County crime profile · 2024 · large county · property-led

Culpeper County, VA

At 52,552 residents, Culpeper County is a large county in Virginia. FBI UCR county totals below are read before any per-100,000 rate (Census denominator when matched).

Data updated 2026-09-05

108
Property offenses
16
Violent offenses
124
Total · 2024

Culpeper County, VA reported 30 violent crimes per 100,000 in FBI UCR 2024

According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Culpeper County, VA agencies reported 16 violent and 108 property offenses. That equals about 30 violent and 206 property crimes per 100,000 using a verified Census population join. Table 10 coverage is a voluntary subset of U.S. counties.

  • 2024 UCR year
  • 16 violent offenses
  • 30/100K violent rate

What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Culpeper County, VA

Small-count caution

The violent-crime count is small enough that the derived rate is unstable

Culpeper County reported 16 violent offences in 2024 against a population of 52,552. 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.

Position in the state cohort

Culpeper County reported a lower violent-crime rate than most comparable Virginia counties

At 30.4 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Culpeper County ranks 93 of 94 — above 1 of the 93 other Virginia counties whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test and carries a matched Census denominator. That is -76.2% against the cohort median of 128.0. Counties 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 higher

Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 22.8 per 100,000 in 2020 to 30.4 in 2024 (+33.3%). The highest observed value was 97.0 in 2022 and the lowest 22.8 in 2020. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.

Offense mix

The reported mix leans further toward property offenses than the state cohort

Violent offenses are 12.9% of the 124 Part I offenses reported in Culpeper County for 2024, against a median of 16.9% across comparable Virginia counties — a gap of 4.0 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.

On a large county row, county figures aggregate every participating agency inside the county. Participation is voluntary. Per-100,000 rates use a separately matched 2020 U.S. Census county population, never a Table 10 field; unmatched counties stay count-only. A large county line encloses very different communities.

Crime Breakdown (2024) · property-led · large county

Category Count
Property Crime 108
Burglary 6
Larceny-Theft 84
Motor Vehicle Theft 18
Arson 1
Violent Crime 16
Murder 0
Rape 1
Robbery 0
Aggravated Assault 15

Reporting Agency

Culpeper County Sheriff's Office NIBRS-participating

Culpeper County's crime figures on this page originate from Culpeper County Sheriff's Office's submission to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program.

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 Counties in Virginia

A per-capita rate is easiest to read against places of similar scale, so these are the Virginia counties closest to Culpeper County in population. Their populations run from 50,948 to 60,501, against 52,552 here. Or launch the side-by-side compare tool to benchmark two jurisdictions directly.

Nationwide peers for Culpeper County

Similar violent rate (~30/100K)

Similar property rate (~206/100K)

ZIP Codes in Culpeper County

State atlas: Virginia · Compare · Rankings

Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, Crime in the United States (CIUS) Table 10.

FBI Table 10 supplies county offense counts but no resident population. Where this page shows a per-100,000 rate, the denominator is a separately matched 2020 U.S. Census Bureau county population; unmatched county rows remain count-only. Statewide comparisons draw on the state UCR program. Verify with FBI.gov UCR and Census.gov QuickFacts.

Put this to use

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