What is the crime rate in Richlands, VA?

In 2025, the Richlands Police Department reported 29 violent crimes and 67 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 577 violent and 1,333 property crimes per 100,000 of the 5,025 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: 577
Property per 100,000: 1,333
Violent crimes: 29
Property crimes: 67

Crime reported by the Richlands 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	30	583	79	1,534	5,149
2024	19	377	64	1,271	5,037
2025	29	577	67	1,333	5,025

Violent crimes reported went from 30 in 2023 to 29 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 79 in 2023 to 67 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.

Richlands against Virginia and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Richlands	577	1,333
Tazewell County	218	1,303
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 Richlands, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Richlands	—	577	1,333
Cedar Bluff	2.6 mi	0	798
Saltville	15 mi	57	1,078
Tazewell	17 mi	423	1,527
Lebanon	20 mi	130	2,079
Glade Spring	21 mi	219	877
Chilhowie	21 mi	250	1,689
Marion	24 mi	377	1,707
Abingdon	28 mi	145	1,337

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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