CrimeMetric

Crime in Abingdon, Virginia

Major crime in Abingdon is 19% below the U.S. rate per resident: 52% lower for persons crimes and 11% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 6.8% from a year earlier.

Modeled estimates per resident, not counts of incidents. How we calculated this

Major crime
82
19% below the U.S. rate
about the Virginia rate
down 6.8% in a year
Persons crimes
48
52% below the U.S. rate
25% below the Virginia rate
down 4.7% in a year
Property crimes
89
11% below the U.S. rate
about the Virginia rate
down 7.0% in a year
Social disorder
96
about the U.S. rate
about the Virginia rate
down 5.1% in a year

Index: crimes per resident compared with the U.S., where 100 is the U.S. rate and 200 is twice it.

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Crime by type

Rape / sexual assault stands out most, at 42% above the U.S. rate

Expected crimes per year in Abingdon for each type, and the index against the U.S. rate per resident.

Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live

IndexPer year

How crime varies across Abingdon

The middle half of Abingdon residents live in neighborhoods with a major-crime index between 53 and 93; the typical (median) resident's is 55. The citywide figure (82) is higher than that because crime concentrates in a smaller set of areas.

Map of Abingdon, with its census block groups shaded by major-crime index band
Block groups shaded by major-crime index, in the bar's bands below; pale gray where fewer than 100 people live. Highways and boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau.
  • 0–5019.3%
  • 50–10063.1%
  • 100–20017.6%
  • 200–4000.0%
  • 400+0.0%

Share of residents by the index of their census block group, a neighborhood of roughly 600 to 3,000 people.

When it happens

Highest on weekday daytimes

Major-crime index by time of week, against the U.S. rate for the same hours.

Monday to Friday, 6am to 6pm111
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am53
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm86
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am56
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 6.8% in a year; across Virginia it fell 8.5%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-6.8%VA -8.5%-14.4%VA -12.4%
Persons crimes-4.7%VA -5.2%-1.9%VA -1.9%
Property crimes-7.0%VA -9.0%-15.9%VA -14.1%
Social disorder-5.1%VA -5.3%-9.8%VA -5.7%

Change in expected crimes, with Virginia as a whole in gray. The past year uses the reporting agencies' year-to-date FBI data; 2031 is the model's projection.

Similar-size places

Abingdon against U.S. places with 5,000 to 10,000 residents

775 of the 2,163 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Abingdon; the middle of the group is 63. The 9 nearest in population:

Capitola, CA7,766150
Abingdon, VA7,76082
Eaton, OH7,75453
Pelham, NY7,76723

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; residents in gray.

Nearby places

Abingdon has a higher major-crime index than 1 of its 8 nearest neighbors

The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Bristol (14 mi), is 2.2 times Abingdon's rate.

Bristol14 mi177
Bristol, TN16 mi116
Marion26 mi101
Richlands28 mi88
Lebanon14 mi87
Abingdon82

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; distances between where residents live, in miles.

Questions about crime in Abingdon

What are the most common crimes in Abingdon?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 46 a year), shoplifting (about 25 a year) and theft from vehicle (about 17 a year). Compared with the U.S., rape / sexual assault stands out most: 42% above the U.S. rate per resident.

How we calculated this

Each police agency's crimes, as reported to the FBI, are spread across the census block groups it serves using population, jobs, points of interest and, where available, local incident records. Abingdon's figures add up its 6 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Abingdon has no published incident records in our data, so its estimate relies on agency totals and neighborhood characteristics.
  • 0.0% of residents live in block groups whose estimate has high confidence (80% interval within about 5x).
  • Rates are per resident, so places where many people work or visit but few live, such as downtowns, airports and stadiums, can read high.
  • Disorderly conduct and trespassing are modeled, because the FBI records them only through arrests.
  • Residents: 7,760. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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CrimeMetric. "Crime in Abingdon, Virginia." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/va/abingdon

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100