Richmond, VA crime rate
In 2025 the Richmond Police Department reported 441.5 violent crimes and 3,349.6 property crimes per 100,000 residents it covers. The FBI's estimates for Virginia and the US for the same year are beside each number.
Data as of 2025 (FBI), checked October 30, 2026. How we got these numbers
Data notes.
- Rape, 2023: unusual change, check the source. 2022: 12, 2023: 89, 2024: 47 (over 160% of both neighbouring years). Changes to and from 2023 are not shown.
- Rape, 2022: possibly incomplete. 12 reported; 4 of 12 months zero (Jan, Apr, Jul, Nov) while other offenses were reported in those months; 2024: 47 reported. The count is shown; its rate is not compared.
- Rape, 2021: possibly incomplete. 19 reported; 3 of 12 months zero (Apr, Aug, Nov) while other offenses were reported in those months; 2024: 47 reported. The count is shown; its rate is not compared.
- Arson, 2021: possibly incomplete. 26 reported; 4 of 12 months zero (Mar, Jun, Jul, Dec) while other offenses were reported in those months; 2022: 37 reported. The count is shown; its rate is not compared.
How does Richmond compare with Virginia and the US?
Arson has no FBI state or US estimate, so its row shows Richmond only.
What offenses were reported in Richmond, 2025?
| Offense | Reported | Per 100k | Virginia | US | vs 2024 | vs 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | ||||||
| Violent crime | 1,042 | 441.5 | 205.9 | 327.6 | up 26.5% | up 18.0% |
| Murder | 54 | 22.9 | 4.2 | 4.1 | down 5.4% | down 39.6% |
| Rape | 61 | 25.8 | 23.6 | 36.1 | up 27.1% | See data note |
| Robbery | 259 | 109.7 | 29.8 | 49.4 | up 12.1% | down 2.0% |
| Aggravated assault | 668 | 283.1 | 148.3 | 238.0 | up 37.0% | up 30.9% |
| Property crime | ||||||
| Property crime | 7,905 | 3,349.6 | 1,353.5 | 1,534.8 | up 3.4% | up 21.3% |
| Burglary | 530 | 224.6 | 87.1 | 193.6 | down 17.0% | down 24.7% |
| Larceny-theft | 6,442 | 2,729.7 | 1,154.2 | 1,144.1 | up 12.6% | up 23.4% |
| Motor vehicle theft | 889 | 376.7 | 112.1 | 197.0 | down 29.0% | up 57.5% |
| Arson | 44 | 18.6 | Not estimated | Not estimated | up 26.5% | See data note |
Reported = offenses known to the Richmond Police Department and sent to the FBI. Virginia and US are FBI estimates for the same year. Changes compare rates of full years only.
Violent crime rate, 2021 to 2025
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| Year | Richmond | United States | Virginia |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 374.2 | 387.0 | 225.5 |
| 2022 | 362.0 | 388.7 | 237.5 |
| 2023 | 401.7 | 379.5 | 241.6 |
| 2024 | 349.0 | 362.9 | 222.5 |
| 2025 | 441.5 | 327.6 | 205.9 |
Property crime rate, 2021 to 2025
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| Year | Richmond | United States | Virginia |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2,761.3 | 1,832.3 | 1,449.4 |
| 2022 | 3,455.4 | 1,973.8 | 1,714.1 |
| 2023 | 3,768.8 | 1,934.1 | 1,670.1 |
| 2024 | 3,240.2 | 1,761.1 | 1,584.0 |
| 2025 | 3,349.6 | 1,534.8 | 1,353.5 |
Is Richmond safe?
We don't rate cities as safe or unsafe. What the FBI's numbers show: in 2025 the violent crime rate the Richmond Police Department reported, 441.5 per 100,000 residents, was higher than Virginia's 205.9, and higher than the US rate of 327.6 (FBI estimates). It rose 26.5% from 2024.
What these numbers can't tell you:
- How crime differs between neighborhoods (the FBI publishes agency totals only).
- Crimes nobody reported to the police.
- How many offenses involved visitors and commuters, who are not in the population count.
Richmond's 1,042 violent crimes reported to the FBI in 2025 work out to 441.5 per 100,000 residents covered by the Richmond Police Department. That rate is 2.1 times Virginia's estimate of 205.9 and 1.3 times the national 327.6. The property crime rate, 3,349.6, was 2.5 times the state's 1,353.5 and 2.2 times the US figure.
Violent crime rose 26.5% from 2024 to 2025 and is 18.0% higher than in 2021, when the rate was 374.2. Property crime is up 3.4% from 2024 and 21.3% from 2021. Aggravated assault rose 37.0% in the last year and 30.9% since 2021, and it made up 64% of violent crime.
Murder went the other way: 54 homicides in 2025, 22.9 per 100,000, down 39.6% from 2021 and 5.4% from 2024. Rape rose 27.1% from 2024 to 2025. Motor vehicle theft is up 57.5% from 2021.
It fell 29.0% from 2024 to 2025, to 376.7 per 100,000. Burglary fell 24.7% from 2021, and larceny-theft was 81% of property crime. The rape counts for 2021 and 2022 and the 2021 arson count are flagged as possibly incomplete, and the 2023 rape count as an unusual change; none of them is compared.
All 12 months were sent for each of the 5 years shown, and NIBRS reporting began in 2000.
Written from the numbers on this page. Every figure and every comparison is checked against the stored FBI data before publishing.
Police employees, 2025: 3.14 per 1,000 residents (608 officers, 132 civilians), FBI Crime Data Explorer. Shown as context, not as a measure of crime.
Other Virginia cities
The nearest Virginia cities with a page, in alphabetical order. VC = violent crime per 100,000, 2025.
Sources
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, Richmond Police Department (ORI VA1220000), offenses known to law enforcement and police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026. Crime Data Explorer
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, Virginia and United States estimated crime (Summary Reporting System estimates), 2021 to 2025.
- FBI, "UCR Statistics: Their Proper Use" (why we don't rank cities).
Every stored file behind this page (11)
- Richmond Police Department (VA1220000): violent crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_VA1220000_violent_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Richmond Police Department (VA1220000): murder, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_VA1220000_homicide__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Richmond Police Department (VA1220000): rape, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_VA1220000_rape__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Richmond Police Department (VA1220000): robbery, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_VA1220000_robbery__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Richmond Police Department (VA1220000): aggravated assault, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_VA1220000_aggravated_assault__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Richmond Police Department (VA1220000): property crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_VA1220000_property_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Richmond Police Department (VA1220000): burglary, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_VA1220000_burglary__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Richmond Police Department (VA1220000): larceny-theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_VA1220000_larceny__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Richmond Police Department (VA1220000): motor vehicle theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_VA1220000_motor_vehicle_theft__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Richmond Police Department (VA1220000): arson, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_VA1220000_arson__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Richmond Police Department (VA1220000): police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/pe_agency_VA1220000__from-2021-to-2025.json)