Danville, VA Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Danville, VA Summary

Crime in Danville research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Danville 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 Danville:

  • There were 1,482 total crimes committed in Danville the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 3,519.3 total crimes per 100K people in Danville.
  • The overall crime rate in Danville is 51.42% above the national average.
  • Danville ranks #126 safest out of 147 cities in Virginia.
  • Danville ranks #8,623 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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Danville Vs Virginia And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Danville is 3,519.3 per 100,000 people. That's 51.42% higher than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and 111.36% higher than the Virginia total crime rate of 1,665.1 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Danville
/ 100k People
Virginia
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 1,482 3,519.3 1,665.1 2,324.2
Murder 8 19.0 6.1 6.3
Robbery 25 59.4 34.3 66.1
Aggravated Assault 84 199.5 141.7 268.2
Violent Crime 137 325.3 208.7 369.8
Burglary 75 178.1 133.5 269.8
Larceny 1,172 2,783.1 1,196.6 1,401.9
Car Theft 98 232.7 126.3 282.7
Property Crime 1,345 3,193.9 1,456.4 1,954.4

Danville 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 Danville

137
Violent Crimes
325.3
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-12.03%
Below The National Average
  • There were 137 violent crimes in Danville in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Danville is 325.3 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 307.4 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Danville each year. That compares to a 1 in 479.3 chance statewide.
  • That's -12.03% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • 55.91% higher than the Virginia violent crime rate of 208.7 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Danville

1,345
Property Crimes
3,193.9
Property Crimes / 100k People
63.42%
Above The National Average
  • There were 1,345 property crimes in Danville in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Danville is 3,193.9 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 31.3 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Danville each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 63.42% higher than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And 119.30% higher than the Virginia property crime rate of 1,456.4 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Danville

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Greensboro, NC 298,719 13,755 4,604.7 3,785.5 819.2
Chapel Hill, NC 60,984 1,326 2,174.3 1,989.0 185.3
Carrboro, NC 21,190 425 2,005.7 1,731.9 273.7
Mebane, NC 18,956 613 3,233.8 2,996.4 237.4
Eden, NC 15,253 461 3,022.4 2,484.8 537.6
Reidsville, NC 14,481 698 4,820.1 3,832.6 987.5
Elon, NC 11,369 81 712.5 624.5 88.0
Hillsborough, NC 9,732 596 6,124.1 5,610.4 513.8
Gibsonville, NC 9,049 103 1,138.2 939.3 198.9
Chatham, VA 1,182 1 84.6 84.6 0.0

Danville SnackAbility

5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
4/10
Housing
5
Affordability
7
Diversity
9
Safety
5
Amenities
8
Education
5
Commute
9
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