Crime in McLean, Virginia
Major crime in McLean is 55% below the U.S. rate per resident: 82% lower for persons crimes and 49% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 16.5% 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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Every crime type in McLean is near or below the U.S. rate
Expected crimes per year in McLean 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
How crime varies across McLean
The middle half of McLean residents live in neighborhoods with a major-crime index between 21 and 36; the typical (median) resident's is 27. The citywide figure (45) is higher than that because crime concentrates in a smaller set of areas.
- 0–5079.5%
- 50–1009.0%
- 100–2009.9%
- 200–4001.7%
- 400+0.0%
Share of residents by the index of their census block group, a neighborhood of roughly 600 to 3,000 people.
Highest in the daytime
Major-crime index by time of week, against the U.S. rate for the same hours.
Major crime fell 16.5% 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.
McLean against U.S. places with 50,000 to 100,000 residents
490 of the 540 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than McLean; the middle of the group is 92. The 9 nearest in population:
Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; residents in gray.
McLean has a higher major-crime index than 2 of its 8 nearest neighbors
The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Pimmit Hills (2 mi), is 11% below McLean's rate.
Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; distances between where residents live, in miles.
Questions about crime in McLean
What are the most common crimes in McLean?
By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 136 a year), shoplifting (about 123 a year) and theft from vehicle (about 71 a year). Compared with the U.S., shoplifting stands out most: 24% below 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. McLean's figures add up its 36 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- McLean's published incident records inform the estimate for every neighborhood.
- 13.1% 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: 50,612. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in McLean, Virginia." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/va/mclean
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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100
- Pimmit Hills2 mi40
- Idylwood3 mi51
- Falls Church3 mi84
- Dunn Loring3 mi25
- West Falls Church4 mi70
- Vienna5 mi52
- Seven Corners5 mi301
- Merrifield5 mi172