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Table 8

VIRGINIA

Offenses Known to Law Enforcement

by City, 2012

City Population Violent
crime 		Murder and
nonnegligent
manslaughter		 Forcible
rape		 Robbery Aggravated
assault		 Property
crime 		Burglary Larceny-
theft		 Motor
vehicle
theft		 Arson
Abingdon 8,273 14 2 1 3 8 270 36 227 7 2
Alexandria 145,892 243 0 9 138 96 2,990 281 2,383 326 8
Altavista 3,500 5 0 0 0 5 79 11 65 3 0
Amherst 2,242 0 0 0 0 0 27 5 21 1 0
Appalachia 1,778 5 0 0 1 4 71 27 44 0 4
Ashland 7,336 26 0 2 4 20 234 12 214 8 1
Bedford 6,249 12 0 3 3 6 205 20 176 9 0
Berryville 4,299 1 0 0 0 1 39 2 35 2 1
Big Stone Gap 5,684 7 0 1 2 4 187 37 145 5 0
Blacksburg 43,070 39 0 12 11 16 475 80 377 18 7
Blackstone 3,656 14 2 0 3 9 97 14 76 7 0
Bloxom 394 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bluefield 5,462 12 0 1 0 11 240 22 211 7 0
Bowling Green 1,127 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Boykins 565 0 0 0 0 0 14 2 12 0 0
Bridgewater 5,722 3 0 1 0 2 87 59 27 1 0
Bristol 17,946 60 2 5 17 36 653 117 505 31 3
Broadway 3,745 1 0 0 0 1 4 0 2 2 0
Brookneal 1,127 0 0 0 0 0 17 1 16 0 0
Burkeville 437 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 8 0 0
Cape Charles 1,019 2 0 2 0 0 7 1 5 1 0
Charlottesville 43,991 198 2 17 50 129 1,502 162 1,246 94 9
Chase City 2,368 4 0 0 2 2 75 10 62 3 0
Chatham 1,272 0 0 0 0 0 14 2 12 0 0
Chesapeake 227,531 839 12 36 202 589 6,292 1,034 4,979 279 27
Chilhowie 1,792 0 0 0 0 0 57 5 50 2 0
Chincoteague 2,989 5 0 1 1 3 61 5 50 6 0
Christiansburg 21,262 30 0 7 4 19 675 87 576 12 3
Clarksville 1,149 2 0 0 0 2 25 7 18 0 0
Clifton Forge 3,909 6 0 1 0 5 94 19 73 2 0
Clintwood 1,414 1 0 0 0 1 35 7 28 0 1
Coeburn 2,168 11 0 3 2 6 78 15 60 3 0
Colonial Beach 3,609 8 1 2 0 5 31 1 28 2 0
Colonial Heights 17,632 40 0 2 9 29 976 57 878 41 7
Covington 6,004 13 1 0 1 11 147 26 118 3 4
Crewe 2,351 7 0 3 2 2 76 20 51 5 0
Culpeper 16,846 45 0 8 13 24 573 34 516 23 0
Damascus 822 7 0 1 0 6 23 1 19 3 0
Danville 43,324 135 3 15 54 63 1,944 422 1,477 45 15
Dayton 1,552 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 7 0 0
Dublin 2,547 2 0 0 0 2 60 8 50 2 0
Dumfries 5,227 4 0 0 1 3 73 9 58 6 0
Edinburg 1,059 0 0 0 0 0 8 4 3 1 0
Elkton 2,767 0 0 0 0 0 43 7 31 5 0
Emporia 5,936 32 0 3 5 24 299 71 213 15 2
Exmore 1,474 6 0 0 3 3 76 18 52 6 0
Fairfax City 22,798 19 0 4 6 9 440 22 396 22 1
Falls Church 12,892 11 1 1 7 2 211 14 194 3 0
Farmville 8,297 11 0 3 2 6 376 34 332 10 1
Franklin 8,683 35 2 4 11 18 362 40 304 18 1
Fredericksburg 25,974 108 2 1 19 86 1,022 87 914 21 5
Front Royal 14,718 19 0 6 5 8 496 51 425 20 1
Galax 7,060 36 0 10 1 25 285 17 262 6 0
Gate City 2,066 4 0 2 0 2 46 14 31 1 0
Glen Lyn 115 0 0 0 0 0 7 3 3 1 0
Gordonsville 1,534 4 0 0 1 3 15 2 11 2 0
Gretna 1,268 0 0 0 0 0 20 1 16 3 0
Grottoes 2,708 2 0 0 0 2 34 2 30 2 0
Grundy 1,007 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 15 1 0
Halifax 1,317 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 9 0 0
Hampton 137,905 314 9 16 146 143 4,657 758 3,637 262 27
Harrisonburg 50,524 110 1 14 25 70 1,067 152 888 27 6
Haymarket 1,877 1 0 0 0 1 27 1 26 0 0
Haysi 495 0 0 0 0 0 16 7 8 1 1
Herndon 23,966 28 0 5 5 18 367 27 332 8 0
Hillsville 2,704 7 0 1 2 4 88 8 79 1 0
Honaker 1,457 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 3 0 0
Hopewell 22,829 91 2 3 32 54 878 209 615 54 5
Hurt 1,304 1 1 0 0 0 6 1 2 3 0
Independence 946 2 0 0 0 2 12 0 11 1 0
Jonesville 1,026 4 0 0 1 3 21 3 18 0 0
