CrimeMetric

Crime in Marion, Virginia

Major crime in Marion is about the U.S. rate per resident: 16% lower for persons crimes and about the same for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 7.6% from a year earlier.

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

Major crime
101
about the U.S. rate
19% above the Virginia rate
down 7.6% in a year
Persons crimes
84
16% below the U.S. rate
31% above the Virginia rate
down 5.0% in a year
Property crimes
105
about the U.S. rate
17% above the Virginia rate
down 8.0% in a year
Social disorder
108
8% above the U.S. rate
16% above the Virginia rate
down 6.4% 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 2.0 times the U.S. rate

Expected crimes per year in Marion 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 Marion

The middle half of Marion residents live in neighborhoods with a major-crime index between 67 and 130; the typical (median) resident's is 68. The citywide figure (101) is higher than that because crime concentrates in a smaller set of areas.

Map of Marion, 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.
  • 0–5014.6%
  • 50–10040.1%
  • 100–20039.3%
  • 200–4006.0%
  • 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 6pm119
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am79
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm107
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am92
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 7.6% in a year; across Virginia it fell 8.5%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-7.6%VA -8.5%-17.0%VA -12.4%
Persons crimes-5.0%VA -5.2%-4.5%VA -1.9%
Property crimes-8.0%VA -9.0%-19.2%VA -14.1%
Social disorder-6.4%VA -5.3%-12.0%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

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

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

Marion, VA5,207101
Erda, UT5,21372
Duryea, PA5,20039

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

Nearby places

Marion 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, Tazewell (20 mi), is 20% below Marion's rate.

Galax35 mi184
Bluefield30 mi174
Wytheville24 mi146
Marion101
Richlands24 mi88
Lebanon32 mi87
Abingdon26 mi82
Tazewell20 mi81

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

Questions about crime in Marion

What are the most common crimes in Marion?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are shoplifting (about 31 a year), other larceny (about 29 a year) and aggravated assault (about 9 a year). Compared with the U.S., rape / sexual 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. Marion's figures add up its 6 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Marion 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: 5,207. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100