What is the crime rate in Chilhowie, VA?

In 2025, the Chilhowie Police Department reported 4 violent crimes and 27 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 250 violent and 1,689 property crimes per 100,000 of the 1,599 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: 250
Property per 100,000: 1,689
Violent crimes: 4
Property crimes: 27

Crime reported by the Chilhowie 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	3	185	33	2,035	1,622
2024	2	124	36	2,239	1,608
2025	4	250	27	1,689	1,599

Violent crimes reported went from 3 in 2023 to 4 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 33 in 2023 to 27 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.

Chilhowie against Virginia and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Chilhowie	250	1,689
Smyth County	181	787
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 Chilhowie, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Chilhowie	—	250	1,689
Glade Spring	5.0 mi	219	877
Saltville	6.9 mi	57	1,078
Marion	9.6 mi	377	1,707
Abingdon	17 mi	145	1,337
Cedar Bluff	20 mi	0	798
Richlands	21 mi	577	1,333
Lebanon	23 mi	130	2,079
Rural Retreat	24 mi	65	262

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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