What is the crime rate in Franklin, VA?

In 2025, the Franklin Police Department reported 58 violent crimes and 220 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 686 violent and 2,603 property crimes per 100,000 of the 8,452 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: 686
Property per 100,000: 2,603
Violent crimes: 58
Property crimes: 220

Crime reported by the Franklin 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	41	494	340	4,094	8,304
2024	39	461	216	2,550	8,469
2025	58	686	220	2,603	8,452

Violent crimes reported went from 41 in 2023 to 58 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 340 in 2023 to 220 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.

Franklin against Virginia and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Franklin	686	2,603
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 Franklin, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Franklin	—	686	2,603
Windsor	14 mi	169	709
Suffolk	17 mi	365	1,252
Murfreesboro	19 mi	136	2,351
Smithfield	27 mi	284	885
Ahoskie	28 mi	997	2,861

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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