Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Williamsburg, VA Crime Grade
How Williamsburg 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 Williamsburg, VA was 166.5 per 100,000 residents (27 incidents over a population of 16,216). That puts Williamsburg 49% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 18% below the Virginia statewide rate of 203.3.
That ranks Williamsburg #1,790 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 53% of them, and #12 of 39 in Virginia. Violent crime is down 14% year over year and down 45% over the last five years.
Williamsburg, VA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (5/10)
- Virginia Grade
- B (4/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 166.5 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,790 of 3,771
- VA rank
- #12 of 39
- Safer than
- 53% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 14%
- 5-year change
- down 45%
- Population
- 16,216
- Reporting agency
- Williamsburg Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Williamsburg Police Department (FBI ORI VA1300000) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Williamsburg, VA
Also known as
- Middle Plantation
- Williamsbourg
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. Williamsburg (red), Virginia (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Williamsburg 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 | 305.1(47) | 209.0(33) | 247.7(40) | 192.6(31) | 166.5(27) |
| Murder | 13.0(2) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 6.2(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 32.5(5) | 25.3(4) | 31.0(5) | 31.1(5) | 37.0(6) |
| Robbery | 51.9(8) | 19.0(3) | 24.8(4) | 24.8(4) | 24.7(4) |
| Aggravated assault | 207.7(32) | 164.7(26) | 192.0(31) | 130.5(21) | 104.8(17) |
| Property crime | 1291.7(199) | 1576.9(249) | 1368.7(221) | 1230.0(198) | 1116.2(181) |
| Burglary | 19.5(3) | 63.3(10) | 37.2(6) | 62.1(10) | 37.0(6) |
| Larceny | 1220.3(188) | 1469.3(232) | 1282.0(207) | 1136.8(183) | 992.8(161) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 38.9(6) | 44.3(7) | 49.5(8) | 24.8(4) | 86.3(14) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Williamsburg, 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 Williamsburg 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 Williamsburg calculated?
- Williamsburg'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 Williamsburg 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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