CrimeMetric

Crime in Luray, Virginia

Major crime in Luray is 37% below the U.S. rate per resident: 49% lower for persons crimes and 35% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 7.4% from a year earlier.

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

Major crime
63
37% below the U.S. rate
26% below the Virginia rate
down 7.4% in a year
Persons crimes
52
49% below the U.S. rate
19% below the Virginia rate
down 4.4% in a year
Property crimes
65
35% below the U.S. rate
27% below the Virginia rate
down 7.9% in a year
Social disorder
119
19% above the U.S. rate
27% above the Virginia rate
down 7.3% 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

Drugs and alcohol stands out most, at 2.7 times the U.S. rate

Expected crimes per year in Luray 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 Luray

The middle half of Luray residents live in neighborhoods with a major-crime index between 27 and 88; the typical (median) resident's is 60.

Map of Luray, 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.
  • 0–5033.2%
  • 50–10066.8%
  • 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 weekday daytimes

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

Monday to Friday, 6am to 6pm74
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am47
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm70
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am57
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 7.4% in a year; across Virginia it fell 8.5%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-7.4%VA -8.5%-14.1%VA -12.4%
Persons crimes-4.4%VA -5.2%-1.3%VA -1.9%
Property crimes-7.9%VA -9.0%-16.3%VA -14.1%
Social disorder-7.3%VA -5.3%-11.6%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

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

1,093 of the 2,163 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Luray; the middle of the group is 63. The 9 nearest in population:

DeWitt, IA5,91270
Luray, VA5,89763
Oxford, PA5,89348
Milan, MI5,89846

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

Nearby places

Luray has a higher major-crime index than 4 of its 8 nearest neighbors

The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Woodstock (15 mi), is 22% above Luray's rate.

Harrisonburg27 mi100
Culpeper28 mi81
Woodstock15 mi77
Luray63
Strasburg24 mi53
Broadway20 mi20

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

Questions about crime in Luray

What are the most common crimes in Luray?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 35 a year), shoplifting (about 8 a year) and aggravated assault (about 7 a year). Compared with the U.S., drugs and alcohol stands out most: 2.7 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. Luray's figures add up its 5 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Luray 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: 5,897. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100