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Richmond Crime Rate Report (Virginia)

Richmond crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 25 years with violent crime decreasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Richmond for 2026 is expected to be lower than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for Richmond in 2025 was higher than the national violent crime rate average by 34.64% and the city property crime rate in Richmond was higher than the national property crime rate average by 116.5%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in Richmond was higher than the violent crime rate in Virginia by 114.24% and the city property crime rate in Richmond was higher than the property crime rate in Virginia by 145.52%.

Property and Violent Crime
Richmond Property Crime vs. State and National Per Capita
Richmond Violent Crime vs. State and National Per Capita

Richmond Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault665
Arson44
Burglary527
Larceny and Theft6,427
Motor Vehicle Theft888
Murder and Manslaughter54
Rape63
Robbery259
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)10,086
Property Crime7,842
Violent Crime1,041
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault516
Arson31
Burglary313
Larceny and Theft6,042
Motor Vehicle Theft1,002
Murder and Manslaughter68
Rape42
Robbery144
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)9,601
Property Crime7,357
Violent Crime770

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Richmond Property Crime

Richmond Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Richmond Crime 2025

Richmond Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Richmond Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

Richmond Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Richmond, Virginia crime rate report is the FBI Report of Offenses Known to Law Enforcement for the corresponding year or years. Arson numbers are reported inconsistently. Zero values may indicate the data was not available. The projected crime rate data displayed above was generated from the trends found in the years of actual reported crime data on file. In this case, the Richmond crime report data for 2026 was projected from 25 years of actual data. The last year of actual available crime data, as reported above, was 2025.

The FBI cautions the data users against comparing yearly statistical data solely on the basis of their population coverage. The comparisons made herein are thus, only meaningful upon further examination of all variables that affect crime in each reported city, state or other reported jurisdicition.



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