002 4 0 0 0 4 3 0 3 0 0
Cedar Bluff 1,003 1 0 1 0 0 7 2 4 1 0
Charlottesville 48,453 157 0 32 22 103 1,124 122 924 78 5
Chase City 2,212 5 0 0 1 4 35 9 25 1 0
Chatham 1,433 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 9 0 0
Chesapeake 243,726 1,112 7 111 139 855 5,541 510 4,641 390 12
Chilhowie 1,710 0 0 0 0 0 20 1 17 2 0
Chincoteague 2,872 4 0 2 1 1 50 8 39 3 0
Christiansburg 22,700 31 0 7 4 20 466 28 424 14 2
Clifton Forge 3,465 8 0 1 0 7 43 5 35 3 0
Clintwood 1,287 0 0 0 0 0 25 2 23 0 0
Coeburn 1,857 2 0 0 0 2 39 9 24 6 0
Colonial Beach 3,593 11 0 2 1 8 48 5 41 2 0
Colonial Heights 17,793 71 1 20 6 44 720 37 663 20 4
Covington 5,372 5 0 3 0 2 116 10 98 8 1
Crewe 2,148 9 0 0 2 7 43 11 31 1 1
Culpeper 18,873 32 0 4 13 15 340 9 315 16 0
Damascus 787 0 0 0 0 0 56 3 49 4 0
Danville 40,191 112 8 11 25 68 1,467 180 1,205 82 10
Dayton 1,636 1 0 0 1 0 8 2 6 0 0
Dublin 2,604 3 0 2 0 1 33 6 25 2 1
Dumfries 5,265 7 1 0 4 2 41 3 34 4 0
Elkton 2,900 3 0 0 0 3 71 34 35 2 1
Emporia 5,000 12 1 3 5 3 195 19 168 8 1
Exmore 1,368 9 0 2 2 5 33 5 25 3 0
Fairfax City 24,689 18 0 4 11 3 345 11 308 26 2
Falls Church 15,008 10 0 1 5 4 230 12 173 45 1
Farmville 7,830 31 0 5 3 23 167 16 146 5 1
Franklin 7,899 16 2 3 7 4 292 24 248 20 3
Front Royal 15,336 28 0 9 3 16 293 27 242 24 2
Galax 6,320 29 0 12 1 16 255 17 226 12 2
Gate City 1,857 4 0 1 0 3 22 1 19 2 0
Glade Spring 1,426 0 0 0 0 0 11 2 6 3 0
Glasgow 1,111 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0
Gordonsville 1,621 6 0 1 0 5 19 3 16 0 0
Gretna 1,197 1 0 0 0 1 9 1 6 2 0
Grottoes 2,860 1 0 1 0 0 25 2 21 2 0
Grundy 900 1 0 0 0 1 23 1 21 1 0
Halifax 1,217 2 0 0 0 2 22 9 11 2 0
Hampton 133,173 393 15 42 122 214 3,994 347 3,397 250 25
Harrisonburg 54,387 112 0 32 17 63 924 68 813 43 5
Haymarket 1,740 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 8 0 0
Haysi 472 0 0 0 0 0 7 3 4 0 0
Herndon 24,693 64 2 5 25 32 270 15 230 25 0
Hillsville 2,644 7 0 2 0 5 54 4 49 1 0
Honaker 1,330 2 0 0 1 1 16 4 12 0 0
Hopewell 22,461 75 5 3 22 45 480 80 349 51 3
Hurt 1,226 2 0 2 0 0 9 0 8 1 0
Independence 896 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 3 1 0
Jonesville 931 1 0 1 0 0 15 0 15 0 0
Kenbridge 1,180 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kilmarnock 1,410 1 0 0 0 1 21 1 20 0 1
La Crosse 573 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Lawrenceville 993 1 0 0 0 1 10 1 8 1 0
Lebanon 3,148 9 0 4 1 4 128 6 120 2 0
Leesburg 55,461 102 0 20 19 63 570 21 530 19 1
Lexington 7,107 7 0 1 1 5 27 3 24 0 0
Louisa 1,721 1 0 0 0 1 44 0 41 3 0
Luray 4,853 11 0 1 0 10 136 13 122 1 0
Lynchburg 82,512 316 2 35 60 219 1,802 261 1,382 159 11
Manassas 41,850 103 2 19 26 56 623 53 528 42 13
Manassas Park 17,602 21 0 13 2 6 154 12 131 11 1
Marion 5,593 24 0 3 1 20 224 33 184 7 1
Martinsville 12,726 66 2 9 13 42 343 49 260 34 0
