Washington, VA has a lower-than-average rate of violent crime compared to the rest of the United States. The violent crime rate in Washington, VA is 10.5, which is less than half of the US average of 22.7. However, the property crime rate in Washington, VA is slightly higher than the national average at 25.7 compared to 35.4 nationwide. While Washington, VA's low rate of violent crime is encouraging, it may be beneficial for local law enforcement to focus on reducing property crimes in order to bring those rates more in line with the national average.
Crime is ranked on a scale of 1 (low crime) to 100 (high crime)
Washington violent crime is 10.5. (The US average is 22.7)
Washington property crime is 25.7. (The US average is 35.4)
NOTE: The city of Washington, Virginia does not have FBI Crime Statistics. The closest similar sized city with FBI crime data is the city of Luray, Virginia. The charts below are detailed crime statistics for the city of Luray, Virginia. Click links below to see charts for each crime category.