Table 8

VIRGINIA
Offenses Known to Law Enforcement
by State by City, 2005

City	Population	Violent crime	Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter	Forcible rape	Robbery	Aggravated assault	Property crime	Burglary	Larceny-theft	Motor vehicle theft	Arson¹
Abingdon	8,053	17	1	4	3	9	376	35	318	23	0
Alexandria	130,056	462	3	22	199	238	3,331	294	2,570	467	11
Altavista	3,415	7	0	0	3	4	133	15	108	10	0
Amherst	2,253	4	0	0	0	4	31	7	23	1	0
Appalachia	1,800	0	0	0	0	0	36	0	34	2	0
Ashland	7,043	28	0	6	14	8	290	31	242	17	1
Bedford	6,319	21	1	1	8	11	165	16	146	3	0
Berryville	3,155	10	0	1	2	7	94	20	73	1	1
Big Stone Gap	5,917	12	2	1	1	8	178	27	147	4	0
Blacksburg	39,778	55	0	8	13	34	562	105	435	22	4
Blackstone	3,644	25	0	2	4	19	156	26	120	10	2
Bluefield	5,103	5	0	0	1	4	202	26	173	3	1
Boykins	612	2	0	0	0	2	10	1	9	0	0
Bridgewater	5,377	1	0	0	0	1	42	11	29	2	1
Bristol	17,558	89	2	8	16	63	789	108	640	41	4
Broadway	2,464	2	0	0	0	2	10	3	7	0	0
Brookneal	1,262	5	0	0	1	4	11	4	7	0	1
Cedar Bluff	1,092	3	0	0	0	3	15	5	8	2	0
Charlottesville	37,133	307	2	35	72	198	1,875	264	1,442	169	11
Chase City	2,428	5	1	0	0	4	81	6	75	0	1
Chesapeake	217,823	1,117	14	51	298	754	7,870	1,426	5,905	539	26
Chilhowie	1,810	5	0	0	0	5	34	8	24	2	0
Chincoteague	4,480	8	0	0	2	6	74	14	55	5	1
Christiansburg	17,747	28	0	5	5	18	638	76	518	44	3
Clarksville	1,314	2	0	0	1	1	17	1	16	0	1
Clifton Forge	4,726	8	0	0	0	8	91	28	61	2	1
Clinchco	418	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Clintwood	1,533	2	0	0	0	2	39	10	29	0	1
Coeburn	2,014	5	1	1	1	2	25	8	13	4	1
Colonial Beach	3,349	3	0	0	0	3	64	6	50	8	0
Colonial Heights	17,764	37	1	3	11	22	797	69	685	43	16
Courtland	1,261	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Covington	6,346	13	0	2	1	10	173	28	140	5	3
Crewe	2,348	5	0	1	1	3	49	0	47	2	1
Culpeper	11,230	42	0	7	13	22	493	43	436	14	2
Danville	47,040	248	8	12	88	140	2,178	322	1,745	111	13
Dayton	1,364	1	0	1	0	0	13	0	10	3	0
Dublin	2,259	1	0	0	1	0	89	5	82	2	1
Dumfries	4,918	14	0	0	7	7	131	26	79	26	0
Elkton	2,067	3	0	0	1	2	19	10	6	3	0
Emporia	5,756	53	0	7	17	29	441	52	374	15	2
Exmore	1,425	3	0	0	2	1	21	11	10	0	0
Falls Church	10,937	23	0	2	12	9	319	34	243	42	9
Farmville	7,112	3	1	0	1	1	104	22	78	4	0
Franklin	8,593	52	0	2	27	23	300	42	239	19	0
Fredericksburg	20,753	109	0	14	41	54	974	77	835	62	6
Front Royal	14,415	29	0	5	7	17	451	46	357	48	3
Galax	6,753	41	0	8	4	29	299	33	252	14	1
Gate City	2,110	6	0	0	0	6	60	8	47	5	0
Gordonsville	1,600	1	0	0	0	1	51	2	45	4	0
Grottoes	2,197	0	0	0	0	0	16	2	13	1	0
Grundy	1,037	0	0	0	0	0	18	1	16	1	0
Hampton	148,057	595	11	47	276	261	5,388	887	3,941	560	50
Harrisonburg	41,659	98	2	14	35	47	1,164	205	883	76	5
Herndon	21,979	46	0	6	10	30	394	39	328	27	3
Hillsville	2,782	14	0	3	0	11	86	11	67	8	0
Honaker	935	1	0	0	0	1	22	7	13	2	3
Hopewell	22,692	174	0	11	56	107	1,168	265	765	138	16
Hurt	1,266	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0
Independence	943	1	0	0	0	1	11	2	8	1	0
Jonesville	1,004	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	5	0	0
Kenbridge	1,331	4	0	1	1	2	15	8	5	2	0
La Crosse	615	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	6	1	0
