What is the crime rate in Winchester, VA?

In 2025, the Winchester Police Department reported 67 violent crimes and 612 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 241 violent and 2,200 property crimes per 100,000 of the 27,824 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: 241
Property per 100,000: 2,200
Violent crimes: 67
Property crimes: 612

Crime reported by the Winchester 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	80	287	707	2,532	27,923
2024	67	242	649	2,343	27,700
2025	67	241	612	2,200	27,824

Violent crimes reported went from 80 in 2023 to 67 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 707 in 2023 to 612 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.

Winchester against Virginia and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Winchester	241	2,200
Winchester city	241	2,200
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 Winchester, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Winchester	—	241	2,200
Stephens City	6.0 mi	91	729
Berryville	11 mi	0	349
Middletown	11 mi	0	341
Strasburg	15 mi	232	900
Charles Town	17 mi	94	521
Front Royal	17 mi	247	1,179
Martinsburg	22 mi	221	1,727
Purcellville	25 mi	22	346

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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