Manassas, VA is higher-crime than most U.S. cities, and earns a C PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 22% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Manassas, VA shows violent crime at 274.2 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,905.7 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 22% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade C from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
C safety grade
274.2/100K violent
1905.7/100K property
-22% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Manassas, VA
Comparable rate records
Manassas's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Virginia cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Manassas's 274.2 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Altavista (271.4), Kenbridge (268.6), Harrisonburg (267.2), Pembroke (266.9). 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
Manassas sits mid-pack among comparable Virginia cities
At 274.2 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Manassas ranks 37 of 125 — above 88 of the 124 other Virginia cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +45.3% 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 lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 314.1 per 100,000 in 2020 to 274.2 in 2024 (-12.7%). The highest observed value was 314.1 in 2020 and the lowest 260.2 in 2023. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Manassas'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.
Manassas's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 9.8 Census sq mi, Manassas logged 83.3 property and 12 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Manassas's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (75% of 938 offenses; mix index 5,822).
Violent offenses are only 13% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (9.8 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
+5.4%
260.2 → 274.2/100K
Property Crime Rate
+3.8%
1835.8 → 1905.7/100K
Property offenses lead Manassas's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs VA
Property Crime
820
1905.7
1590.1
Larceny-Theft
707
1643.1
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
70
162.7
-
Burglary
43
99.9
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
118
274.2
222.8
Aggravated Assault
64
148.7
-
Rape
35
81.3
-
Robbery
18
41.8
-
Murder
1
2.3
-
Manassas Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Manassas property crime rate trend
Lead series · rose across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Manassas Police Department
Reporting agency for Manassas NIBRS-participating
Manassas Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Manassas's 938 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
Crime rates read differently at different scales, so these are the Virginia cities closest to Manassas in population. Their populations run from 27,700 to 51,270, against 43,028 here. Or use our
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Manassas at 274.2/100K violent and 1,905.7/100K property - matched below outside Virginia (≥10k pop, latest UCR vintage; not the in-state lists above).
In 2024, Manassas reported 118 violent crimes and 820 property crimes, for a total of 938 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Manassas?
From 2023 to 2024, Manassas's violent crime rate increased by 5.4%, and the property crime rate increased by 3.8%.
What is the most common crime in Manassas?
The most common crime type in Manassas is larceny-theft, accounting for 75.4% of all reported crimes (707 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Manassas 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 Manassas, VA rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.