Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Fairfax City, VA Crime Grade
How Fairfax City 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 Fairfax City, VA was 66.7 per 100,000 residents (18 incidents over a population of 26,982). That puts Fairfax City Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 67% below the Virginia statewide rate of 203.3.
That ranks Fairfax City #726 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 81% of them, and #3 of 39 in Virginia. Violent crime is down 48% year over year and down 32% over the last five years.
Fairfax City, VA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (2/10)
- Virginia Grade
- A (1/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 66.7 / 100k
- National rank
- #726 of 3,771
- VA rank
- #3 of 39
- Safer than
- 81% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 48%
- 5-year change
- down 32%
- Population
- 26,982
- Reporting agency
- Fairfax City Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Fairfax City Police Department (FBI ORI VA1075000) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Fairfax City, VA
Also known as
- Providence
- Fairfax Court House
- City of Fairfax
History
The name Fairfax was adopted in 1874, when the town was incorporated; chartered as a city in 1961.
Location
The county seat of Fairfax County, and also an independent city. The corporate name is City of Fairfax.
Name history sourced from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) — public-domain federal geographic-names data.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Fairfax City (red), Virginia (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Fairfax City 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 | 97.9(23) | 110.2(27) | 131.0(33) | 128.5(33) | 66.7(18) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 4.1(1) | 4.0(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 29.8(7) | 28.6(7) | 19.8(5) | 11.7(3) | 14.8(4) |
| Robbery | 42.6(10) | 49.0(12) | 51.6(13) | 46.7(12) | 25.9(7) |
| Aggravated assault | 25.5(6) | 28.6(7) | 55.6(14) | 70.1(18) | 25.9(7) |
| Property crime | 1775.7(417) | 2333.8(572) | 2778.5(700) | 3326.6(854) | 2861.2(772) |
| Burglary | 102.2(24) | 69.4(17) | 71.4(18) | 62.3(16) | 66.7(18) |
| Larceny | 1537.2(361) | 2076.8(509) | 2496.7(629) | 3124.0(802) | 2679.6(723) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 132.0(31) | 179.5(44) | 206.4(52) | 140.2(36) | 111.2(30) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Fairfax City, VA Crime Grade?
- FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- What metric does the Fairfax City Crime Grade use?
- Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- How is the national decile for Fairfax City calculated?
- Fairfax City's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the Virginia state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to Virginia cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- How do decile scores convert to a letter grade?
- 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- How often is the Fairfax City Crime Grade refreshed?
- Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- What are the limits of this Crime Grade?
- The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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