CrimeMetric

Crime in Clifton Forge, Virginia

Major crime in Clifton Forge is 15% below the U.S. rate per resident: 27% lower for persons crimes and 12% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 7.7% from a year earlier.

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

Major crime
85
15% below the U.S. rate
about the Virginia rate
down 7.7% in a year
Persons crimes
73
27% below the U.S. rate
15% above the Virginia rate
down 4.8% in a year
Property crimes
88
12% below the U.S. rate
about the Virginia rate
down 8.2% in a year
Social disorder
104
about the U.S. rate
12% above the Virginia rate
down 6.1% 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

Other larceny stands out most, at 1.8 times the U.S. rate

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

Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live

IndexPer year

Neighborhoods in Clifton Forge

Clifton Forge is made up of 4 census block groups. The typical resident lives where the major-crime index is 82; the middle half of residents live where it is between 77 and 90.

Map of Clifton Forge, with its census block groups shaded by major-crime index band
Block groups shaded by major-crime index, in the key's bands below; pale gray where fewer than 100 people live. Highways and boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau.
  • 0–500.0%
  • 50–100100.0%
  • 100–2000.0%
  • 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.

When it happens

Highest on weeknights

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

Monday to Friday, 6am to 6pm70
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am115
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm51
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am97
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 7.7% in a year; across Virginia it fell 8.5%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-7.7%VA -8.5%-18.7%VA -12.4%
Persons crimes-4.8%VA -5.2%-5.4%VA -1.9%
Property crimes-8.2%VA -9.0%-21.2%VA -14.1%
Social disorder-6.1%VA -5.3%-12.5%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

Clifton Forge against U.S. places with 2,000 to 5,000 residents

519 of the 1,761 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Clifton Forge; the middle of the group is 58. The 9 nearest in population:

Kenedy, TX3,379172
Clifton Forge, VA3,38385
Lyons, NY3,38232

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

Nearby places

Clifton Forge 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, Covington (9 mi), is 18% below Clifton Forge's rate.

Vinton38 mi136
Bedford37 mi86
Clifton Forge85
Covington9 mi70
Hollins34 mi57
Lexington21 mi41

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

Questions about crime in Clifton Forge

What are the most common crimes in Clifton Forge?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 30 a year), aggravated assault (about 6 a year) and burglary (about 5 a year). Compared with the U.S., other larceny stands out most: 1.8 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. Clifton Forge's figures add up its 4 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Clifton Forge 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: 3,383. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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CrimeMetric. "Crime in Clifton Forge, Virginia." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/va/clifton-forge

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100