What is the crime rate in Williamsburg, VA?

In 2025, the Williamsburg Police Department reported 27 violent crimes and 182 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 167 violent and 1,122 property crimes per 100,000 of the 16,216 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: 167
Property per 100,000: 1,122
Violent crimes: 27
Property crimes: 182

Crime reported by the Williamsburg 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	40	248	221	1,369	16,147
2024	31	193	198	1,230	16,098
2025	27	167	182	1,122	16,216

Violent crimes reported went from 40 in 2023 to 27 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 221 in 2023 to 182 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.

Williamsburg against Virginia and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Williamsburg	167	1,122
Williamsburg city	167	1,122
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 Williamsburg, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Williamsburg	—	167	1,122
Newport News	17 mi	794	2,282
West Point	20 mi	169	225
Smithfield	21 mi	284	885
Poquoson	24 mi	270	909
Hampton	27 mi	277	2,878
Windsor	32 mi	169	709
Hopewell	33 mi	395	1,412

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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