What is the crime rate in Lynchburg, VA?

In 2025, the Lynchburg Police Department reported 292 violent crimes and 1,349 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 361 violent and 1,669 property crimes per 100,000 of the 80,846 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: 361
Property per 100,000: 1,669
Violent crimes: 292
Property crimes: 1,349

Crime reported by the Lynchburg 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	271	341	1,616	2,032	79,509
2024	290	361	1,412	1,758	80,339
2025	292	361	1,349	1,669	80,846

Violent crimes reported went from 271 in 2023 to 292 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 1,616 in 2023 to 1,349 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.

Lynchburg against Virginia and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Lynchburg	361	1,669
Lynchburg city	361	1,669
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 Lynchburg, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Lynchburg	—	361	1,669
Amherst	15 mi	47	844
Bedford	18 mi	216	1,384
Altavista	20 mi	211	3,161
Hurt	22 mi	0	324
Buena Vista	25 mi	106	607
Brookneal	28 mi	93	746
Lexington	30 mi	63	440
Gretna	32 mi	79	709

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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