Martinsville, VA is higher-crime than most U.S. cities, and earns a C PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 10% above the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Martinsville, VA shows violent crime at 386.6 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,131.2 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 10% above 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
386.6/100K violent
1131.2/100K property
+10% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Martinsville, VA
Comparable rate records
Martinsville's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Virginia cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Martinsville's 386.6 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Hopewell (380.9), Richlands (397.1), Orange (400.1), Suffolk (371.0). 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
Martinsville reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable Virginia cities
At 386.6 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Martinsville ranks 22 of 125 — above 103 of the 124 other Virginia cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +104.8% 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.
Offense mix
Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix
Violent offenses are 25.5% of the 212 Part I offenses reported in Martinsville for 2024, against a median of 10.4% across comparable Virginia cities — a gap of 15.1 points. Offense mix is shaped by which agencies report and how incidents are classified as well as by the underlying offenses, so it describes the reported record rather than a settled difference in conditions.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window close to where it started
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 386.6 per 100,000 in 2020 to 386.6 in 2024 (+0.0%). The highest observed value was 499.8 in 2021 and the lowest 380.7 in 2022. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Martinsville'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.
Martinsville's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 11 Census sq mi, Martinsville logged 14.4 property and 4.9 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Martinsville's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (63% of 212 offenses; mix index 4,482).
Violent offenses are 25% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (11 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
-27.4%
1558.3 → 1131.2/100K
Violent Crime Rate
-4.3%
404 → 386.6/100K
Property offenses lead Martinsville's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
158
1131.2
1711
Larceny-Theft
133
952.2
-
Burglary
15
107.4
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
10
71.6
-
Arson
8
57.3
-
Violent Crime
54
386.6
352
Aggravated Assault
45
322.2
-
Rape
6
43
-
Robbery
2
14.3
-
Murder
1
7.2
-
Martinsville Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Martinsville 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
Martinsville Police Department
Reporting agency for Martinsville NIBRS-participating
Martinsville Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Martinsville's 212 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 Martinsville in population. Their populations run from 12,788 to 17,399, against 13,968 here. Or use our
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Martinsville at 386.6/100K violent and 1,131.2/100K property - matched below outside Virginia (≥10k pop, latest UCR vintage; not the in-state lists above).
In 2024, Martinsville reported 54 violent crimes and 158 property crimes, for a total of 212 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Martinsville?
From 2023 to 2024, Martinsville's violent crime rate decreased by 4.3%, and the property crime rate decreased by 27.4%.
What is the most common crime in Martinsville?
The most common crime type in Martinsville is larceny-theft, accounting for 62.7% of all reported crimes (133 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Martinsville 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 Martinsville, VA rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.