What is the crime rate in Abingdon, VA?

In 2025, the Abingdon Police Department reported 12 violent crimes and 111 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 145 violent and 1,337 property crimes per 100,000 of the 8,303 residents it serves.

Across Virginia the rates were 211 and 1,395.

Nationally they were 330 and 1,552.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 145
Property per 100,000: 1,337
Violent crimes: 12
Property crimes: 111

Crime reported by the Abingdon Police Department, 2023 to 2025

Offenses known to law enforcement, reported to the FBI; rates per 100,000 residents of the area the department serves
Year	Violent crimes	Violent per 100,000	Property crimes	Property per 100,000	Residents served
2023	20	240	146	1,755	8,320
2024	12	144	131	1,576	8,310
2025	12	145	111	1,337	8,303

Violent crimes reported went from 20 in 2023 to 12 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 146 in 2023 to 111 in 2025.

In a small town a handful of incidents moves these numbers a long way, so one year’s change says little on its own.

Abingdon against Virginia and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Abingdon	145	1,337
Washington County	105	1,105
Virginia	211	1,395
United States	330	1,552

These are rates per resident; they are not adjusted for visitors, commuters or the size of the area, which raise or lower a town’s figures without changing anybody’s risk.

Crime reported in places near Abingdon, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Abingdon	—	145	1,337
Bristol	12 mi	496	2,686
Glade Spring	12 mi	219	877
Lebanon	15 mi	130	2,079
Saltville	16 mi	57	1,078
Bristol	17 mi	357	1,919
Chilhowie	17 mi	250	1,689
Mountain City	19 mi	280	1,398
Bluff City	24 mi	488	1,411

Neighboring departments count the same offenses the same way, but their areas, populations and visitors differ, so a difference between two towns is a starting point for a question, not an answer.

How to read these numbers

These are offenses known to the police and reported to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program: crimes nobody reported, or that a department did not record, are not in them.

Violent crime is murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft and arson.

A department reports the crimes in the area it polices, which can differ from the town’s boundaries, and the FBI estimates the population it serves.

The FBI asks that these figures not be used to rank places or to judge how safe a neighborhood is: crime depends on many local factors, and the counts describe a whole town, not any street or home.

A year is shown only when the department reported all twelve months.

FBI: Uniform Crime Reporting statistics and their proper use

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