Crime rates for Mount Crawford, VA

The crime rate in Mount Crawford is considerably higher than the national average across all communities in America from the largest to the smallest, although at 41 crimes per one thousand residents, it is not among the communities with the very highest crime rate. The chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime in Mount Crawford is 1 in 26. Based on FBI crime data, Mount Crawford is not one of the safest communities in America. Relative to Virginia, Mount Crawford has a crime rate that is higher than 70% of the state's cities and towns of all sizes.

Separately, it is always interesting and important to compare a town's crime rate with those of similarly sized communities - a fair comparison as larger cities tend to have more crime. NeighborhoodScout has done just that. With a population of 243, Mount Crawford has a combined rate of violent and property crime that is very high compared to other places of similar population size. Regardless of whether Mount Crawford does well or poorly compared to all other cities and towns in the US of all sizes, compared to places with a similar population, it fares badly. Few other communities of this size have a crime rate as high as Mount Crawford.

The crime data that NeighborhoodScout used for this analysis are the seven offenses from the uniform crime reports, collected by the FBI from 17,000 local law enforcement agencies, and include both violent and property crimes, combined.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Mount Crawford does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in Mount Crawford.

NeighborhoodScout's research shows that Mount Crawford's violent crime rate is 4 per one thousand inhabitants, which is about average for all communities in America, across all population sizes. Violent crimes that are tracked and included in this rate are armed robbery, aggravated assault, forcible (not statutory) rape, and murder and non-negligent manslaughter. Roughly similar to the national average, our analysis shows that your chance of becoming a victim of violent crime in Mount Crawford is one in 363.

NeighborhoodScout's analysis also reveals that Mount Crawford's rate for property crime is 37 per one thousand population. This makes Mount Crawford a place where there is an above average chance of becoming a victim of a property crime, when compared to all other communities in America of all population sizes. Property crimes are motor vehicle theft, arson, larceny, and burglary. Your chance of becoming a victim of any of these crimes in Mount Crawford is one in 28.