Table 8
VIRGINIA
Offenses Known to Law Enforcement
by City, 2014
City | Population |
Violent crime |
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter |
Rape (revised definition)1 |
Rape (legacy definition)2 |
Robbery |
Aggravated assault |
Property crime |
Burglary |
Larceny- theft |
Motor vehicle theft |
Arson |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Abingdon | 8,209 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 150 | 17 | 128 | 5 | 0 | |
Alexandria | 151,065 | 276 | 4 | 22 | 142 | 108 | 2,960 | 259 | 2,438 | 263 | 11 | |
Altavista | 3,499 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 64 | 7 | 51 | 6 | 0 | |
Amherst | 2,216 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 1 | |
Appalachia | 1,720 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 65 | 22 | 39 | 4 | 3 | |
Ashland | 7,303 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 272 | 13 | 247 | 12 | 0 | |
Bedford | 5,882 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 353 | 25 | 317 | 11 | 3 | |
Berryville | 4,304 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 56 | 35 | 17 | 4 | 2 | |
Big Stone Gap | 5,533 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 194 | 25 | 165 | 4 | 0 | |
Blacksburg | 43,842 | 33 | 2 | 15 | 3 | 13 | 393 | 67 | 311 | 15 | 1 | |
Blackstone | 3,564 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 99 | 9 | 89 | 1 | 0 | |
Bowling Green | 1,144 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Boykins | 548 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | |
Bridgewater | 5,938 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 0 | |
Bristol | 17,225 | 54 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 40 | 482 | 50 | 413 | 19 | 1 | |
Broadway | 3,787 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | |
Brookneal | 1,123 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
Burkeville | 425 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | |
Cape Charles | 985 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 0 | |
Charlottesville | 44,574 | 191 | 5 | 16 | 39 | 131 | 1,356 | 173 | 1,100 | 83 | 1 | |
Chase City | 2,319 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 69 | 10 | 55 | 4 | 0 | |
Chatham | 1,495 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | |
Chesapeake | 232,489 | 991 | 10 | 63 | 179 | 739 | 6,391 | 1,008 | 5,094 | 289 | 19 | |
Chilhowie | 1,749 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | |
Chincoteague | 2,926 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 41 | 2 | 39 | 0 | 0 | |
Christiansburg | 21,663 | 21 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 458 | 42 | 407 | 9 | 1 | |
Clintwood | 1,355 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 0 | |
Coeburn | 2,108 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 71 | 13 | 56 | 2 | 0 | |
Colonial Beach | 3,574 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 74 | 10 | 58 | 6 | 0 | |
Colonial Heights | 17,706 | 36 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 867 | 80 | 773 | 14 | 10 | |
Covington | 5,786 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 111 | 14 | 94 | 3 | 2 | |
Crewe | 2,290 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 64 | 5 | 56 | 3 | 0 | |
Culpeper | 17,259 | 42 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 20 | 475 | 17 | 449 | 9 | 2 | |
Damascus | 815 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 0 | |
Danville | 42,936 | 193 | 3 | 25 | 58 | 107 | 1,761 | 388 | 1,314 | 59 | 11 | |
Dayton | 1,576 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
Dublin | 2,484 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 8 | 29 | 1 | 0 | |
Dumfries | 5,212 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 119 | 12 | 96 | 11 | 0 | |
Edinburg | 1,063 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
Elkton | 2,792 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 44 | 10 | 32 | 2 | 0 | |
Emporia | 5,511 | 29 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 274 | 30 | 239 | 5 | 2 | |
Exmore | 1,444 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 45 | 4 | 38 | 3 | 0 | |
Fairfax City | 24,345 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 416 | 29 | 366 | 21 | 1 | |
Falls Church | 13,794 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 220 | 16 | 196 | 8 | 2 | |
Farmville | 8,043 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 214 | 22 | 188 | 4 | 2 | |
