Table 8

VIRGINIA
Offenses Known to Law Enforcement
by State by City, 2008

City	Population	Violent crime	Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter	Forcible rape	Robbery	Aggravated assault	Property crime	Burglary	Larceny- theft	Motor vehicle theft	Arson¹
Abingdon	7,991	15	0	5	3	7	346	35	304	7	1
Alexandria	140,891	324	3	30	149	142	3,389	294	2,713	382	6
Altavista	3,371	16	0	0	4	12	114	18	83	13	1
Amherst	2,203	0	0	0	0	0	28	1	25	2	0
Appalachia	1,735	8	1	1	0	6	50	9	39	2	0
Ashland	7,125	24	0	3	8	13	255	25	210	20	1
Bedford	6,260	13	1	2	0	10	226	28	191	7	0
Berryville	3,177	6	0	0	3	3	89	12	73	4	0
Big Stone Gap	5,661	5	0	3	0	2	124	16	106	2	2
Blacksburg	41,509	55	0	8	11	36	656	127	503	26	8
Blackstone	3,511	7	0	1	3	3	135	41	88	6	0
Bluefield	5,163	13	0	1	1	11	159	15	138	6	0
Bowling Green	1,029	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0
Boykins	602	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	0	0
Bridgewater	5,404	0	0	0	0	0	26	0	21	5	0
Bristol	17,563	72	0	14	15	43	709	129	541	39	4
Broadway	3,031	0	0	0	0	0	8	3	5	0	0
Brookneal	1,250	2	0	0	0	2	21	9	9	3	0
Buena Vista	6,475	4	0	1	0	3	52	0	51	1	0
Burkeville	467	0	0	0	0	0	11	1	10	0	0
Cape Charles	1,518	0	0	0	0	0	9	1	8	0	0
Cedar Bluff	1,042	0	0	0	0	0	23	4	18	1	0
Charlottesville	41,216	219	5	23	79	112	1,950	186	1,616	148	13
Chase City	2,310	6	0	0	2	4	74	14	58	2	1
Chatham	1,259	1	0	0	1	0	8	0	8	0	0
Chesapeake	220,812	969	12	65	363	529	6,868	1,216	5,225	427	38
Chilhowie	1,746	2	1	0	0	1	32	4	28	0	0
Chincoteague	4,306	3	0	0	0	3	79	22	54	3	0
Christiansburg	19,466	50	2	14	9	25	789	126	632	31	3
Clarksville	1,252	3	1	0	1	1	34	1	33	0	1
Clifton Forge	3,946	6	0	1	0	5	63	18	44	1	1
Clinchco	404	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Clintwood	1,498	2	0	0	0	2	47	10	37	0	1
Coeburn	1,982	2	0	0	0	2	56	12	44	0	1
Colonial Beach	3,784	13	0	2	1	10	126	27	96	3	0
Colonial Heights	17,843	45	0	2	19	24	795	69	692	34	9
Courtland	1,246	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Covington	6,130	13	1	2	0	10	171	36	129	6	4
Crewe	2,255	9	0	0	6	3	80	19	58	3	1
Culpeper	14,072	59	0	3	20	36	481	43	416	22	11
Damascus	1,084	0	0	0	0	0	34	3	30	1	0
Danville	44,383	262	11	7	110	134	2,704	510	2,097	97	12
Dayton	1,354	0	0	0	0	0	11	1	9	1	0
Dublin	2,199	1	0	1	0	0	61	6	54	1	1
Dumfries	4,805	10	0	1	4	5	168	36	110	22	2
Edinburg	874	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	5	0	0
Elkton	2,619	2	0	0	1	1	28	4	23	1	0
Emporia	5,593	43	1	3	12	27	341	68	266	7	4
Exmore	1,346	2	0	0	2	0	51	7	42	2	0
Fairfax City	23,486	32	1	4	19	8	643	47	573	23	9
Falls Church	10,979	17	0	0	12	5	375	31	323	21	0
Farmville	7,216	17	2	1	8	6	148	21	122	5	0
Franklin	8,955	45	0	2	11	32	500	114	360	26	1
Fredericksburg	22,740	139	2	15	44	78	1,116	95	961	60	1
Fries	552	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Front Royal	14,688	35	0	8	11	16	718	73	614	31	0
Galax	6,796	32	0	12	2	18	265	30	222	13	0
Gate City	2,040	3	0	1	1	1	56	10	44	2	1
Glade Spring	1,543	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	3	0	0
Glasgow	1,009	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	3	1	0
Glen Lyn	164	0	0	0	0	0	11	2	7	2	0
Gordonsville	1,700	3	0	0	0	3	29	4	24	1	0
Gretna	1,187	0	0	0	0	0	17	7	10	0	0
Grottoes	2,182	6	0	1	2	3	16	1	15	0	1
Grundy	961	0	0	0	0	0	6	2	4	0	0
Halifax	1,259	1	0	0	0	1	21	0	19	2	0
Hampton	145,897	472	8	42	211	211	5,127	761	3,963	403	15
Harrisonburg	44,346	142	1	12	25	104	1,224	246	903	75	6
Haymarket	1,265	2	0	0	0	2	9	0	9	0	1
Haysi	177	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Herndon	21,900	43	0	2	11	30	450	39	393	18	1
Hillsville	2,644	4	0	1	2	1	52	7	44	1	0
Honaker	1,444	0	0	0	0	0	13	5	7	1	0
Hopewell	23,035	278	3	12	76	187	998	293	596	109	6
Hurt	1,208	1	0	0	1	0	12	4	8	0	0
