Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Blacksburg, VA Crime Grade
How Blacksburg grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of Virginia — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
2/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Virginia
1/10
vs. Virginia cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Blacksburg, VA was 74.5 per 100,000 residents (34 incidents over a population of 45,631). That puts Blacksburg Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 63% below the Virginia statewide rate of 203.3.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Blacksburg (red), Virginia (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Blacksburg vs. U.S., 2025 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 81.4(36) | 48.1(22) | 91.2(42) | 78.7(36) | 74.5(34) |
| Murder | 2.3(1) | 2.2(1) | 2.2(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 47.5(21) | 26.2(12) | 39.1(18) | 45.9(21) | 26.3(12) |
| Robbery | 9.0(4) | 6.6(3) | 8.7(4) | 2.2(1) | 11.0(5) |
| Aggravated assault | 22.6(10) | 13.1(6) | 41.3(19) | 30.6(14) | 37.3(17) |
| Property crime | 626.3(277) | 594.5(272) | 677.5(312) | 717.2(328) | 556.6(254) |
| Burglary | 72.4(32) | 48.1(22) | 82.5(38) | 67.8(31) | 48.2(22) |
| Larceny | 517.8(229) | 520.2(238) | 568.9(262) | 625.4(286) | 482.1(220) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 31.7(14) | 21.9(10) | 26.1(12) | 24.1(11) | 19.7(9) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- Metric: Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- National decile: Blacksburg's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- State decile: Same calculation restricted to Virginia cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- Letter grade: 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- Refresh: Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- Limits: The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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