Colonial Beach, VA Crime Statistics For 2023

Demographics | Crime
Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Colonial Beach, VA Summary

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

  • There were 64 total crimes committed in Colonial Beach the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,608.0 total crimes per 100K people in Colonial Beach.
  • The overall crime rate in Colonial Beach is -30.81% below the national average.
  • Colonial Beach ranks #63 safest out of 147 cities in Virginia.
  • Colonial Beach ranks #5,620 safest out of 9,869 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 doing per capita comparisons and isn't conveying that there are 100,000+ people in a location.

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Colonial Beach Vs Virginia And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Colonial Beach is 1,608.0 per 100,000 people. That's -30.81% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -3.43% lower than the Virginia total crime rate of 1,665.1 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Colonial Beach
/ 100k People
Virginia
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 64 1,608.0 1,665.1 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 6.1 6.3
Robbery 1 25.1 34.3 66.1
Aggravated Assault 11 276.4 141.7 268.2
Violent Crime 15 376.9 208.7 369.8
Burglary 3 75.4 133.5 269.8
Larceny 42 1,055.3 1,196.6 1,401.9
Car Theft 4 100.5 126.3 282.7
Property Crime 49 1,231.2 1,456.4 1,954.4

Colonial Beach Crime Compared To Virginia Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Virginia.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2022.

Violent Crime Rates In Colonial Beach

15
Violent Crimes
376.9
Violent Crimes / 100k People
1.92%
Above The National Average
  • There were 15 violent crimes in Colonial Beach in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Colonial Beach is 376.9 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 265.3 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Colonial Beach each year. That compares to a 1 in 479.3 chance statewide.
  • That's 1.92% higher than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • 80.62% higher than the Virginia violent crime rate of 208.7 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Colonial Beach

49
Property Crimes
1,231.2
Property Crimes / 100k People
-37.01%
Below The National Average
  • There were 49 property crimes in Colonial Beach in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Colonial Beach is 1,231.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 81.2 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Colonial Beach each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -37.01% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -15.47% lower than the Virginia property crime rate of 1,456.4 per 100,000 people.

Colonial Beach SnackAbility

5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
6/10
Housing
8
Affordability
5
Diversity
8
Safety
6
Amenities
8
Education
7
Commute
3
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