What is the crime rate in Radford, VA?

In 2025, the Radford Police Department reported 44 violent crimes and 143 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 250 violent and 811 property crimes per 100,000 of the 17,622 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: 250
Property per 100,000: 811
Violent crimes: 44
Property crimes: 143

Crime reported by the Radford 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	35	205	203	1,189	17,071
2024	38	218	158	908	17,399
2025	44	250	143	811	17,622

Violent crimes reported went from 35 in 2023 to 44 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 203 in 2023 to 143 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.

Radford against Virginia and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Radford	250	811
Radford city	250	811
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 Radford, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Radford	—	250	811
Dublin	7.3 mi	113	906
Christiansburg	8.6 mi	160	2,203
Blacksburg	11 mi	75	561
Pulaski	12 mi	628	3,047
Pembroke	15 mi	0	1,325
Pearisburg	17 mi	0	1,512
Narrows	20 mi	0	345
Hillsville	27 mi	106	1,306

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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