Richlands, VA Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Richlands, VA Summary

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

  • There were 83 total crimes committed in Richlands in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,647.8 total crimes per 100K people in Richlands.
  • The overall crime rate in Richlands is -22.25% below the national average.
  • Richlands ranks #60 safest out of 133 cities in Virginia.
  • Richlands ranks #6,435 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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Richlands Vs Virginia And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Richlands is 1,647.8 per 100,000 people. That's -22.25% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -7.82% lower than the Virginia total crime rate of 1,787.6 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Richlands
/ 100k People
Virginia
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 83 1,647.8 1,787.6 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 4.8 5.0
Robbery 1 19.9 33.1 61.0
Aggravated Assault 15 297.8 152.2 256.0
Violent Crime 20 397.1 217.9 359.0
Burglary 9 178.7 108.7 229.0
Larceny 50 992.7 1,315.9 1,272.0
Car Theft 4 79.4 145.1 259.0
Property Crime 63 1,250.7 1,569.7 1,760.0

Richlands 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 Richlands

20
Violent Crimes
397.1
Violent Crimes / 100k People
10.60%
Above The National Average
  • There were 20 violent crimes in Richlands in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Richlands is 397.1 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 251.8 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Richlands each year. That compares to a 1 in 458.9 chance statewide.
  • That's 10.60% higher than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 82.22% higher than the Virginia violent crime rate of 217.9 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Richlands

63
Property Crimes
1,250.7
Property Crimes / 100k People
-28.93%
Below The National Average
  • There were 63 property crimes in Richlands in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Richlands is 1,250.7 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 80.0 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Richlands each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -28.93% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -20.32% lower than the Virginia property crime rate of 1,569.7 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Richlands

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Bristol, TN 28,082 652 2,321.8 1,958.5 363.2
Bristol, VA 16,775 581 3,463.5 3,028.3 435.2
Bluefield, WV 9,163 139 1,517.0 1,036.8 480.2
Abingdon, VA 8,310 141 1,696.8 1,564.4 132.4
Wytheville, VA 8,138 227 2,789.4 2,727.9 61.4
Pikeville, KY 7,343 120 1,634.2 1,443.6 190.7
Marion, VA 5,576 146 2,618.4 2,331.4 286.9
Princeton, WV 5,551 43 774.6 360.3 414.3
Bluefield, VA 4,845 154 3,178.5 3,116.6 61.9
Tazewell, VA 4,282 45 1,050.9 887.4 163.5

Richlands SnackAbility

4
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
3/10
Housing
5
Affordability
5
Diversity
3
Safety
7
Amenities
7
Education
4
Commute
6
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