Franklin | 8,651 | 28 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 394 | 72 | 313 | 9 | 1 | |
Fredericksburg | 29,158 | 131 | 0 | 13 | 24 | 94 | 1,199 | 77 | 1,085 | 37 | 8 | |
Front Royal | 15,009 | 23 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 420 | 19 | 383 | 18 | 1 | |
Gate City | 1,991 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 44 | 5 | 37 | 2 | 2 | |
Glade Spring | 1,464 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | |
Glen Lyn | 113 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
Gordonsville | 1,569 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | |
Gretna | 1,245 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
Grottoes | 2,742 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
Grundy | 1,006 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | |
Halifax | 1,254 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | |
Hampton | 136,590 | 347 | 9 | 35 | 110 | 193 | 4,399 | 591 | 3,580 | 228 | 22 | |
Harrisonburg | 52,026 | 103 | 0 | 21 | 11 | 71 | 1,150 | 228 | 894 | 28 | 3 | |
Haymarket | 2,003 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | |
Haysi | 476 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
Herndon | 24,714 | 48 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 29 | 312 | 28 | 273 | 11 | 0 | |
Hillsville | 2,709 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 63 | 10 | 51 | 2 | 1 | |
Honaker | 1,402 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Hopewell | 22,054 | 83 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 49 | 669 | 135 | 488 | 46 | 3 | |
Hurt | 1,281 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Independence | 928 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
Jonesville | 988 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 5 | 27 | 0 | 0 | |
Kilmarnock | 1,455 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 4 | 41 | 0 | 0 | |
Lawrenceville | 1,023 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
Lebanon | 3,373 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 145 | 10 | 135 | 0 | 1 | |
Leesburg | 48,913 | 58 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 32 | 726 | 54 | 656 | 16 | 2 | |
Lexington | 7,203 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 55 | 8 | 46 | 1 | 1 | |
Louisa | 1,605 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 55 | 5 | 46 | 4 | 1 | |
Luray | 4,851 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 109 | 9 | 99 | 1 | 0 | |
Lynchburg | 78,639 | 367 | 5 | 30 | 56 | 276 | 1,992 | 403 | 1,483 | 106 | 7 | |
Manassas | 42,641 | 140 | 1 | 19 | 44 | 76 | 727 | 97 | 599 | 31 | 6 | |
Manassas Park | 16,618 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 152 | 23 | 122 | 7 | 0 | |
Marion | 5,889 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 214 | 29 | 180 | 5 | 3 | |
Martinsville | 13,765 | 49 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 29 | 385 | 56 | 310 | 19 | 2 | |
Middleburg | 770 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 0 | |
Middletown | 1,326 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 5 | 30 | 0 | 0 | |
Mount Jackson | 2,021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 0 | |
Narrows | 1,983 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
New Market | 2,192 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 28 | 2 | 0 | |
Newport News | 182,374 | 783 | 25 | 72 | 232 | 454 | 5,533 | 918 | 4,290 | 325 | 64 | |
Norfolk | 247,078 | 1,280 | 31 | 122 | 392 | 735 | 9,679 | 1,312 | 7,864 | 503 | 25 | |
Norton | 4,030 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 198 | 8 | 188 | 2 | 2 | |
Occoquan | 1,008 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Onancock | 1,263 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 0 | |
Onley | 517 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
Orange | 4,887 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 93 | 15 | 75 | 3 | 1 | |
Pearisburg | 2,712 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 96 | 6 | 88 | 2 | 0 | |
Pembroke | 1,098 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 4 | 23 | 0 | 0 | |
Pennington Gap | 1,838 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 65 | 6 | 59 | 0 | 0 | |
Petersburg | 32,546 | 189 | 10 | 7 | 71 | 101 | 841 | 238 | 552 | 51 | 1 | |
Poquoson | 12,098 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 90 | 18 | 64 | 8 | 1 | |
