Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Front Royal, VA Crime Grade
How Front Royal 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
7/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Virginia
5/10
vs. Virginia cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Front Royal, VA was 240.8 per 100,000 residents (38 incidents over a population of 15,779). That puts Front Royal 26% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 18% above the Virginia statewide rate of 203.3.
That ranks Front Royal #2,327 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 38% of them, and #18 of 39 in Virginia. Violent crime is down 28% year over year and up 33% over the last five years.
Front Royal, VA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (7/10)
- Virginia Grade
- B (5/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 240.8 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,327 of 3,771
- VA rank
- #18 of 39
- Safer than
- 38% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 28%
- 5-year change
- up 33%
- Population
- 15,779
- Reporting agency
- Front Royal Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Front Royal Police Department (FBI ORI VA0930100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Front Royal, VA
Also known as
- Hell Town
- Helltown
- Lehewtown
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. Front Royal (red), Virginia (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Front Royal 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 | 180.7(28) | 217.1(33) | 227.6(35) | 335.0(52) | 240.8(38) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 6.4(1) | 6.3(1) |
| Rape | 96.8(15) | 111.8(17) | 130.0(20) | 225.5(35) | 107.7(17) |
| Robbery | 25.8(4) | 13.2(2) | 19.5(3) | 25.8(4) | 6.3(1) |
| Aggravated assault | 58.1(9) | 92.1(14) | 78.0(12) | 77.3(12) | 120.4(19) |
| Property crime | 1729.1(268) | 1519.6(231) | 1736.1(267) | 1571.8(244) | 1109.1(175) |
| Burglary | 238.7(37) | 131.6(20) | 149.6(23) | 173.9(27) | 95.1(15) |
| Larceny | 1348.5(209) | 1263.1(192) | 1489.0(229) | 1243.2(193) | 925.3(146) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 135.5(21) | 125.0(19) | 84.5(13) | 128.8(20) | 82.4(13) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Front Royal, 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 Front Royal 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 Front Royal calculated?
- Front Royal'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 Front Royal 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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