Staunton, VA is close to the national middle for violent crime, and earns a B PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 60% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Staunton, VA shows violent crime at 141.5 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,506.6 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 60% 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
141.5/100K violent
1506.6/100K property
-60% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Staunton, VA
Comparable rate records
Staunton's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Virginia cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Staunton's 141.5 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Hillsville (140.5), Rocky Mount (140.3), West Point (139.9), Vinton (149.2). 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.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 191.6 per 100,000 in 2020 to 141.5 in 2024 (-26.2%). The highest observed value was 229.2 in 2021 and the lowest 140.6 in 2022. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Position in the state cohort
Staunton sits mid-pack among comparable Virginia cities
At 141.5 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Staunton ranks 70 of 125 — above 55 of the 124 other Virginia cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is -25.5% against the cohort median of 189.9. 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 Staunton'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.
Staunton's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 19.9 Census sq mi, Staunton logged 19.8 property and 1.9 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Staunton's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (80% of 431 offenses; mix index 6,476).
Violent offenses are only 9% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (19.9 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
-21.8%
181 → 141.5/100K
Property Crime Rate
-2.2%
1540.1 → 1506.6/100K
Property offenses lead Staunton's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
394
1506.6
1711
Larceny-Theft
344
1315.4
-
Burglary
27
103.2
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
23
88
-
Arson
11
42.1
-
Violent Crime
37
141.5
352
Aggravated Assault
20
76.5
-
Rape
13
49.7
-
Murder
2
7.6
-
Robbery
2
7.6
-
Staunton Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Staunton 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
Staunton Police Department
Reporting agency for Staunton NIBRS-participating
Staunton Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Staunton's 431 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 Staunton in population. Their populations run from 21,302 to 29,474, against 26,151 here. Or use our
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Staunton at 141.5/100K violent and 1,506.6/100K property - matched below outside Virginia (≥10k pop, latest UCR vintage; not the in-state lists above).
In 2024, Staunton reported 37 violent crimes and 394 property crimes, for a total of 431 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Staunton?
From 2023 to 2024, Staunton's violent crime rate decreased by 21.8%, and the property crime rate decreased by 2.2%.
What is the most common crime in Staunton?
The most common crime type in Staunton is larceny-theft, accounting for 79.8% of all reported crimes (344 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Staunton 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 Staunton, VA rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.