What is the crime rate in South Boston, VA?

In 2025, the South Boston Police Department reported 36 violent crimes and 130 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 464 violent and 1,676 property crimes per 100,000 of the 7,758 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: 464
Property per 100,000: 1,676
Violent crimes: 36
Property crimes: 130

Crime reported by the South Boston 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	33	422	197	2,519	7,822
2024	37	477	196	2,527	7,757
2025	36	464	130	1,676	7,758

Violent crimes reported went from 33 in 2023 to 36 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 197 in 2023 to 130 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.

South Boston against Virginia and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
South Boston	464	1,676
Halifax County	195	751
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 South Boston, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
South Boston	—	464	1,676
Halifax	3.5 mi	92	829
Clarksville	20 mi	229	458
Roxboro	22 mi	793	2,955
Brookneal	23 mi	93	746
Chase City	26 mi	340	1,846
Chatham	28 mi	0	421
Danville	29 mi	298	2,684
Gretna	30 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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