Photo: Ken Lund from Las Vegas, Nevada, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0Per resident, Fredericksburg records more crime than nine in ten U.S. towns
The graded rate fell 26% from 2023 to 2025. Scored on crimes Fredericksburg’s police reported across 2023 to 2025, the town lands on D for safety: #70 of 84 graded towns in Virginia. Per 1,000 residents a year, 5.0 violent crimes and 29.9 incidents of property crime were recorded, against 3.3 and 22.5 in the rest of Virginia. It has more violent crime than 88% of U.S. towns, and more property crime than 91%.
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 Fredericksburg
A college town
Fredericksburg is home to the University of Mary Washington, with 3,605 students taking classes on campus (federal college data), and 14% of residents are enrolled in college (Census). Students who live in town count as residents, so they are part of the per-resident rate. How to read it ↓
A job center
Fredericksburg has 22,117 jobs based in town for 30,393 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read 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 Fredericksburg’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.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Fredericksburg property | Rest of Virginia property | Fredericksburg violent | Rest of Virginia violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 39.7 | 25.1 | 4.1 | 3.5 |
| 2023 | 34.4 | 24.3 | 4.9 | 3.5 |
| 2024 | 30.7 | 23.2 | 6.0 | 3.3 |
| 2025 | 24.9 | 20.2 | 4.1 | 3.2 |
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.
Crime in Fredericksburg 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 4 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Fredericksburg | Rest of Virginia | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 4.9 | 3.5 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 6.0 | 3.3 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 4.1 | 3.2 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Fredericksburg’s police reported 444 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 5.0 per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.3 in the rest of Virginia and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
887 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.
124 violent and 763 property, as reported to the FBI by Fredericksburg’s police.
16 people died in crashes on Fredericksburg’s roads in 2019–2023
Fredericksburg had 15 fatal crashes in five years, in which 16 people died; 4 were pedestrians and 1 was a cyclist. 5 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 11.1 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Virginia towns of 25,000–100,000 people (3.9, 38 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.
Fredericksburg and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fredericksburg | D | 5.0 | 29.9 |
| Falmouth | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Falmouth is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own.
Virginia towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fredericksburg | D | 5.0 | 29.9 |
| Staunton | B− | 1.6 | 14.3 |
| Herndon | C+ | 2.4 | 15.1 |
| Winchester | C− | 2.6 | 23.3 |
| Fairfax | C− | 1.1 | 29.8 |
| Petersburg | D | 8.8 | 30.6 |
The five graded Virginia towns closest to Fredericksburg’s population (30,393), 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 Fredericksburg. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Fredericksburg’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (30,595 in 2025); our figure for Fredericksburg is 30,393 (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 Fredericksburg
Is Fredericksburg, VA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Fredericksburg reports more crime per resident than 90% of U.S. towns, a D Safety Grade and #70 of 84 in Virginia. Its police reported 5.0 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.3 in the rest of Virginia and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Fredericksburg?
5.0 violent and 29.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Virginia reports 3.3 and 22.5; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Fredericksburg in 2025?
Fredericksburg’s police reported 0 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 0.0 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Who polices Fredericksburg?
Fredericksburg’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Fredericksburg”. 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.