Crime in Virginia (2024)
Virginia agencies reported 158,089 offenses to the FBI in 2024: 19,232 violent crimes, 138,257 property crimes and 600 arsons, across 390 reporting agencies.
Per 100,000 residents
Against a 2024 population of 8,819,642 (Census estimates). A floor: Virginia agencies that did not report contribute nothing.
Offenses by category
| Offense | Offenses | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Murder & nonnegligent manslaughter | 421 | 0.3% |
| Rape | 2,444 | 1.5% |
| Robbery | 2,919 | 1.8% |
| Aggravated assault | 13,448 | 8.5% |
| Burglary | 9,564 | 6.0% |
| Larceny-theft | 115,932 | 73.3% |
| Motor vehicle theft | 12,761 | 8.1% |
| Arson | 600 | 0.4% |
By county
Counties with sufficient reporting coverage (133 of Virginia's counties).
- Accomack County
- Albemarle County
- Alexandria city
- Alleghany County
- Amelia County
- Amherst County
- Appomattox County
- Arlington County
- Augusta County
- Bath County
- Bedford County
- Bland County
- Botetourt County
- Bristol city
- Brunswick County
- Buchanan County
- Buckingham County
- Buena Vista city
- Campbell County
- Caroline County
- Carroll County
- Charles City County
- Charlotte County
- Charlottesville city
- Chesapeake city
- Chesterfield County
- Clarke County
- Colonial Heights city
- Covington city
- Craig County
- Culpeper County
- Cumberland County
- Danville city
- Dickenson County
- Dinwiddie County
- Emporia city
- Essex County
- Fairfax city
- Fairfax County
- Falls Church city
- Fauquier County
- Floyd County
- Fluvanna County
- Franklin city
- Franklin County
- Frederick County
- Fredericksburg city
- Galax city
- Giles County
- Gloucester County
- Goochland County
- Grayson County
- Greene County
- Greensville County
- Halifax County
- Hampton city
- Hanover County
- Harrisonburg city
- Henrico County
- Henry County
- Highland County
- Hopewell city
- Isle of Wight County
- James City County
- King and Queen County
- King George County
- King William County
- Lancaster County
- Lee County
- Lexington city
- Loudoun County
- Louisa County
- Lunenburg County
- Lynchburg city
- Madison County
- Manassas city
- Manassas Park city
- Martinsville city
- Mathews County
- Mecklenburg County
- Middlesex County
- Montgomery County
- Nelson County
- New Kent County
- Newport News city
- Norfolk city
- Northampton County
- Northumberland County
- Norton city
- Nottoway County
- Orange County
- Page County
- Patrick County
- Petersburg city
- Pittsylvania County
- Poquoson city
- Portsmouth city
- Powhatan County
- Prince Edward County
- Prince George County
- Prince William County
- Pulaski County
- Radford city
- Rappahannock County
- Richmond city
- Richmond County
- Roanoke city
- Roanoke County
- Rockbridge County
- Rockingham County
- Russell County
- Salem city
- Scott County
- Shenandoah County
- Smyth County
- Southampton County
- Spotsylvania County
- Stafford County
- Staunton city
- Suffolk city
- Surry County
- Sussex County
- Tazewell County
- Virginia Beach city
- Warren County
- Washington County
- Waynesboro city
- Westmoreland County
- Williamsburg city
- Winchester city
- Wise County
- Wythe County
- York County
Largest reporting agencies
| Agency | Violent | Property | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairfax County Police Department | 1,079 | 16,386 | 17,473 |
| Norfolk Police Department | 1,082 | 8,694 | 9,785 |
| Prince William County Police Department | 1,234 | 7,134 | 8,389 |
| Richmond Police Department | 781 | 7,370 | 8,185 |
| Virginia Beach Police Department | 420 | 7,464 | 7,926 |
| Henrico County Police Department | 574 | 6,839 | 7,446 |
| Chesterfield County Police Department | 638 | 5,478 | 6,138 |
| Newport News Police Department | 1,351 | 4,435 | 5,825 |
| Arlington County Police Department | 736 | 4,979 | 5,719 |
| Chesapeake Police Department | 873 | 4,487 | 5,370 |
| Roanoke Police Department | 602 | 3,935 | 4,577 |
| Portsmouth Police Department | 731 | 3,751 | 4,484 |
| Alexandria Police Department | 340 | 4,096 | 4,440 |
| Hampton Police Department | 342 | 3,980 | 4,336 |
| Loudoun County Sheriff's Office | 297 | 2,327 | 2,655 |
How to read these numbers
Counts are offenses reported by law-enforcement agencies to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program for 2024(Return A master file, which incorporates the FBI's own NIBRS-to-SRS conversion for agencies that report incident-based data). Nothing here is estimated: an agency that did not report contributes nothing, so totals are floors, not universes.
County figures use headquarters-county assignment: an agency's offenses count in the county where it is headquartered. Sheriff and state-police activity can span county lines; a county's figure is best read as "offenses reported by agencies based here." Counties where reporting agencies cover less than half of the policed population get no page; between 50% and 80% the page carries a visible partial-coverage notice.
Rates per 100,000 residentsuse Census Population Estimates (PEP) for the same year as the crime data. They appear only where the population served by agencies headquartered in a county is within 10% of the population that lives there. Where a police force covers several counties — the NYPD polices five boroughs from its Manhattan headquarters — the two geographies disagree, and a rate would be wrong by several times over in both directions. Those counties show counts without a rate rather than a number that looks authoritative and isn't.
Because non-reporting agencies contribute nothing, every rate here is a floor: the true rate is at least this high. Rates are most comparable between places with similar reporting coverage, which each page states.
Violent crime = murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault. Property crime = burglary + larceny-theft + motor vehicle theft. Arson is tracked separately (from the FBI's de-duplicated SRS/NIBRS arson data) and is excluded from the property composite, following FBI practice. Aggravated assault excludes simple assault.
These figures will not match the FBI's published national estimates(which impute for non-reporting agencies) or the 12-month quarterly trend windows elsewhere on this site — different universes, both documented.