Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Colonial Heights, VA Crime Grade
How Colonial Heights 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
9/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Virginia
9/10
vs. Virginia cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Colonial Heights, VA was 403.1 per 100,000 residents (76 incidents over a population of 18,853). That puts Colonial Heights 24% above the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 98% above the Virginia statewide rate of 203.3.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Colonial Heights (red), Virginia (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Colonial Heights 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 | 448.4(77) | 418.0(77) | 419.3(77) | 478.4(89) | 403.1(76) |
| Murder | 17.5(3) | 5.4(1) | 0.0(0) | 10.7(2) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 75.7(13) | 59.7(11) | 54.5(10) | 32.2(6) | 58.3(11) |
| Robbery | 29.1(5) | 76.0(14) | 43.6(8) | 53.7(10) | 47.7(9) |
| Aggravated assault | 326.1(56) | 276.9(51) | 321.3(59) | 381.6(71) | 297.0(56) |
| Property crime | 4437.7(762) | 3648.4(672) | 3305.6(607) | 3203.4(596) | 3543.2(668) |
| Burglary | 186.4(32) | 135.7(25) | 114.4(21) | 161.2(30) | 137.9(26) |
| Larceny | 4111.6(706) | 3387.8(624) | 2902.6(533) | 2918.6(543) | 3240.9(611) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 133.9(23) | 114.0(21) | 277.7(51) | 107.5(20) | 159.1(30) |
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: Colonial Heights'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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