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Dayton Crime Rate Report (Virginia)

Dayton crime statistics report an overall upward trend in crime based on data from 18 years with violent crime increasing and property crime increasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Dayton for 2026 is expected to be higher than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for Dayton in 2025 was lower than the national violent crime rate average by 31.18% and the city property crime rate in Dayton was lower than the national property crime rate average by 66.95%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in Dayton was higher than the violent crime rate in Virginia by 9.51% and the city property crime rate in Dayton was lower than the property crime rate in Virginia by 62.52%.

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

Dayton Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault4
Arson0
Burglary0
Larceny and Theft9
Motor Vehicle Theft0
Murder and Manslaughter0
Rape0
Robbery0
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)10
Property Crime9
Violent Crime4
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault2
Arson0
Burglary0
Larceny and Theft13
Motor Vehicle Theft1
Murder and Manslaughter0
Rape0
Robbery0
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)14
Property Crime13
Violent Crime3

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Dayton Property Crime

Dayton Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Dayton Crime 2025

Dayton Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Dayton Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

Dayton Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Dayton, 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 Dayton crime report data for 2026 was projected from 18 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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