What is the crime rate in Tazewell, VA?

In 2025, the Tazewell Police Department reported 18 violent crimes and 65 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 423 violent and 1,527 property crimes per 100,000 of the 4,257 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: 423
Property per 100,000: 1,527
Violent crimes: 18
Property crimes: 65

Crime reported by the Tazewell 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	10	228	51	1,165	4,379
2024	8	187	39	911	4,282
2025	18	423	65	1,527	4,257

Violent crimes reported went from 10 in 2023 to 18 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 51 in 2023 to 65 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.

Tazewell against Virginia and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Tazewell	423	1,527
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 Tazewell, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Tazewell	—	423	1,527
Cedar Bluff	14 mi	0	798
Bluefield	15 mi	125	2,949
Richlands	17 mi	577	1,333
Bluefield	19 mi	365	763
Rural Retreat	20 mi	65	262
Marion	20 mi	377	1,707
Saltville	22 mi	57	1,078
Chilhowie	25 mi	250	1,689

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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