What is the crime rate in Galax, VA?

In 2025, the Galax Police Department reported 18 violent crimes and 205 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 266 violent and 3,031 property crimes per 100,000 of the 6,763 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: 266
Property per 100,000: 3,031
Violent crimes: 18
Property crimes: 205

Crime reported by the Galax 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	23	341	269	3,989	6,744
2024	20	295	300	4,431	6,770
2025	18	266	205	3,031	6,763

Violent crimes reported went from 23 in 2023 to 18 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 269 in 2023 to 205 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.

Galax against Virginia and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Galax	266	3,031
Galax city	266	3,031
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 Galax, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Galax	—	266	3,031
Hillsville	12 mi	106	1,306
Sparta	16 mi	942	2,880
Mount Airy	20 mi	199	2,083
Dobson	22 mi	204	953
Wytheville	22 mi	123	2,521
Rural Retreat	26 mi	65	262
Pulaski	28 mi	628	3,047
Elkin	28 mi	318	3,449

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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