Portsmouth | 96,435 | 581 | 9 | 48 | 173 | 351 | 4,838 | 1,225 | 3,298 | 315 | 4 | |
Pulaski | 8,918 | 25 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 241 | 38 | 195 | 8 | 1 | |
Purcellville | 8,821 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 4 | 35 | 1 | 0 | |
Quantico | 529 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
Radford | 17,383 | 103 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 74 | 373 | 74 | 291 | 8 | 9 | |
Rich Creek | 760 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 | |
Richlands | 5,634 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 149 | 30 | 115 | 4 | 1 | |
Richmond | 216,747 | 1,254 | 41 | 39 | 569 | 605 | 8,388 | 1,685 | 5,969 | 734 | 44 | |
Roanoke | 98,941 | 340 | 2 | 35 | 89 | 214 | 4,127 | 557 | 3,386 | 184 | 25 | |
Rocky Mount | 4,836 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 175 | 13 | 159 | 3 | 3 | |
Rural Retreat | 1,499 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
Salem | 25,415 | 29 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 500 | 32 | 447 | 21 | 3 | |
Saltville | 2,046 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 3 | 23 | 1 | 0 | |
Shenandoah | 2,350 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 51 | 8 | 41 | 2 | 0 | |
Smithfield | 8,251 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 139 | 11 | 119 | 9 | 2 | |
South Boston | 7,954 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 24 | 396 | 66 | 327 | 3 | 2 | |
South Hill | 4,573 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 155 | 24 | 125 | 6 | 0 | |
Stanley | 1,665 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 0 | |
Staunton | 24,499 | 31 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 586 | 68 | 504 | 14 | 6 | |
Stephens City | 1,916 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 45 | 10 | 34 | 1 | 0 | |
St. Paul | 952 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 7 | 23 | 0 | 0 | |
Strasburg | 6,537 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 81 | 11 | 69 | 1 | 1 | |
Suffolk | 85,987 | 231 | 2 | 33 | 55 | 141 | 2,233 | 346 | 1,802 | 85 | 9 | |
Tappahannock | 2,402 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 81 | 14 | 64 | 3 | 0 | |
Tazewell | 4,521 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 81 | 15 | 63 | 3 | 1 | |
Timberville | 2,586 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | |
Victoria | 1,687 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | |
Vienna | 16,527 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 162 | 14 | 144 | 4 | 0 | |
Vinton | 8,174 | 37 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 215 | 17 | 193 | 5 | 0 | |
Virginia Beach | 451,102 | 660 | 17 | 107 | 252 | 284 | 9,811 | 1,050 | 8,396 | 365 | 60 | |
Warrenton | 9,920 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 157 | 15 | 140 | 2 | 2 | |
Warsaw | 1,496 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
Waverly | 2,072 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 12 | 22 | 1 | 0 | |
Waynesboro | 21,321 | 33 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 16 | 655 | 84 | 545 | 26 | 1 | |
Weber City | 1,282 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0 | |
West Point | 3,345 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 0 | |
White Stone | 342 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Williamsburg | 15,494 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 180 | 7 | 168 | 5 | 0 | |
Winchester | 27,481 | 85 | 0 | 33 | 16 | 36 | 1,083 | 113 | 937 | 33 | 2 | |
Windsor | 2,624 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 4 | 32 | 0 | 1 | |
Wise | 3,218 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 74 | 4 | 69 | 1 | 0 | |
Woodstock | 5,210 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 145 | 7 | 137 | 1 | 1 | |
Wytheville | 8,240 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 217 | 9 | 195 | 13 | 4 |
- 1 The figures shown in this column for the offense of rape were reported using the revised Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) definition of rape. See Data Declaration for further explanation.
- 2 The figures shown in this column for the offense of rape were reported using the legacy UCR definition of rape. See Data Declaration for further explanation.
Data Declaration
Provides the methodology used in constructing this table and other pertinent information about this table.