County crime profile · 2024 · large county · property-led
Washington County, VA
At 53,935 residents, Washington County is a large county in Virginia. FBI UCR county totals below are read before any per-100,000 rate (Census denominator when matched).
Washington County, VA reported 98 violent crimes per 100,000 in FBI UCR 2024
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Washington County, VA agencies reported 53 violent and 467 property offenses. That equals about 98 violent and 866 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
53 violent offenses
98/100K violent rate
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Washington County, VA
Position in the state cohort
Washington County sits mid-pack among comparable Virginia counties
At 98.3 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Washington County ranks 68 of 94 — above 26 of the 93 other Virginia counties whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test and carries a matched Census denominator. That is -23.2% 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.
Offense mix
The reported mix leans further toward property offenses than the state cohort
Violent offenses are 10.2% of the 520 Part I offenses reported in Washington County for 2024, against a median of 16.9% across comparable Virginia counties — a gap of 6.7 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.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window close to where it started
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 96.4 per 100,000 in 2020 to 98.3 in 2024 (+1.9%). The highest observed value was 98.3 in 2024 and the lowest 79.7 in 2022. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
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
467
Burglary
63
Larceny-Theft
361
Motor Vehicle Theft
43
Arson
0
Violent Crime
53
Murder
1
Rape
20
Robbery
1
Aggravated Assault
31
Reporting Agency
Washington County Sheriff's Office NIBRS-participating
Washington County's crime figures on this page originate from Washington 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
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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.
County Table 10 totals are voluntary agency filings: incomplete coverage is not a county crime measure, and a countywide figure is not a neighbourhood verdict.