Crime in University of Virginia, Virginia
Major crime in University of Virginia is 1.8 times the U.S. rate per resident: 21% lower for persons crimes and 2.0 times for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 10.0% 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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Motor vehicle theft stands out most, at 5.0 times the U.S. rate
Expected crimes per year in University of Virginia 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 University of Virginia
The middle half of University of Virginia residents live in neighborhoods with a major-crime index between 13 and 353; the typical (median) resident's is 76. The citywide figure (180) is higher than that because crime concentrates in a smaller set of areas.
- 0–5041.3%
- 50–10011.8%
- 100–2000.0%
- 200–40046.9%
- 400+0.0%
Share of residents by the index of their census block group, a neighborhood of roughly 600 to 3,000 people.
Highest on Friday and Saturday nights
Major-crime index by time of week, against the U.S. rate for the same hours.
Major crime fell 10.0% 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.
University of Virginia against U.S. places with 5,000 to 10,000 residents
156 of the 2,163 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than University of Virginia; the middle of the group is 63. The 9 nearest in population:
Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; residents in gray.
University of Virginia has a higher major-crime index than all of its 8 nearest neighbors
The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Charlottesville (1 mi), is 8% below University of Virginia's rate.
Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; distances between where residents live, in miles.
Questions about crime in University of Virginia
What are the most common crimes in University of Virginia?
By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 132 a year), motor vehicle theft (about 75 a year) and theft from vehicle (about 36 a year). Compared with the U.S., motor vehicle theft stands out most: 5.0 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. University of Virginia's figures add up its 5 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- University of Virginia's published incident records inform the estimate for every neighborhood.
- 46.9% 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: 9,429. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in University of Virginia, Virginia." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/va/university-of-virginia
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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100
- Charlottesville1 mi165
- Pantops4 mi133
- Hollymead7 mi119
- Crozet10 mi28
- Waynesboro21 mi92
- Fishersville25 mi42
- Stuarts Draft28 mi41
- Massanutten28 mi26