Radford, VA is higher-crime than most U.S. cities, and earns a B PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 40% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Radford, VA shows violent crime at 212.7 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 902.4 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 40% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade B from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
B safety grade
212.7/100K violent
902.4/100K property
-40% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Radford, VA
Comparable rate records
Radford's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Virginia cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Radford's 212.7 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Exmore (211.6), Blackstone (210.3), Clifton Forge (209.6), Alexandria (219.1). 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.
Offense mix
Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix
Violent offenses are 19.1% of the 194 Part I offenses reported in Radford for 2024, against a median of 10.4% across comparable Virginia cities — a gap of 8.7 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 lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 260.2 per 100,000 in 2020 to 212.7 in 2024 (-18.3%). The highest observed value was 318.1 in 2022 and the lowest 205.0 in 2023. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Position in the state cohort
Radford sits mid-pack among comparable Virginia cities
At 212.7 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Radford ranks 54 of 125 — above 71 of the 124 other Virginia cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +12.7% 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.
Property counts dominate Radford'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.
Radford's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 9.7 Census sq mi, Radford logged 16.2 property and 3.8 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Radford's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (72% of 194 offenses; mix index 5,404).
Violent offenses are 19% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (9.7 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
-24.1%
1189.2 → 902.4/100K
Violent Crime Rate
+3.8%
205 → 212.7/100K
Property offenses lead Radford's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
vs VA
Property Crime
157
902.4
1711
1590.1
Larceny-Theft
139
798.9
-
-
Burglary
17
97.7
-
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
1
5.7
-
-
Arson
0
0
-
-
Violent Crime
37
212.7
352
222.8
Aggravated Assault
25
143.7
-
-
Rape
10
57.5
-
-
Robbery
2
11.5
-
-
Murder
0
0
-
-
Radford Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Radford 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
Radford Police Department
Reporting agency for Radford NIBRS-participating
Radford Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Radford's 194 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 Radford in population. Their populations run from 13,968 to 18,605, against 17,399 here. Or use our
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In 2024, Radford reported 37 violent crimes and 157 property crimes, for a total of 194 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Radford?
From 2023 to 2024, Radford's violent crime rate increased by 3.8%, and the property crime rate decreased by 24.1%.
What is the most common crime in Radford?
The most common crime type in Radford is larceny-theft, accounting for 71.6% of all reported crimes (139 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Radford 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 Radford, VA rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.