Violent Crime Rate
Data comes from the FBI Uniform Crime Rate database for 2008.
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Charlottesville, Virginia has a violent crime rate of 531 incidents per 100,000 people. This compares with a rate of 460 in Virginia and a rate of 676 nationally. Lower numbers are better, indicating that fewer crimes happen per person in the population.
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Violent Crime Rate
Incidents per 100,000
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Charlottesville
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531
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VA
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460
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National
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676
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Charlottesville, Virginia is in the 90% percentile rank in the state for Violent Crime. It is in the 80% percentile rank nationally. Lower numbers are better. In this case, 90% of cities in Virginia have crime rates equal to or lower than Charlottesville, or said another way, 10% of cities in Virginia have crime rates higher than Charlottesville.
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Review crime rate data for Charlottesville, Virginia
| Crime |
Charlottesville |
VA |
Nation |
| Violent Crime Total |
531.4 |
459.7 |
676 |
| Murder / NNH |
12.1 |
7.2 |
6.5 |
| Forcible Rape |
55.8 |
31.3 |
31.1 |
| Robbery Rate |
191.7 |
189.0 |
197.4 |
| Aggravated Assault |
271.7 |
232.1 |
315 |
| Property Crime Total |
4731.2 |
3615.8 |
3726.9 |
| Burglary |
451.3 |
613.2 |
812.3 |
| Larceny Theft |
3920.8 |
2751.8 |
2541.6 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft |
359.1 |
250.8 |
382.3 |
| Arson |
31.5 |
23.4 |
23.3 |
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Property Crime Rate
Property crime includes burglary, larceny, vehicle theft, and arson. Data comes from the FBI Uniform Crime Rate database for 2008.
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Charlottesville, Virginia has a property crime rate of 4731.2 incidents per 100,000 people. This compares with an average rate of 3615.8 in Virginia and an average rate of 3727 incidents per 100,000 nationally. Lower numbers are better, indicating that fewer crimes happen per person in the population.
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Property Crime Rate
Incidents per 100,000
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Charlottesville
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4731.2
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VA
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3615.8
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National
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3727
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Charlottesville Property Crime:
State Percentile Rank - 89
National Percentile Rank - 84
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