Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Staunton, VA Crime Grade
How Staunton 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
5/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Virginia
4/10
vs. Virginia cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Staunton, VA was 169.4 per 100,000 residents (45 incidents over a population of 26,572). That puts Staunton Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 17% below the Virginia statewide rate of 203.3.
That ranks Staunton #1,817 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 52% of them, and #13 of 39 in Virginia. Violent crime is up 17% year over year and down 26% over the last five years.
Staunton, VA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (5/10)
- Virginia Grade
- B (4/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 169.4 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,817 of 3,771
- VA rank
- #13 of 39
- Safer than
- 52% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 17%
- 5-year change
- down 26%
- Population
- 26,572
- Reporting agency
- Staunton Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Staunton Police Department (FBI ORI VA1260000) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Staunton, VA
Also known as
- Mill Place
- Augusta Court House
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. Staunton (red), Virginia (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Staunton 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 | 229.2(58) | 140.6(36) | 181.0(47) | 145.3(38) | 169.4(45) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 3.9(1) | 0.0(0) | 7.6(2) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 43.5(11) | 23.4(6) | 46.2(12) | 49.7(13) | 45.2(12) |
| Robbery | 7.9(2) | 11.7(3) | 38.5(10) | 7.6(2) | 7.5(2) |
| Aggravated assault | 177.8(45) | 101.5(26) | 96.3(25) | 80.3(21) | 116.7(31) |
| Property crime | 1999.2(506) | 1901.5(487) | 1540.1(400) | 1564.0(409) | 1339.8(356) |
| Burglary | 146.2(37) | 128.9(33) | 107.8(28) | 107.1(28) | 101.6(27) |
| Larceny | 1738.4(440) | 1667.3(427) | 1305.3(339) | 1323.1(346) | 1121.5(298) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 94.8(24) | 78.1(20) | 80.9(21) | 91.8(24) | 67.7(18) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Staunton, 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 Staunton 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 Staunton calculated?
- Staunton'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 Staunton 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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