Windsor, VA is close to the national middle for violent crime, and earns a B PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 42% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Windsor, VA shows violent crime at 203.4 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 678 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 42% 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
203.4/100K violent
678/100K property
-42% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Windsor, VA
Small-count caution
The violent-crime count is small enough that the derived rate is unstable
Windsor reported 6 violent offences in 2024 against a population of 2,950. At this volume one additional or one fewer report moves the per-100,000 rate noticeably, so the figure is better read as a data point than as a precise measurement, and year-to-year swings here are expected.
Comparable rate records
Windsor's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Virginia cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Windsor's 203.4 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Williamsburg (198.8), Gate City (198.5), Clifton Forge (209.6), Blackstone (210.3). 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 23.1% of the 26 Part I offenses reported in Windsor for 2024, against a median of 10.4% across comparable Virginia cities — a gap of 12.7 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.
Property-offense composition
Burglary and vehicle theft carry more of the property total than they do across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 65.0% of reported property offenses in Windsor, against a cohort median of 86.7%. The remainder is burglary (3) and motor vehicle theft (4). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 252.3 per 100,000 in 2020 to 203.4 in 2024 (-19.4%). The highest observed value was 382.5 in 2022 and the lowest 102.9 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
Windsor sits mid-pack among comparable Virginia cities
At 203.4 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Windsor ranks 58 of 125 — above 67 of the 124 other Virginia cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +7.8% 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.
Property counts dominate Windsor'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.
Based on 6 reported violent incidents in a population of 2,950. At this volume, one additional or one fewer report can shift the rate and letter grade noticeably; small-city crime counts are inherently more volatile year to year than large-city counts, so treat this grade as a data point, not a precise ranking.
Small-city offense counts above are voluntary UCR submissions, not neighbourhood advice. Year-to-year swings can look large when the population base is modest.
Windsor's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 4 Census sq mi, Windsor logged 5 property and 1.5 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Windsor leans on larceny-theft at 50% of reported offenses, with a moderate mix index of 3,151.
Violent offenses are 23% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (4 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
+97.7%
102.9 → 203.4/100K
Property Crime Rate
-48%
1303.2 → 678/100K
Property offenses lead Windsor's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
vs VA
Property Crime
20
678
1711
1590.1
Larceny-Theft
13
440.7
-
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
4
135.6
-
-
Burglary
3
101.7
-
-
Arson
1
33.9
-
-
Violent Crime
6
203.4
352
222.8
Aggravated Assault
4
135.6
-
-
Rape
1
33.9
-
-
Robbery
1
33.9
-
-
Murder
0
0
-
-
Windsor Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Windsor 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
Windsor Police Department
Reporting agency for Windsor NIBRS-participating
Windsor Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Windsor's 26 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 Windsor in population. Their populations run from 2,656 to 3,249, against 2,950 here. Or use our
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In 2024, Windsor reported 6 violent crimes and 20 property crimes, for a total of 26 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Windsor?
From 2023 to 2024, Windsor's violent crime rate increased by 97.7%, and the property crime rate decreased by 48%.
What is the most common crime in Windsor?
The most common crime type in Windsor is larceny-theft, accounting for 50.0% of all reported crimes (13 incidents in 2024).
Small-city read: Windsor is sourced from FBI UCR Table 8 for 2024; rates use that row's population.
Small-city rows use the same per-100,000 formula; a few unreported years can leave gaps in the trend table. Verify the agency's submission on FBI.gov UCR.
Disclaimer (small city): UCR counts here are informational only. They are not a victimization probability. Source: FBI UCR Program.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Windsor, VA rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.