Middleburg 864 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 0
Middletown 1,396 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 4 1 0
Mount Jackson 2,115 3 0 2 0 1 21 3 18 0 0
Narrows 1,955 1 0 0 0 1 25 6 16 3 1
New Market 2,256 1 0 0 0 1 18 1 17 0 0
Newport News 177,319 1,056 24 64 164 804 4,484 503 3,641 340 40
Norfolk 242,813 1,325 36 134 311 844 8,405 841 6,765 799 8
Norton 3,940 6 0 2 0 4 134 8 120 6 0
Occoquan 1,109 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0
Onancock 1,210 3 0 1 1 1 24 7 15 2 1
Onley 500 1 0 0 1 0 21 1 18 2 0
Orange 5,092 15 0 3 0 12 81 12 68 1 0
Parksley 810 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 2 0
Pearisburg 2,639 2 0 1 0 1 67 3 57 7 0
Pembroke 1,085 1 0 0 0 1 14 3 10 1 0
Pennington Gap 1,716 1 0 0 0 1 38 1 36 1 0
Petersburg 31,273 234 19 12 48 155 1,034 131 760 143 2
Pocahontas 354 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
Poquoson 12,126 23 0 6 1 16 91 18 72 1 1
Portsmouth 93,991 889 16 37 230 606 5,509 846 4,189 474 11
Pulaski 8,683 34 0 14 5 15 278 43 214 21 1
Purcellville 10,346 8 0 1 0 7 37 3 31 3 0
Radford 18,487 45 1 11 1 32 179 24 152 3 0
Rich Creek 743 1 0 0 0 1 15 1 13 1 0
Richlands 5,198 16 0 8 0 8 100 16 76 8 2
Richmond 230,721 1,068 55 45 385 583 8,074 986 6,234 854 44
Roanoke 99,752 386 13 41 106 226 4,402 519 3,585 298 25
Rocky Mount 4,744 20 2 9 3 6 268 10 248 10 1
Rural Retreat 1,453 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 5 0 0
Salem 25,590 23 1 3 5 14 559 46 473 40 1
Saltville 1,910 3 0 0 0 3 16 0 14 2 0
Shenandoah 2,335 0 0 0 0 0 35 5 27 3 0
Smithfield 8,485 17 1 0 2 14 150 7 128 15 0
South Boston 7,601 28 2 3 4 19 339 52 281 6 0
South Hill 4,335 8 0 0 7 1 135 15 114 6 0
Stanley 1,670 1 0 0 0 1 8 0 8 0 0
Staunton 24,931 51 0 18 5 28 473 35 419 19 5
Stephens City 2,069 1 0 0 0 1 35 6 28 1 0
St. Paul 862 1 0 0 0 1 19 2 16 1 1
Strasburg 6,686 12 0 2 0 10 66 9 53 4 0
Suffolk 91,486 270 6 29 67 168 2,266 196 1,925 145 5
Tappahannock 2,391 19 0 1 0 18 71 3 66 2 0
Tazewell 4,140 9 1 3 0 5 58 10 44 4 0
Timberville 2,697 4 0 1 0 3 17 1 16 0 0
Victoria 1,603 3 0 0 0 3 6 1 5 0 1
Vienna 16,660 20 0 1 5 14 163 2 154 7 0
Vinton 8,110 27 0 1 2 24 194 18 168 8 0
Virginia Beach 449,038 581 30 79 196 276 7,906 530 6,797 579 34
Warrenton 9,977 14 0 9 0 5 109 9 95 5 0
Warsaw 1,488 0 0 0 0 0 10 2 8 0 0
Waverly 1,949 4 0 1 2 1 28 4 20 4 0
Waynesboro 22,711 57 2 12 3 40 475 38 397 40 4
Weber City 1,204 1 0 0 1 0 13 0 13 0 0
West Point 3,254 3 0 1 0 2 27 9 18 0 0
White Stone 334 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Williamsburg 14,965 22 0 3 5 14 197 13 179 5 0
Winchester 28,201 80 1 39 6 34 657 76 559 22 5
Windsor 2,763 4 0 1 0 3 23 2 17 4 0
Wise 2,926 3 0 1 0 2 58 6 47 5 0
Woodstock 5,267 10 0 4 0 6 125 3 121 1 0
Wytheville 7,909 5 0 4 1 0 196 22 168 6 1
  • 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.