Danville, VA is higher-crime than most U.S. cities, and earns a D PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 4% above the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Danville, VA shows violent crime at 365 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 2,834.3 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 4% above the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade D from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
D safety grade
365/100K violent
2834.3/100K property
+4% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Danville, VA
Comparable rate records
Danville's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Virginia cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Danville's 365.0 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Suffolk (371.0), Charlottesville (359.0), Lynchburg (357.2), Hopewell (380.9). These are same-year agency submissions that pass the same completeness screen, not a claim that the cities have identical conditions. They make the cohort position above checkable against named records instead of a generic state average.
Position in the state cohort
Danville reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable Virginia cities
At 365.0 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Danville ranks 25 of 125 — above 100 of the 124 other Virginia cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +93.4% against the cohort median of 188.7. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 282.1 per 100,000 in 2020 to 365.0 in 2024 (+29.4%). The highest observed value was 409.8 in 2021 and the lowest 282.1 in 2020. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Danville's FBI UCR Table 8 municipal row. Per-100,000 rates use the reporting-year population on that row; cities that fail the completeness test stay out of rate rankings. A citywide figure rarely describes any single neighbourhood inside the municipal boundary.
Mid-size municipal totals above are reported offenses, not safety advice for any single block. Reporting completeness still varies by year and agency.
Danville's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 42.8 Census sq mi, Danville logged 27.8 property and 3.6 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Danville's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (77% of 1,341 offenses; mix index 6,039).
Violent offenses are only 11% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (42.8 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Property rate moved most (2023→2024)
Property Crime Rate
-7.9%
3076.7 → 2834.3/100K
Violent Crime Rate
-2.1%
373 → 365/100K
Property offenses lead Danville's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs VA
vs US avg
Property Crime
1,188
2834.3
1590.1
1711
Larceny-Theft
1,030
2457.4
-
-
Burglary
92
219.5
-
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
66
157.5
-
-
Arson
10
23.9
-
-
Violent Crime
153
365
222.8
352
Aggravated Assault
107
255.3
-
-
Robbery
22
52.5
-
-
Rape
15
35.8
-
-
Murder
9
21.5
-
-
Danville Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Danville property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Danville Police Department
Reporting agency for Danville NIBRS-participating
Danville Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Danville's 1,341 reported offenses (5-year span 2020-2024).
This agency reports via NIBRS, the incident-based system that captures more detail per offense (multiple crimes per incident, victim/offender data) than the older summary counts.
Similar-Size Cities in Virginia
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In 2024, Danville reported 153 violent crimes and 1,188 property crimes, for a total of 1,341 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Danville?
From 2023 to 2024, Danville's violent crime rate decreased by 2.1%, and the property crime rate decreased by 7.9%.
What is the most common crime in Danville?
The most common crime type in Danville is larceny-theft, accounting for 76.8% of all reported crimes (1,030 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Danville figures are FBI UCR CIUS Table 8 (vintage 2024), population-adjusted per 100,000.
Denominators are the reporting-year population on the municipal row. Incomplete years are dropped from rankings. Confirm at FBI Crime Data Explorer and Census.gov QuickFacts.
Disclaimer (mid-size municipal): figures are informational, not advice. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program is the source. Consult a professional before decisions.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Danville, VA rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.