Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Winchester, VA Crime Grade
How Winchester 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
6/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Virginia
4/10
vs. Virginia cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Winchester, VA was 208.5 per 100,000 residents (58 incidents over a population of 27,824). That puts Winchester Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 3% above the Virginia statewide rate of 203.3.
That ranks Winchester #2,107 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 44% of them, and #14 of 39 in Virginia. Violent crime is down 13% year over year and down 25% over the last five years.
Winchester, VA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (6/10)
- Virginia Grade
- B (4/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 208.5 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,107 of 3,771
- VA rank
- #14 of 39
- Safer than
- 44% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 13%
- 5-year change
- down 25%
- Population
- 27,824
- Reporting agency
- Winchester Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Winchester Police Department (FBI ORI VA1310000) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Winchester, VA
Also known as
- Old Town
- Opequon
- Frederick Town
- Fredericktown
History
Once a Shawnee Indian camping ground, was settled by Quakers in 1732. Originally, named Frederick Town after the father of King George III of England. The name was changed toWinchester after the ancient English capital, in 1752. Due to its strategic location, Winchester was always important in wartime. During the Civil War, five battles were fought in the area and the town changed hands over 70 times in a 4-year period.
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. Winchester (red), Virginia (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Winchester 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 | 276.7(77) | 282.1(80) | 286.5(80) | 238.3(66) | 208.5(58) |
| Murder | 3.6(1) | 3.5(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 97.0(27) | 112.8(32) | 125.3(35) | 119.1(33) | 53.9(15) |
| Robbery | 46.7(13) | 38.8(11) | 39.4(11) | 36.1(10) | 46.7(13) |
| Aggravated assault | 129.4(36) | 126.9(36) | 121.8(34) | 83.0(23) | 107.8(30) |
| Property crime | 2440.1(679) | 2799.4(794) | 2528.4(706) | 2343.0(649) | 2170.8(604) |
| Burglary | 251.6(70) | 264.4(75) | 211.3(59) | 202.2(56) | 215.6(60) |
| Larceny | 2113.1(588) | 2415.1(685) | 2216.8(619) | 2036.1(564) | 1886.9(525) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 75.5(21) | 102.2(29) | 89.5(25) | 97.5(27) | 53.9(15) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Winchester, 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 Winchester 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 Winchester calculated?
- Winchester'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 Winchester 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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