What is the crime rate in Blacksburg, VA?

In 2025, the Blacksburg Police Department reported 34 violent crimes and 256 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 75 violent and 561 property crimes per 100,000 of the 45,631 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: 75
Property per 100,000: 561
Violent crimes: 34
Property crimes: 256

Crime reported by the Blacksburg 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	43	93	312	677	46,052
2024	37	81	328	717	45,734
2025	34	75	256	561	45,631

Violent crimes reported went from 43 in 2023 to 34 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 312 in 2023 to 256 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.

Blacksburg against Virginia and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Blacksburg	75	561
Montgomery County	128	938
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 Blacksburg, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Blacksburg	—	75	561
Christiansburg	6.4 mi	160	2,203
Radford	11 mi	250	811
Pembroke	13 mi	0	1,325
Dublin	17 mi	113	906
Pearisburg	18 mi	0	1,512
Salem	21 mi	153	1,187
Narrows	22 mi	0	345
Pulaski	22 mi	628	3,047

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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