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Petersburg Crime Rate Report (Virginia)

Petersburg 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 Petersburg for 2026 is expected to be lower than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for Petersburg in 2025 was higher than the national violent crime rate average by 176.61% and the city property crime rate in Petersburg was higher than the national property crime rate average by 90.42%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in Petersburg was higher than the violent crime rate in Virginia by 340.13% and the city property crime rate in Petersburg was higher than the property crime rate in Virginia by 115.94%.

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

Petersburg Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault267
Arson5
Burglary107
Larceny and Theft771
Motor Vehicle Theft125
Murder and Manslaughter10
Rape14
Robbery20
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)1,376
Property Crime1,003
Violent Crime311
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault258
Arson5
Burglary49
Larceny and Theft748
Motor Vehicle Theft131
Murder and Manslaughter18
Rape17
Robbery12
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)1,301
Property Crime928
Violent Crime305

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Petersburg Property Crime

Petersburg Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Petersburg Crime 2025

Petersburg Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Petersburg Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

Petersburg Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Petersburg, 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 Petersburg 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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