What is the crime rate in Danville, VA?

In 2025, the Danville Police Department reported 125 violent crimes and 1,126 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 298 violent and 2,684 property crimes per 100,000 of the 41,959 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: 298
Property per 100,000: 2,684
Violent crimes: 125
Property crimes: 1,126

Crime reported by the Danville 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	157	373	1,295	3,077	42,091
2024	153	365	1,198	2,858	41,915
2025	125	298	1,126	2,684	41,959

Violent crimes reported went from 157 in 2023 to 125 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 1,295 in 2023 to 1,126 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.

Danville against Virginia and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Danville	298	2,684
Danville city	298	2,684
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 Danville, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Danville	—	298	2,684
Chatham	16 mi	0	421
Eden	19 mi	448	2,131
Reidsville	22 mi	484	2,797
Gretna	25 mi	79	709
Martinsville	26 mi	537	1,468
Roxboro	27 mi	793	2,955
South Boston	29 mi	464	1,676
Stoneville	29 mi	150	974

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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