What is the crime rate in Charlottesville, VA?

In 2025, the Charlottesville Police Department reported 124 violent crimes and 1,250 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 279 violent and 2,810 property crimes per 100,000 of the 44,478 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: 279
Property per 100,000: 2,810
Violent crimes: 124
Property crimes: 1,250

Crime reported by the Charlottesville 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	146	325	1,600	3,566	44,874
2024	162	361	1,441	3,213	44,844
2025	124	279	1,250	2,810	44,478

Violent crimes reported went from 146 in 2023 to 124 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 1,600 in 2023 to 1,250 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.

Charlottesville against Virginia and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Charlottesville	279	2,810
Charlottesville city	279	2,810
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 Charlottesville, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Charlottesville	—	279	2,810
Gordonsville	18 mi	196	1,304
Waynesboro	23 mi	260	1,545
Grottoes	24 mi	195	456
Orange	25 mi	227	1,512
Louisa	26 mi	310	532

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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