Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Poquoson, VA Crime Grade
How Poquoson 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 Poquoson, VA was 238.7 per 100,000 residents (31 incidents over a population of 12,986). That puts Poquoson 27% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 17% above the Virginia statewide rate of 203.3.
That ranks Poquoson #2,316 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 39% of them, and #17 of 39 in Virginia. Violent crime is down 26% year over year and up 72% over the last five years.
Poquoson, VA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (7/10)
- Virginia Grade
- B (5/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 238.7 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,316 of 3,771
- VA rank
- #17 of 39
- Safer than
- 39% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 26%
- 5-year change
- up 72%
- Population
- 12,986
- Reporting agency
- Poquoson Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Poquoson Police Department (FBI ORI VA0980100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Poquoson, VA
Also known as
- Jeffs
- Po-co-son
- Poquosin
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. Poquoson (red), Virginia (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Poquoson 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 | 138.7(17) | 157.0(20) | 205.6(26) | 320.6(41) | 238.7(31) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 32.6(4) | 31.4(4) | 31.6(4) | 46.9(6) | 46.2(6) |
| Robbery | 0.0(0) | 23.6(3) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Aggravated assault | 106.1(13) | 102.1(13) | 173.9(22) | 273.7(35) | 192.5(25) |
| Property crime | 432.5(53) | 549.5(70) | 727.4(92) | 696.0(89) | 885.6(115) |
| Burglary | 114.3(14) | 70.7(9) | 150.2(19) | 86.0(11) | 161.7(21) |
| Larceny | 285.6(35) | 392.5(50) | 553.4(70) | 555.2(71) | 685.4(89) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 16.3(2) | 31.4(4) | 15.8(2) | 31.3(4) | 23.1(3) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Poquoson, 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 Poquoson 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 Poquoson calculated?
- Poquoson'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 Poquoson 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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