Vinton, VA Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Vinton, VA Summary

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

  • There were 154 total crimes committed in Vinton in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,914.5 total crimes per 100K people in Vinton.
  • The overall crime rate in Vinton is -9.66% below the national average.
  • Vinton ranks #73 safest out of 133 cities in Virginia.
  • Vinton ranks #7,030 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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Vinton Vs Virginia And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Vinton is 1,914.5 per 100,000 people. That's -9.66% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and 7.10% higher than the Virginia total crime rate of 1,787.6 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Vinton
/ 100k People
Virginia
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 154 1,914.5 1,787.6 2,119.2
Murder 1 12.4 4.8 5.0
Robbery 0 0.0 33.1 61.0
Aggravated Assault 11 136.7 152.2 256.0
Violent Crime 12 149.2 217.9 359.0
Burglary 11 136.7 108.7 229.0
Larceny 126 1,566.4 1,315.9 1,272.0
Car Theft 5 62.2 145.1 259.0
Property Crime 142 1,765.3 1,569.7 1,760.0

Vinton 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 Vinton

12
Violent Crimes
149.2
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-58.45%
Below The National Average
  • There were 12 violent crimes in Vinton in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Vinton is 149.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 670.3 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Vinton each year. That compares to a 1 in 458.9 chance statewide.
  • That's -58.45% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -31.54% lower than the Virginia violent crime rate of 217.9 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Vinton

142
Property Crimes
1,765.3
Property Crimes / 100k People
0.30%
Above The National Average
  • There were 142 property crimes in Vinton in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Vinton is 1,765.3 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 56.6 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Vinton each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 0.30% higher than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 12.46% higher than the Virginia property crime rate of 1,569.7 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Vinton

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Roanoke, VA 97,027 4,537 4,676.0 4,055.6 620.4
Lynchburg, VA 80,339 1,683 2,094.9 1,737.6 357.2
Blacksburg, VA 45,734 362 791.5 715.0 76.5
Salem, VA 25,606 499 1,948.8 1,862.8 85.9
Christiansburg, VA 22,297 629 2,821.0 2,596.8 224.2
Lexington, VA 7,656 45 587.8 457.2 130.6
Buena Vista, VA 6,598 25 378.9 333.4 45.5

Vinton SnackAbility

6
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
6/10
Housing
6
Affordability
8
Diversity
6
Safety
4
Amenities
8.5
Education
6
Commute
8
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