Crime in Bedford, Virginia
Major crime in Bedford is 14% below the U.S. rate per resident: 26% lower for persons crimes and 11% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 7.3% from a year earlier.
Modeled estimates per resident, not counts of incidents. How we calculated this
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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Simple assault stands out most, at 2.0 times the U.S. rate
Expected crimes per year in Bedford for each type, and the index against the U.S. rate per resident.
Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live
Property crimes
Social disorder
Neighborhoods in Bedford
Bedford is made up of 4 census block groups. The typical resident lives where the major-crime index is 90; the middle half of residents live where it is between 61 and 108.
- 0–500.0%
- 50–10067.0%
- 100–20033.0%
- 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.
Highest on weekday daytimes
Major-crime index by time of week, against the U.S. rate for the same hours.
Major crime fell 7.3% in a year; across Virginia it fell 8.5%
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.
Bedford against U.S. places with 5,000 to 10,000 residents
714 of the 2,163 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Bedford; the middle of the group is 63. The 9 nearest in population:
Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; residents in gray.
Bedford has a higher major-crime index than 5 of its 8 nearest neighbors
The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Forest (13 mi), is 70% below Bedford's rate.
Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; distances between where residents live, in miles.
Questions about crime in Bedford
What are the most common crimes in Bedford?
By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 48 a year), shoplifting (about 13 a year) and aggravated assault (about 9 a year). Compared with the U.S., simple assault stands out most: 2.0 times 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. Bedford's figures add up its 4 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- Bedford's published incident records inform the estimate for every neighborhood.
- 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: 5,769. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in Bedford, Virginia." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/va/bedford
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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100
- Forest13 mi26
- Timberlake15 mi53
- Lynchburg19 mi102
- North Shore19 mi27
- Altavista20 mi148
- Vinton21 mi136
- Hollins24 mi57
- Madison Heights24 mi69