Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Petersburg, VA Crime Grade
How Petersburg 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
10/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Virginia
10/10
vs. Virginia cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Petersburg, VA was 906.2 per 100,000 residents (311 incidents over a population of 34,318). That puts Petersburg Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 346% above the Virginia statewide rate of 203.3.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Petersburg (red), Virginia (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Petersburg 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 | 781.1(236) | 825.7(277) | 700.1(234) | 1070.4(359) | 906.2(311) |
| Murder | 59.6(18) | 62.6(21) | 68.8(23) | 44.7(15) | 29.1(10) |
| Rape | 33.1(10) | 53.7(18) | 29.9(10) | 65.6(22) | 40.8(14) |
| Robbery | 66.2(20) | 134.1(45) | 83.8(28) | 98.4(33) | 58.3(20) |
| Aggravated assault | 622.3(188) | 575.3(193) | 517.6(173) | 861.7(289) | 778.0(267) |
| Property crime | 2452.7(741) | 2605.4(874) | 3410.7(1,140) | 2963.8(994) | 2937.2(1,008) |
| Burglary | 235.0(71) | 265.3(89) | 227.4(76) | 292.2(98) | 311.8(107) |
| Larceny | 1929.7(583) | 2068.8(694) | 2722.6(910) | 2233.3(749) | 2246.6(771) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 271.4(82) | 262.3(88) | 448.8(150) | 423.4(142) | 364.2(125) |
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: Petersburg'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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