Kenbridge 1,267 1 0 0 0 1 4 0 4 0 0
Kilmarnock 1,491 2 1 0 0 1 37 7 30 0 0
La Crosse 609 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 0
Lawrenceville 1,439 1 0 0 0 1 30 7 22 1 0
Lebanon 3,465 10 0 1 2 7 147 5 140 2 0
Leesburg 44,889 72 1 11 18 42 974 46 907 21 7
Lexington 7,072 1 0 0 0 1 88 37 51 0 0
Louisa 1,583 2 0 0 1 1 54 9 44 1 1
Luray 4,932 5 0 1 3 1 140 25 114 1 0
Lynchburg 77,347 267 3 34 46 184 2,093 365 1,659 69 13
Manassas 39,733 135 2 8 51 74 900 111 741 48 7
Manassas Park 15,501 21 0 1 1 19 233 20 200 13 0
Marion 6,001 24 0 0 5 19 194 31 156 7 4
Martinsville 13,708 39 1 6 7 25 412 77 315 20 5
Middleburg 709 1 0 0 0 1 9 0 9 0 0
Middletown 1,302 1 0 0 0 1 26 4 22 0 0
Mount Jackson 2,031 1 0 0 0 1 22 7 14 1 0
Narrows 2,033 5 0 1 0 4 20 3 17 0 0
New Market 2,185 1 0 0 0 1 24 5 19 0 0
Newport News 181,591 754 20 50 271 413 5,722 1,029 4,431 262 71
Norfolk 245,303 1,332 34 75 491 732 11,391 2,261 8,403 727 58
Norton 4,099 4 0 0 0 4 215 10 202 3 0
Occoquan 986 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
Onancock 1,284 2 0 2 0 0 16 3 13 0 0
Onley 524 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 0
Orange 4,831 3 0 1 1 1 131 12 118 1 0
Parksley 854 2 0 1 1 0 13 1 11 1 0
Pearisburg 2,791 2 0 1 0 1 94 4 90 0 1
Pembroke 1,128 1 0 0 0 1 36 6 30 0 0
Pennington Gap 1,857 1 0 0 1 0 73 17 56 0 2
Petersburg 32,682 172 5 7 56 104 1,311 391 820 100 5
Pocahontas 389 3 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0
Poquoson 12,132 10 0 0 0 10 34 3 30 1 4
Portsmouth 96,739 461 11 41 182 227 4,821 1,218 3,392 211 14
Pound 1,051 1 0 0 0 1 16 5 10 1 0
Pulaski 9,116 35 0 3 7 25 347 56 281 10 2
Purcellville 8,132 4 0 1 0 3 59 3 54 2 0
Radford 16,595 78 1 9 9 59 457 102 336 19 2
Rich Creek 776 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
Richlands 5,839 9 0 0 4 5 265 49 212 4 3
Richmond 207,799 1,348 42 38 633 635 9,103 2,030 6,138 935 50
Roanoke 97,780 542 9 40 141 352 4,771 940 3,583 248 42
Rocky Mount 4,873 14 0 2 0 12 213 17 192 4 0
Rural Retreat 1,498 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 7 0 0
Salem 25,236 8 0 0 5 3 578 75 476 27 0
Saltville 2,089 2 0 0 0 2 66 18 46 2 0
Shenandoah 2,392 3 0 0 0 3 55 17 36 2 0
Smithfield 8,197 14 1 0 4 9 102 8 90 4 1
South Boston 8,191 29 0 1 8 20 432 91 327 14 1
South Hill 4,686 20 0 2 6 12 189 18 158 13 0
Stanley 1,702 1 0 1 0 0 30 5 24 1 0
Staunton 24,031 42 0 8 11 23 527 62 456 9 5
Stephens City 1,881 1 0 1 0 0 38 2 35 1 0
St. Paul 985 4 0 1 0 3 32 3 29 0 0
Strasburg 6,514 8 0 0 1 7 85 5 80 0 1
Tappahannock 2,411 11 0 3 2 6 146 25 120 1 0
Tazewell 4,640 7 0 1 0 6 144 56 86 2 1
Timberville 2,560 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 7 0 0
Victoria 1,739 7 0 0 1 6 16 4 11 1 2
Vienna 16,140 6 0 1 3 2 184 30 149 5 0
Vinton 8,220 36 0 1 2 33 240 23 212 5 0
Virginia Beach 447,588 758 21 58 326 353 11,717 1,573 9,662 482 123
Warrenton 9,842 22 0 3 4 15 190 16 172 2 0
Warsaw 1,524 0 0 0 0 0 17 2 14 1 0
Waverly 2,174 6 0 1 0 5 22 3 18 1 1
Waynesboro 21,546 70 0 11 9 50 744 88 617 39 1
Weber City 1,329 1 0 0 1 0 16 0 16 0 0
West Point 3,352 2 0 1 0 1 53 18 31 4 0
White Stone 352 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0
Williamsburg 14,603 20 0 2 8 10 259 26 222 11 0
Winchester 26,880 59 0 9 17 33 1,194 161 1,004 29 5
Windsor 2,662 3 0 0 0 3 61 17 44 0 0
Wise 3,332 9 0 0 1 8 79 8 67 4 0
Woodstock 5,189 9 0 3 1 5 179 19 153 7 1
Wytheville 8,293 15 0 0 5 10 160 7 147 6 0

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