CrimeMetric

Crime in Christiansburg, Virginia

Major crime in Christiansburg is 8% above the U.S. rate per resident: 46% lower for persons crimes and 20% higher 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

Major crime
108
8% above the U.S. rate
27% above the Virginia rate
down 7.3% in a year
Persons crimes
54
46% below the U.S. rate
16% below the Virginia rate
down 5.0% in a year
Property crimes
120
20% above the U.S. rate
33% above the Virginia rate
down 7.5% in a year
Social disorder
125
25% above the U.S. rate
34% above the Virginia rate
down 6.5% 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

Shoplifting stands out most, at 2.8 times the U.S. rate

Expected crimes per year in Christiansburg 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 Christiansburg

The middle half of Christiansburg residents live in neighborhoods with a major-crime index between 36 and 114; the typical (median) resident's is 59. The citywide figure (108) is higher than that because crime concentrates in a smaller set of areas.

Map of Christiansburg, 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.
  • 0–5045.6%
  • 50–10023.6%
  • 100–20018.3%
  • 200–4008.9%
  • 400+3.6%

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 6pm130
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am84
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm121
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am80
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 7.3% in a year; across Virginia it fell 8.5%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-7.3%VA -8.5%-17.2%VA -12.4%
Persons crimes-5.0%VA -5.2%-4.1%VA -1.9%
Property crimes-7.5%VA -9.0%-18.5%VA -14.1%
Social disorder-6.5%VA -5.3%-10.8%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

Christiansburg against U.S. places with 10,000 to 25,000 residents

591 of the 2,149 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Christiansburg; the middle of the group is 72. The 9 nearest in population:

Sanford, ME22,791135
Christiansburg, VA22,829108
Radcliff, KY22,825106
Montrose, CO22,792101
Carlisle, PA22,81472
Hanahan, SC22,80858

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

Nearby places

Christiansburg has a higher major-crime index than 6 of its 8 nearest neighbors

The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Blacksburg (7 mi), is 69% below Christiansburg's rate.

Roanoke27 mi202
Pulaski20 mi189
Christiansburg108
Salem22 mi72
Radford8 mi70
Pearisburg21 mi69
Hollins29 mi57

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

Questions about crime in Christiansburg

What are the most common crimes in Christiansburg?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are shoplifting (about 200 a year), other larceny (about 127 a year) and aggravated assault (about 29 a year). Compared with the U.S., shoplifting stands out most: 2.8 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. Christiansburg's figures add up its 15 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Christiansburg'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: 22,829. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100