CrimeMetric

Crime in Waverly, Virginia

Major crime in Waverly is 30% below the U.S. rate per resident: 14% lower for persons crimes and 34% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 7.3% from a year earlier.

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

Major crime
70
30% below the U.S. rate
18% below the Virginia rate
down 7.3% in a year
Persons crimes
87
14% below the U.S. rate
35% above the Virginia rate
down 3.8% in a year
Property crimes
66
34% below the U.S. rate
26% below the Virginia rate
down 8.3% in a year
Social disorder
80
20% below the U.S. rate
14% below the Virginia rate
down 5.5% 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

Weapons violations stand out most, at 1.6 times the U.S. rate

Expected crimes per year in Waverly 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 Waverly

Waverly is made up of 3 census block groups. The typical resident lives where the major-crime index is 62; the middle half of residents live where it is between 50 and 62.

Map of Waverly, 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%
  • 50–10083.6%
  • 100–20016.4%
  • 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 6pm67
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am79
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm58
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am71
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 7.3% in a year; across Virginia it fell 8.5%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-7.3%VA -8.5%-14.0%VA -12.4%
Persons crimes-3.8%VA -5.2%-1.5%VA -1.9%
Property crimes-8.3%VA -9.0%-17.6%VA -14.1%
Social disorder-5.5%VA -5.3%-7.6%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

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

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

Pawhuska, OK2,913144
Stroud, OK2,905101
Burney, CA2,91598
Waverly, VA2,91270
Ossun, LA2,91854
Homer, NY2,90933
Onawa, IA2,89924

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

Nearby places

Waverly has a higher major-crime index than 3 of its 8 nearest neighbors

The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Fort Lee (20 mi), is 65% below Waverly's rate.

Petersburg21 mi247
Franklin26 mi177
Williamsburg27 mi104
Hopewell21 mi98
Waverly70
Ettrick24 mi65
Smithfield27 mi56
Fort Lee20 mi24

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

Questions about crime in Waverly

What are the most common crimes in Waverly?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 16 a year), aggravated assault (about 7 a year) and shoplifting (about 4 a year). Compared with the U.S., weapons violations stands out most: 1.6 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. Waverly's figures add up its 3 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Waverly 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: 2,912. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100