Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Lynchburg, VA Crime Grade
How Lynchburg 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
7/10
vs. Virginia cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Lynchburg, VA was 352.5 per 100,000 residents (285 incidents over a population of 80,846). That puts Lynchburg Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 73% above the Virginia statewide rate of 203.3.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Lynchburg (red), Virginia (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Lynchburg 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 | 406.9(334) | 360.1(286) | 340.8(271) | 361.0(290) | 352.5(285) |
| Murder | 11.0(9) | 10.1(8) | 3.8(3) | 11.2(9) | 9.9(8) |
| Rape | 41.4(34) | 31.5(25) | 40.2(32) | 56.0(45) | 37.1(30) |
| Robbery | 59.7(49) | 65.5(52) | 46.5(37) | 37.3(30) | 39.6(32) |
| Aggravated assault | 294.8(242) | 253.1(201) | 250.3(199) | 256.4(206) | 265.9(215) |
| Property crime | 2030.7(1,667) | 2471.6(1,963) | 2032.5(1,616) | 1757.6(1,412) | 1635.2(1,322) |
| Burglary | 224.1(184) | 270.7(215) | 262.9(209) | 210.4(169) | 175.6(142) |
| Larceny | 1575.1(1,293) | 1808.1(1,436) | 1443.9(1,148) | 1278.3(1,027) | 1260.4(1,019) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 220.5(181) | 385.3(306) | 323.2(257) | 263.9(212) | 191.7(155) |
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: Lynchburg'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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