Decision-support ranking comparing Virginia cities by current violent crime per 1,000 using the currently published coarse crime context, then routing readers into each city brief for tract context and caveats.
Ranked rows are precomputed and served as static HTML from R2.
| # | Place | Metric | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Petersburg Violent Crime has increased 30% since 2021. |
9.6 / 1k | → |
| 2 | Portsmouth Violent Crime has been relatively flat over the tracked period. |
6.9 / 1k | → |
| 3 | Newport News Violent Crime has increased 16% since 2021. |
6.7 / 1k | → |
| 4 | Roanoke Violent Crime has increased 23% since 2021. |
5.9 / 1k | → |
| 5 | Ashland Violent Crime has increased 30% since 2021. |
5.2 / 1k | → |
| 6 | Colonial Heights Violent Crime has increased 26% since 2021. |
4.9 / 1k | → |
| 7 | Fredericksburg Violent Crime has declined 11% since 2021. |
4.9 / 1k | → |
| 8 | Norfolk Violent Crime has declined 34% since 2021. |
4.0 / 1k | → |
| 9 | Lynchburg Violent Crime has declined 5% since 2021. |
3.8 / 1k | → |
| 10 | Charlottesville Violent Crime has declined 18% since 2021. |
3.7 / 1k | → |
| 11 | South Hill Violent Crime has increased 12% since 2021. |
3.6 / 1k | → |
| 12 | Martinsville Violent Crime has declined 18% since 2021. |
3.6 / 1k | → |
| 13 | Danville Violent Crime has declined 15% since 2021. |
3.5 / 1k | → |
| 14 | Richmond Violent Crime has declined 5% since 2021. |
3.5 / 1k | → |
| 15 | Suffolk Violent Crime has declined 21% since 2021. |
3.4 / 1k | → |
| 16 | Hopewell Violent Crime has been relatively flat over the tracked period. |
3.4 / 1k | → |
| 17 | Manassas Violent Crime has increased 10% since 2021. |
3.3 / 1k | → |
| 18 | Arlington Violent Crime has increased 52% since 2021. |
3.2 / 1k | → |
| 19 | Chesapeake Violent Crime has declined 24% since 2021. |
3.1 / 1k | → |
| 20 | Poquoson Violent Crime has increased 50% since 2021. |
3.0 / 1k | → |
| 21 | Prince George Violent Crime has declined 6% since 2021. |
3.0 / 1k | → |
| 22 | Herndon Violent Crime has increased 21% since 2021. |
2.9 / 1k | → |
| 23 | Front Royal Violent Crime has increased 71% since 2021. |
2.9 / 1k | → |
| 24 | Leesburg Violent Crime has increased 12% since 2021. |
2.9 / 1k | → |
| 25 | Waynesboro Violent Crime has increased 4% since 2021. |
2.9 / 1k | → |
This page is useful for a current statewide pressure screen. It compares supported Virginia cities by aggregate violent-crime rate before you open the deeper city briefs. Outside Colorado, this remains statewide fallback context rather than local incident-feed depth.
A current city rate does not tell you whether conditions are improving, how concentrated the pressure is, or which neighborhoods are driving it. Open the city brief and neighborhood pages next.