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Salem Crime Rate Report (Virginia)

Salem crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 21 years with violent crime decreasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Salem for 2024 is expected to be lower than in 2019.

The city violent crime rate for Salem in 2019 was lower than the national violent crime rate average by 76.31% and the city property crime rate in Salem was higher than the national property crime rate average but only by 3.53%.

In 2019 the city violent crime rate in Salem was lower than the violent crime rate in Virginia by 56.79% and the city property crime rate in Salem was higher than the property crime rate in Virginia by 32.98%.

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

Salem Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2019 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault14
Arson1
Burglary46
Larceny and Theft473
Motor Vehicle Theft40
Murder and Manslaughter1
Rape3
Robbery5
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)584
Property Crime559
Violent Crime23
2024 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault6
Arson1
Burglary0
Larceny and Theft391
Motor Vehicle Theft49
Murder and Manslaughter1
Rape5
Robbery6
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)456
Property Crime431
Violent Crime18

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Salem Property Crime

Salem Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Salem Crime 2019

Salem Crime 2024

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Salem Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

Salem Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Salem, 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 and crime data available from previous years of actual reported data. In this case, the Salem crime report data for 2024 was projected from 21 years of actual data. The last year of actual available crime data, as reported above, was 2019.

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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