County crime profile · 2024 · large county · property-led
James City County, VA
At 78,254 residents, James City County is a large county in Virginia. FBI UCR county totals below are read before any per-100,000 rate (Census denominator when matched).
James City County, VA reported 138 violent crimes per 100,000 in FBI UCR 2024
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, James City County, VA agencies reported 108 violent and 750 property offenses. That equals about 138 violent and 958 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
108 violent offenses
138/100K violent rate
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for James City County, VA
Position in the state cohort
James City County sits mid-pack among comparable Virginia counties
At 138.0 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, James City County ranks 37 of 94 — above 57 of the 93 other Virginia counties whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test and carries a matched Census denominator. That is +8.5% against the cohort median of 127.2. Counties that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
Property-offense composition
Larceny-theft dominates the property total more than it does across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 89.2% of reported property offenses in James City County, against a cohort median of 78.2%. The remainder is burglary (49) and motor vehicle theft (32). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
Offense mix
The reported mix leans further toward property offenses than the state cohort
Violent offenses are 12.6% of the 858 Part I offenses reported in James City County for 2024, against a median of 16.9% across comparable Virginia counties — a gap of 4.3 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
750
Burglary
49
Larceny-Theft
669
Motor Vehicle Theft
32
Arson
2
Violent Crime
108
Murder
0
Rape
31
Robbery
13
Aggravated Assault
64
Reporting Agency
James City County Police Department NIBRS-participating
James City County's crime figures on this page originate from James City County Police Department'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
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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.