Crime in Williamsburg, Virginia
Major crime in Williamsburg is about the U.S. rate per resident: 40% lower for persons crimes and 14% higher 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
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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Other larceny stands out most, at 2.0 times the U.S. rate
Expected crimes per year in Williamsburg 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 Williamsburg
The middle half of Williamsburg residents live in neighborhoods with a major-crime index between 29 and 113; the typical (median) resident's is 35. The citywide figure (104) is higher than that because crime concentrates in a smaller set of areas.
- 0–5054.4%
- 50–1000.0%
- 100–20038.1%
- 200–4000.0%
- 400+7.5%
Share of residents by the index of their census block group, a neighborhood of roughly 600 to 3,000 people.
Highest at night
Major-crime index by time of week, against the U.S. rate for the same hours.
Major crime fell 7.3% 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.
Williamsburg against U.S. places with 10,000 to 25,000 residents
628 of the 2,149 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Williamsburg; the middle of the group is 72. The 9 nearest in population:
Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; residents in gray.
Williamsburg has a higher major-crime index than 6 of its 8 nearest neighbors
The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Gloucester Point (13 mi), is 65% below Williamsburg's rate.
Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; distances between where residents live, in miles.
Questions about crime in Williamsburg
What are the most common crimes in Williamsburg?
By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 162 a year), theft from vehicle (about 44 a year) and shoplifting (about 33 a year). Compared with the U.S., other larceny 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. Williamsburg's figures add up its 9 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- Williamsburg's published incident records inform the estimate for every neighborhood.
- 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: 16,066. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in Williamsburg, Virginia." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/va/williamsburg
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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100
- Gloucester Point13 mi36
- Newport News18 mi152
- Bethel Manor20 mi22
- Poquoson21 mi50
- Smithfield21 mi56
- Carrollton24 mi27
- Hampton25 mi158
- Waverly27 mi70