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Fort Belvoir, VA crime analytics

Source & Methodology

Analytics built by:   Location, Inc.

Raw data sources:   18,000 local law enforcement agencies in the U.S.

Date(s) & Update Frequency:   Reflects 2022 calendar year; released from FBI in Oct. 2023 (latest available). Updated annually. Where is 2023 data?

Methodology:   Our nationwide meta-analysis overcomes the issues inherent in any crime database, including non-reporting and reporting errors. This is possible by associating the 9.4 million reported crimes in the U.S, including over 2 million geocoded point locations…. Read more about Scout's Crime Data

With a crime rate of 38 per one thousand residents, Fort Belvoir has one of the highest crime rates in America compared to all communities of all sizes - from the smallest towns to the very largest cities. One's chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime here is one in 26. Within Virginia, more than 96% of the communities have a lower crime rate than Fort Belvoir.

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 7,637, Fort Belvoir has a combined rate of violent and property crime that is very high compared to other places of similar population size. Regardless of whether Fort Belvoir 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 Fort Belvoir.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Fort Belvoir 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 Fort Belvoir.

For Fort Belvoir, NeighborhoodScout found that the violent crime rate is well below the national average for all communities of all population sizes. Violent crimes such as assault, rape, murder and armed robbery happen less often in Fort Belvoir than in most of America. One's chance of becoming a victim of a violent crime here is one in 3819, which is a violent crime rate of 0 per one thousand inhabitants.

In addition, NeighborhoodScout found that a lot of the crime that takes place in Fort Belvoir is property crime. Property crimes that are tracked for this analysis are burglary, larceny over fifty dollars, motor vehicle theft, and arson. In Fort Belvoir, your chance of becoming a victim of a property crime is one in 26, which is a rate of 38 per one thousand population.

Fort Belvoir Crime Data

total Crime Index

6

(100 is safest)


Safer than 6% of U.S. cities.

Fort Belvoir Annual Crimes

  Violent Property Total

Number of Crimes

2

291

293

Crime Rate
(per 1,000 residents)

0.26

38.10

38.37

Violent Crime

Violent Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

20 15 10 5 0
0.26
2.34
National Median: 4
    Fort Belvoir
    Virginia

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Violent Crime

1 in 3,819

in Fort Belvoir

1 in 427

in Virginia

Fort Belvoir Violent Crimes

Population: 7,637
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total Unreported Unreported Unreported Unreported
Rate per 1,000 Unreported Unreported Unreported Unreported

United States Violent Crimes

Population: 333,287,557
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total 21,156 133,294 220,450 893,980
Rate per 1,000 0.06 0.40 0.66 2.68

Property Crime

Property Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

100 75 50 25 0
38.1
16.96
National Median: 20
    Fort Belvoir
    Virginia

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Property Crime

1 in 26

in Fort Belvoir

1 in 59

in Virginia

Property Crimes

Population: 7,637
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total Unreported Unreported Unreported
Rate per 1,000 Unreported Unreported Unreported

United States Property Crimes

Population: 333,287,557
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total 899,293 4,672,363 942,173
Rate per 1,000 2.70 14.02 2.83

Fort Belvoir Crimes Per Square Mile

200 150 100 50 0
33
19
National Median: 27.0
    Fort Belvoir
    Virginia

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Zip Codes in Fort Belvoir, VA