Photo: Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0What is recorded in Fair Oaks, and why there is no grade
For a graded neighbor, the nearest is Fairfax (C−), 3 miles away. Fair Oaks 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 Fair Oaks alone, and no Safety Grade. The surrounding 10 miles hold 5 graded places to compare with.
What stands out about safety in Fair Oaks
Policed by the county
Fair Oaks 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 Fair Oaks. County police ↓
The nearest graded towns
The closest Virginia towns with their own police figures are Fairfax (C−, 3 mi), Vienna (B+, 6 mi), Herndon (C+, 7 mi). Nearby towns can differ a lot from Fair Oaks. Nearest ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What the Fairfax County Police Department reports
Reports to the FBI for the parts of Fairfax County without police of their own, which include Fair Oaks.
Property crimes
Violent crimes
Also reports crimes in Fairfax County to the FBI.
Property crimes
Violent crimes
2025 offenses reported by the Fairfax County Police Department
Counts, not rates: the FBI doesn’t publish how many people each agency covers. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, Tables 10–11.
Crimes reported to the FBI for the whole area the department covers, by year.
The nearest Virginia towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairfax | C− | 3 mi | 1.1 | 29.8 |
| Vienna | B+ | 6 mi | 0.9 | 8.6 |
| Herndon | C+ | 7 mi | 2.4 | 15.1 |
| Manassas Park | B+ | 8 mi | 1.2 | 7.6 |
| Falls Church | B− | 10 mi | 1.0 | 15.9 |
| Manassas | C | 11 mi | 2.8 | 16.8 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Fair Oaks. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Fair Oaks.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Five people died in crashes on Fair Oaks’s roads in 2019–2023
Fair Oaks had 5 fatal crashes in five years, in which five people died; 3 were pedestrians.
That is about what is typical for Virginia towns of 25,000–100,000 people: at their median rate (3.9 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Fair Oaks’s size would see about 7 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Fair Oaks’s own rate (2.8) is context, not a ranking.
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.
Fair Oaks and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakton | — | — | — |
| Difficult Run | — | — | — |
| Fair Lakes | — | — | — |
| Fairfax | C− | 1.1 | 29.8 |
| Navy | — | — | — |
| George Mason | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Oakton, Difficult Run, Fair Lakes, Navy and George Mason are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own.
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.
- 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 Fair Oaks
Is Fair Oaks, VA safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Fair Oaks. The nearest Virginia towns with a grade are Fairfax (C−, 3 mi), Vienna (B+, 6 mi), Herndon (C+, 7 mi).
Who polices Fair Oaks?
The Fairfax County Police Department. Fair Oaks 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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Neighbors looking out for each other in Fair Oaks.
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.