ZIP code profile · 2024 county data

ZIP Code 22203

Arlington County, Virginia: Census demographics for this ZIP plus the containing county's FBI UCR crime rate.

Data updated 2026-08-24

2,086
Property rate /100K (county)
25,753
Population (ZIP)
308
Violent rate /100K (county)

Is ZIP code 22203 safe? Honest data snapshot

ZIP code 22203 sits within Arlington County, VA. The figures below are the county's own FBI UCR numbers for 2024, the most accurate available statistic for this location, not a ZIP-specific calculation.

Arlington County reported a violent-crime rate of 308 per 100,000 residents and a property-crime rate of 2,086 per 100,000 in 2024, drawing on county-level agency submissions.

ZIP 22203 carries a Census-reported population of 25,753, ranking #5 of 11 ZIPs in Arlington County, spread across 1.57 square miles (about 16,403 people per square mile). For a full breakdown of Arlington County's crime categories and year-over-year trend, see the Arlington County crime page linked below.

ZIP 22203 has no FBI-native crime rate (postal codes are not police jurisdictions). The property-led county proxy above is from Arlington County agency submissions; see methodology for the ZCTA plurality map. Methodology.

ZIP 22203 Census context

These are ZIP/ZCTA demographic estimates, separate from the county-level FBI proxy above. They describe the local settlement, not a crime rate.

Median household income
$123,315
Median age
33.1 years
Owner-occupied homes
31%
Occupied homes
13,304

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2022 5-year ZCTA estimates (income, age, and occupied housing tenure).

How useful is the county proxy for ZIP 22203?

Participating agencies give Arlington County a split reported profile: violent crime is 13% below the U.S. benchmark while property crime is 22% above it. The categories should be read separately; the submissions neither establish complete county coverage nor provide a ZIP-specific rate for 22203. Both comparisons use the same 2024 county reporting population and FBI-submitted counts, so the two directions are internally comparable for this release, not evidence about a different year.

22203 is a densely settled part of the county at about 16,403 people per square mile. Density is not a crime predictor on its own; it only shows why a county-wide average can conceal a very different local setting inside this ZIP.

Arlington County UCR book ZIP 22203 inherits

ZIP 22203 itself is about 16,403 people per Census sq mi across 1.6 sq mi (25,753 residents), a postal settlement fact independent of the county UCR proxy.

ZIP 22203 accounts for roughly 10.8% of the county reporting population (25,753 of 238,643).

Arlington County's 2024 UCR book concentrates in larceny-theft (76% of 5,715 offenses; mix index 5,934). ZIP 22203 inherits that county mix, not a postal-native split.

Arlington County offense mix (2024)

Mix index is HHI × 10,000 on county offense-type shares. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero; still county-agency data, not a ZIP-native FBI table.

Nationwide peers for ZIP 22203

Similar county violent rate (~308/100K)

Similar Census population (~25,753)

County detail: Arlington County · State atlas: Virginia

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau (ZIP population, land area, 2020 ZCTA-to-county relationship file, ACS 5-year estimates) and FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, Crime in the United States (CIUS) Table 10 (county-level crime, attributed via ZIP-to-county crosswalk).

Verify with Census.gov Geography and FBI.gov UCR.

Read our methodology , how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Every figure on PlainCrime is rendered directly from FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page combines Census ZIP-level figures with a ZIP-to-county crosswalk to attribute FBI UCR crime data honestly, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.