Photo: Ben Schumin · CC BY-SA 3.0Property crime per resident is higher in Alexandria than in 81% of U.S. towns
The yearly rates were 1.9 violent crimes and 22.3 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, set against 3.4 and 22.6 in the rest of Virginia. Even so, its Safety Grade, C (#47 of 84 graded towns in Virginia, and #106 of 325 U.S. cities over 100,000), rests on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025: more crime per resident than 72% of U.S. towns. Per resident, the graded crimes were down 34% from 2023 to 2025.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of VA” is every other Virginia city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in Alexandria
Among Virginia towns, closer to the middle
Virginia’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Alexandria’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 44% of the 84 Virginia towns we grade, against 28% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Homicides: below U.S. cities overall
Alexandria’s police reported 2 homicides to the FBI in 2025. Over 2023–2025 that is 1.3 per 100,000 residents a year, below the rest of Virginia (9.7) and below all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables (5.7). Violent crime ↓
Robberies: above the rest of Virginia
68.7 robberies per 100,000 residents a year over 2023–2025 (78 reported in 2025), above the rest of Virginia (53.4) and below all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables (79.4). Violent crime ↓
Against other big cities
Among the 325 U.S. cities over 100,000 we grade, Alexandria reports less crime per resident than 67% (#106). Places like it ↓
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Alexandria’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are higher than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (1.9) is below the FBI’s national estimate (3.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Alexandria property | Rest of Virginia property | Alexandria violent | Rest of Virginia violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 19.5 | 25.5 | 1.9 | 3.6 |
| 2023 | 24.3 | 24.4 | 2.3 | 3.6 |
| 2024 | 26.4 | 23.1 | 2.2 | 3.3 |
| 2025 | 16.3 | 20.4 | 1.4 | 3.3 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Virginia.
Homicides and robberies
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| Year | Alexandria | Rest of Virginia | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4.0 | 13.3 | 7.7 |
| 2023 | 1.3 | 12.0 | 6.8 |
| 2024 | 1.3 | 9.5 | 5.7 |
| 2025 | 1.3 | 7.7 | 4.6 |
Homicides per 100,000 residents
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| Year | Alexandria | Rest of Virginia | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 68.2 | 64.8 | 95.5 |
| 2023 | 85.1 | 58.4 | 90.6 |
| 2024 | 72.8 | 52.2 | 81.9 |
| 2025 | 48.9 | 49.5 | 66.0 |
Robberies per 100,000 residents
Alexandria’s police reported 2 homicides, 78 robberies and 218 violent crimes in all to the FBI in 2025. By year, against the rest of Virginia and all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables.
Crime in Alexandria per 1,000 residents
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
And about 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
2,812 crimes reported in 2025
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
218 violent and 2,594 property, as reported to the FBI by Alexandria’s police.
22 people died in crashes on Alexandria’s roads in 2019–2023
Alexandria had 22 fatal crashes in five years, in which 22 people died; 10 were pedestrians. 7 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 2.8 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, below the median for Virginia towns of 100,000+ people (7.8, 8 towns).
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Alexandria and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandria | C | 1.9 | 22.3 |
| Arlington | — | — | — |
| Lincolnia | — | — | — |
| Bailey's Crossroads | — | — | — |
| Rose Hill | — | — | — |
| Huntington | — | — | — |
| Belle Haven | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Arlington, Lincolnia, Bailey's Crossroads, Rose Hill, Huntington and Belle Haven are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own.
Virginia towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandria | C | 1.9 | 22.3 |
| Suffolk | C | 4.2 | 14.8 |
| Hampton | C− | 2.7 | 29.1 |
| Richmond | D | 3.8 | 34.1 |
| Norfolk | D | 4.7 | 35.8 |
| Newport News | D | 8.0 | 24.0 |
The five graded Virginia towns closest to Alexandria’s population (160,662), by grade.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- One number for all of Alexandria. A citywide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of the city to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Alexandria’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (159,534 in 2025); our figure for Alexandria is 160,662 (2025 Census estimate).
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Alexandria
Is Alexandria, VA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Alexandria reports more crime per resident than 72% of U.S. towns, a C Safety Grade and #47 of 84 in Virginia. Its police reported 1.9 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.4 in the rest of Virginia and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Alexandria?
1.9 violent and 22.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Virginia reports 3.4 and 22.6; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Alexandria in 2025?
Alexandria’s police reported 2 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 1.3 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Who polices Alexandria?
Alexandria’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Alexandria”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.