What is the crime rate in Petersburg, VA?

In 2025, the Petersburg Police Department reported 311 violent crimes and 1,008 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 906 violent and 2,937 property crimes per 100,000 of the 34,318 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: 906
Property per 100,000: 2,937
Violent crimes: 311
Property crimes: 1,008

Crime reported by the Petersburg 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	234	700	1,140	3,411	33,424
2024	359	1,070	994	2,964	33,538
2025	311	906	1,008	2,937	34,318

Violent crimes reported went from 234 in 2023 to 311 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 1,140 in 2023 to 1,008 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.

Petersburg against Virginia and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Petersburg	906	2,937
Petersburg city	906	2,937
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 Petersburg, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Petersburg	—	906	2,937
Colonial Heights	3.9 mi	419	3,602
Hopewell	7.9 mi	395	1,412
Richmond	23 mi	442	3,350

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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