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2019-07-22 15 59 39 View east along U.S. Route 50 (Lee Jackson Memorial Highway) at Sullyfield Circle, Centerview Drive, Centreville and Walney Roads in Chantilly, Virginia, viewed from a plane heading for Washington Dulles International AirportPhoto: Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0
Safety in Chantilly · Not graded

Who polices Chantilly, and what they report

Chantilly has no police department of its own: it’s an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) in Fairfax County. The Fairfax County Police Department reports to the FBI for the parts of the county without police of their own, so there are no figures for Chantilly alone, and no Safety Grade.

Violent crimes
1,104
reported by the county police, 2025
whole area it covers
Property crimes
14,270
reported by the county police, 2025
whole area it covers
Nearest graded town
6 mi
Herndon (C+)
What stands out · In brief

What stands out about safety in Chantilly

Policed by the county

Chantilly is a census-designated place, with no town government. Crimes there are reported to the FBI inside the Fairfax County Police Department’s totals for the county. County police ↓

Counts, not rates

The FBI doesn’t publish how many people the Fairfax County Police Department covers, so its totals can’t be turned into a per-resident rate or a grade for Chantilly. County police ↓

The nearest graded towns

The closest Virginia towns with their own police figures are Herndon (C+, 6 mi), Fairfax (C−, 8 mi), Manassas Park (B+, 8 mi). Nearby towns can differ a lot from Chantilly. Nearest ↓

Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.

Who reports for Chantilly

What the Fairfax County Police Department reports

Crimes reported to the FBI for the whole area the department covers, by year.

Fairfax County Police Department

Reports to the FBI for the parts of Fairfax County without police of their own, which include Chantilly.

Property crimes

Violent crimes

Virginia State Police

Also reports crimes in Fairfax County to the FBI.

Property crimes

Violent crimes

2025 offenses reported by the Fairfax County Police Department

Larceny / theft12,909
Burglary339
Vehicle theft1,022
Aggravated assault648
Robbery324
Rape123
Homicide9
Arson10

Counts, not rates: the FBI doesn’t publish how many people each agency covers. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, Tables 10–11.

Nearest with figures

The nearest Virginia towns with a Safety Grade

Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

TownGradeDistanceViolentProperty
HerndonC+6 mi2.415.1
FairfaxC−8 mi1.129.8
Manassas ParkB+8 mi1.27.6
ViennaB+10 mi0.98.6
ManassasC10 mi2.816.8
Falls ChurchB−14 mi1.015.9

Straight-line distance from the center of Chantilly. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Chantilly.

On the roads

Four people died in crashes on Chantilly’s roads in 2019–2023

Chantilly had 4 fatal crashes in five years, in which four people died.

That is about what is typical for Virginia towns of 5,000–25,000 people: at their median rate (3.9 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Chantilly’s size would see about 5 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Chantilly’s own rate (3.3) is context, not a ranking.

4
people died in crashes, 2019–2023
0
pedestrians among them
0
cyclists among them
3.3
per 100,000 a year · Virginia towns of 5,000–25,000: 3.9

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.

Next door

Chantilly and its neighbors

How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.

A rangeB rangeC rangeD rangeNot graded
TownGradeViolentProperty
Centreville———
Franklin Farm———
Sully Square———
Bull Run———
Greenbriar———
Navy———

Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Centreville, Franklin Farm, Sully Square, Bull Run, Greenbriar and Navy are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own.

How to read these numbers

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.
  • A county agency covers a wide area. Its totals mix many communities, so they say little about any one of them.
  • 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 Chantilly

Is Chantilly, VA safe?

There is no Safety Grade for Chantilly. Chantilly has no police department of its own: it’s an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) in Fairfax County. The Fairfax County Police Department reports to the FBI for the parts of the county without police of their own, so there are no figures for Chantilly alone, and no Safety Grade. The nearest Virginia towns with a grade are Herndon (C+, 6 mi), Fairfax (C−, 8 mi), Manassas Park (B+, 8 mi).

Who polices Chantilly?

The Fairfax County Police Department. Chantilly is an unincorporated community, and the department reports to the FBI for the parts of Fairfax County without police of their own.

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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 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.