Alexandria, VA Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Alexandria, VA Summary

Crime in Alexandria research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Alexandria over the past eight years using the FBI Crime Explorer. Based on the most recently available data released on October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Alexandria:

  • There were 4,436 total crimes committed in Alexandria in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 2,859.1 total crimes per 100K people in Alexandria.
  • The overall crime rate in Alexandria is 34.91% above the national average.
  • Alexandria ranks #101 safest out of 133 cities in Virginia.
  • Alexandria ranks #8,455 safest out of 9,896 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as per capita comparisons and isn't meant to convey that 100,000+ people live in a location.

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Alexandria Vs Virginia And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Alexandria is 2,859.1 per 100,000 people. That's 34.91% higher than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and 59.94% higher than the Virginia total crime rate of 1,787.6 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Alexandria
/ 100k People
Virginia
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 4,436 2,859.1 1,787.6 2,119.2
Murder 2 1.3 4.8 5.0
Robbery 113 72.8 33.1 61.0
Aggravated Assault 213 137.3 152.2 256.0
Violent Crime 340 219.1 217.9 359.0
Burglary 149 96.0 108.7 229.0
Larceny 3,571 2,301.6 1,315.9 1,272.0
Car Theft 376 242.3 145.1 259.0
Property Crime 4,096 2,640.0 1,569.7 1,760.0

Alexandria Crime Compared To Virginia Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Virginia.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2024.

Violent Crime Rates In Alexandria

340
Violent Crimes
219.1
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-38.96%
Below The National Average
  • There were 340 violent crimes in Alexandria in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Alexandria is 219.1 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 456.3 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Alexandria each year. That compares to a 1 in 458.9 chance statewide.
  • That's -38.96% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 0.57% higher than the Virginia violent crime rate of 217.9 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Alexandria

4,096
Property Crimes
2,640.0
Property Crimes / 100k People
50.00%
Above The National Average
  • There were 4,096 property crimes in Alexandria in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Alexandria is 2,640.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 37.9 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Alexandria each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 50.00% higher than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 68.19% higher than the Virginia property crime rate of 1,569.7 per 100,000 people.

Alexandria SnackAbility

8.5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8.5/10
Housing
9.5
Affordability
5
Diversity
9.5
Safety
7
Amenities
10
Education
8.5
Commute
4
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