Lawrenceville	1,252	7	0	0	1	6	23	6	16	1	0
Lebanon	3,274	10	0	1	2	7	147	16	128	3	0
Leesburg	35,331	84	0	8	22	54	720	40	631	49	1
Lexington	7,010	7	0	0	5	2	102	14	82	6	1
Louisa	1,498	1	0	0	0	1	35	6	28	1	0
Luray	4,948	6	1	2	0	3	140	13	121	6	1
Lynchburg	65,869	257	6	23	73	155	2,390	412	1,805	173	15
Manassas	38,158	188	0	21	64	103	1,196	137	937	122	12
Marion	6,257	30	2	2	0	26	278	25	240	13	2
Martinsville	15,256	55	0	3	21	31	509	74	410	25	8
Middleburg	854	0	0	0	0	0	34	5	28	1	0
Mount Jackson	1,757	2	0	0	0	2	27	4	22	1	0
Narrows	2,176	1	0	0	0	1	28	7	19	2	0
New Market	1,824	1	0	0	0	1	12	3	8	1	0
Newport News	184,538	1,439	20	103	542	774	8,216	1,470	5,887	859	75
Norfolk	241,267	1,841	59	92	886	804	13,061	1,769	10,153	1,139	43
Norton	3,807	11	0	2	0	9	233	20	204	9	0
Onancock	1,515	2	0	0	1	1	65	6	55	4	0
Onley	505	2	0	0	1	1	35	0	33	2	0
Orange	4,389	11	1	2	1	7	159	12	143	4	1
Pearisburg	2,809	3	0	0	1	2	74	7	63	4	0
Petersburg	33,230	364	9	25	149	181	2,625	803	1,534	288	25
Pocahontas	439	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0
Poquoson	11,869	4	0	0	0	4	166	21	136	9	1
Portsmouth	100,724	901	22	41	366	472	5,164	1,049	3,708	407	15
Pound	1,100	5	0	0	1	4	42	7	32	3	1
Pulaski	9,301	35	0	3	9	23	448	103	325	20	3
Purcellville	4,544	7	0	4	1	2	142	10	128	4	0
Quantico	621	1	0	1	0	0	17	6	11	0	0
Radford	14,983	50	0	10	8	32	517	129	357	31	9
Richlands	4,179	8	0	1	4	3	210	40	166	4	2
Richmond	195,271	2,385	84	80	1,196	1,025	12,898	2,529	8,168	2,201	83
Roanoke	93,685	895	16	55	228	596	6,369	1,011	4,912	446	37
Rocky Mount	4,621	13	0	2	1	10	145	6	135	4	0
Rural Retreat	1,360	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Salem	24,698	31	0	5	13	13	636	78	521	37	1
Saltville	2,304	4	0	3	0	1	59	24	34	1	2
Shenandoah	1,904	0	0	0	0	0	43	13	29	1	0
South Boston	8,269	34	0	1	9	24	391	63	313	15	3
South Hill	4,648	33	1	0	6	26	204	27	165	12	1
Stanley	1,354	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	10	0	1
Stephens City	1,240	2	0	1	0	1	42	6	35	1	0
St. Paul	981	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
Strasburg	4,248	6	0	0	0	6	123	9	112	2	1
Suffolk	77,691	466	9	34	119	304	2,743	434	2,192	117	43
Tappahannock	2,175	20	2	1	5	12	217	29	181	7	3
Tazewell	4,219	9	0	2	1	6	134	24	103	7	0
Timberville	1,728	3	0	0	0	3	11	2	8	1	0
Victoria	1,802	1	0	1	0	0	24	3	17	4	0
Vinton	7,854	11	0	2	3	6	291	35	237	19	1
Virginia Beach	446,448	1,140	20	96	622	402	13,342	2,213	10,376	753	116
Warrenton	8,415	25	0	2	6	17	186	21	162	3	1
Warsaw	1,387	0	0	0	0	0	12	0	12	0	0
Waverly	2,231	8	0	1	0	7	36	8	26	2	0
Waynesboro	21,054	97	2	9	16	70	722	116	566	40	10
Weber City	1,307	1	0	0	0	1	35	7	28	0	0
West Point	3,029	3	0	0	1	2	49	5	41	3	1
Williamsburg	11,630	23	1	3	13	6	307	26	259	22	0
Winchester	25,137	118	1	6	34	77	1,373	135	1,177	61	8
Wise	3,280	2	0	1	0	1	128	11	109	8	1
Woodstock	4,213	0	0	0	0	0	21	1	20	0	0
Wytheville	8,031	12	0	3	4	5	311	35	263	13	2

¹ The FBI does not publish arson data unless it receives data from either the agency or the state for all 12 months of the calendar year.

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