What is the crime rate in Emporia, VA?

In 2025, the Emporia Police Department reported 49 violent crimes and 159 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 917 violent and 2,975 property crimes per 100,000 of the 5,345 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: 917
Property per 100,000: 2,975
Violent crimes: 49
Property crimes: 159

Crime reported by the Emporia 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	37	688	173	3,219	5,375
2024	58	1,069	158	2,912	5,426
2025	49	917	159	2,975	5,345

Violent crimes reported went from 37 in 2023 to 49 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 173 in 2023 to 159 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.

Emporia against Virginia and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Emporia	917	2,975
Emporia city	917	2,975
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 Emporia, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Emporia	—	917	2,975
Roanoke Rapids	18 mi	832	3,883
Weldon	19 mi	516	1,991
Murfreesboro	30 mi	136	2,351

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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