Independence	895	1	0	0	0	1	9	1	7	1	0
Jonesville	966	3	0	0	0	3	26	5	21	0	0
Kenbridge	1,290	7	3	0	0	4	14	3	11	0	0
Kilmarnock	1,188	0	0	0	0	0	27	3	23	1	0
La Crosse	587	2	0	0	0	2	14	0	14	0	0
Lawrenceville	1,353	6	0	0	0	6	31	11	20	0	0
Lebanon	3,163	6	0	2	2	2	114	7	104	3	0
Leesburg	39,899	59	1	7	22	29	802	62	715	25	2
Lexington	7,026	3	0	0	1	2	70	5	64	1	0
Louisa	1,568	4	0	0	1	3	38	9	25	4	0
Luray	4,856	7	0	2	0	5	134	15	113	6	0
Lynchburg	71,805	347	4	30	101	212	2,739	425	2,160	154	16
Manassas	35,290	148	4	20	49	75	1,079	180	810	89	5
Manassas Park	11,528	23	0	6	4	13	191	17	153	21	3
Marion	6,013	35	1	1	3	30	190	35	149	6	3
Martinsville	14,430	59	1	2	25	31	546	102	420	24	4
Middleburg	959	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	9	1	0
Middletown	1,148	2	0	1	0	1	43	5	36	2	0
Mount Jackson	1,791	3	0	0	1	2	35	5	30	0	0
Narrows	2,155	1	0	1	0	0	22	7	13	2	0
New Market	1,859	1	0	0	0	1	18	4	14	0	0
Newport News	178,308	1,235	16	73	509	637	7,348	1,460	5,388	500	89
Norfolk	235,067	1,951	28	86	1,050	787	12,195	1,868	9,212	1,115	57
Norton	3,691	11	0	1	1	9	282	27	252	3	1
Occoquan	830	2	0	0	0	2	10	0	9	1	0
Onancock	1,392	2	0	0	0	2	23	10	11	2	0
Onley	475	1	0	0	1	0	21	3	18	0	0
Orange	4,639	8	0	2	0	6	110	29	79	2	0
Parksley	797	0	0	0	0	0	44	6	35	3	0
Pearisburg	2,770	3	0	1	0	2	58	5	52	1	0
Pembroke	1,167	0	0	0	0	0	15	2	12	1	0
Pennington Gap	1,726	0	0	0	0	0	38	16	22	0	0
Petersburg	32,677	615	5	30	256	324	2,479	871	1,296	312	10
Pocahontas	419	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
Poquoson	11,850	15	0	4	0	11	207	33	165	9	5
Portsmouth	101,782	719	15	59	348	297	5,650	1,123	4,182	345	8
Pound	1,073	3	0	0	0	3	25	4	21	0	0
Pulaski	8,997	30	0	4	5	21	401	87	295	19	4
Purcellville	5,175	7	0	1	1	5	86	7	74	5	2
Quantico	613	0	0	0	0	0	7	2	5	0	0
Radford	16,109	79	1	4	8	66	537	166	356	15	5
Remington	678	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	5	0	0
Rich Creek	683	2	0	1	0	1	13	5	8	0	0
Richlands	3,997	15	0	3	5	7	221	36	180	5	1
Richmond	199,674	1,588	31	53	779	725	8,148	1,787	5,331	1,030	51
Roanoke	91,983	745	11	48	213	473	5,090	983	3,811	296	39
Rocky Mount	4,546	15	0	2	3	10	145	16	123	6	0
Salem	25,193	36	2	1	7	26	761	121	605	35	2
Saltville	2,220	10	0	1	0	9	40	7	32	1	0
Shenandoah	1,862	0	0	0	0	0	33	8	22	3	0
Smithfield	7,071	14	0	0	10	4	288	34	237	17	1
South Boston	7,856	31	2	5	16	8	417	77	324	16	3
South Hill	4,556	38	1	2	13	22	217	24	185	8	1
Stanley	1,328	1	0	0	0	1	32	3	27	2	0
Staunton	23,746	58	2	5	13	38	607	59	523	25	5
Stephens City	1,479	2	0	0	2	0	42	8	30	4	0
St. Paul	966	0	0	0	0	0	28	2	26	0	0
Strasburg	4,334	18	0	3	0	15	132	20	107	5	0
Suffolk	83,470	310	5	29	90	186	2,147	386	1,617	144	31
Tappahannock	2,177	6	0	1	3	2	137	10	126	1	2
Tazewell	4,268	12	0	2	1	9	79	11	65	3	0
Timberville	1,714	0	0	0	0	0	12	3	9	0	0
Victoria	1,747	3	0	2	0	1	21	6	13	2	0
Vienna	14,889	7	0	1	0	6	246	32	209	5	2
Vinton	7,876	21	0	5	5	11	298	37	254	7	1
Virginia Beach	434,163	1,043	14	73	537	419	12,609	1,921	10,046	642	135
Warrenton	9,190	25	0	2	5	18	269	16	238	15	2
Warsaw	1,360	4	0	0	0	4	11	0	11	0	0
Waverly	2,160	16	0	0	4	12	22	6	11	5	0
Waynesboro	21,846	93	1	4	21	67	635	107	494	34	5
Weber City	1,310	1	0	0	0	1	32	5	27	0	0
West Point	3,145	3	0	0	1	2	41	9	29	3	0
White Stone	340	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	5	0	0
Williamsburg	12,445	22	0	3	9	10	250	13	224	13	1
Winchester	25,904	86	1	8	36	41	1,316	202	1,060	54	6
Wise	3,232	4	0	2	0	2	104	10	92	2	1
Woodstock	4,297	8	0	0	1	7	59	1	55	3	0
Wytheville	8,148	3	1	0	2	0	314	20	283	11	2

¹ The FBI does not publish arson data unless it receives data from either the agency or the state for all 12 months of the calendar year.

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