County crime profile · 2024 · very large county · property-led
Prince William County, VA
At 482,204 residents, Prince William County is a very large county in Virginia. FBI UCR county totals below are read before any per-100,000 rate (Census denominator when matched).
Prince William County, VA reported 256 violent crimes per 100,000 in FBI UCR 2024
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Prince William County, VA agencies reported 1,234 violent and 7,134 property offenses. That equals about 256 violent and 1480 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
1,234 violent offenses
256/100K violent rate
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Prince William County, VA
Position in the state cohort
Prince William County reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable Virginia counties
At 255.9 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Prince William County ranks 5 of 94 — above 89 of the 93 other Virginia counties whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test and carries a matched Census denominator. That is +101.2% 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.
2024 reported record
Larceny-theft is the most reported offence in Prince William County
Of the 8,368 Part I offences Prince William County reported for 2024, 14.7% were violent. Aggravated assault leads the violent categories at 896, and larceny-theft leads the property categories at 5,832, against a population of 482,204. Virginia has too few counties with a comparable 2024 submission to place this record against an in-state cohort, so it is reported on its own terms.
On a very 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 · very large county
Category
Count
Property Crime
7,134
Burglary
368
Larceny-Theft
5,832
Motor Vehicle Theft
934
Arson
21
Violent Crime
1,234
Murder
22
Rape
95
Robbery
221
Aggravated Assault
896
Reporting Agency
Prince William County Police Department NIBRS-participating
Prince William County's crime figures on this page originate from Prince William 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.