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South Boston Crime Rate Report (Virginia)

South Boston 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 South Boston for 2026 is expected to be lower than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for South Boston in 2025 was higher than the national violent crime rate average by 41.64% and the city property crime rate in South Boston was higher than the national property crime rate average by 9.18%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in South Boston was higher than the violent crime rate in Virginia by 125.37% and the city property crime rate in South Boston was higher than the property crime rate in Virginia by 23.81%.

Property and Violent Crime
South Boston Property Crime vs. State and National Per Capita
South Boston Violent Crime vs. State and National Per Capita

South Boston Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault30
Arson0
Burglary8
Larceny and Theft116
Motor Vehicle Theft6
Murder and Manslaughter0
Rape4
Robbery2
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)164
Property Crime130
Violent Crime36
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault27
Arson0
Burglary2
Larceny and Theft102
Motor Vehicle Theft12
Murder and Manslaughter1
Rape4
Robbery0
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)150
Property Crime116
Violent Crime33

Property and Violent Crime Totals

South Boston Property Crime

South Boston Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

South Boston Crime 2025

South Boston Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

South Boston Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

South Boston Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this South Boston, 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 South Boston crime report data for 2026 was projected from 21 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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