Photo: Rutke421 18:56, 10 April 2008 (UTC) · Public domainPer resident, Glade Spring records more violent crime than 68% of U.S. towns
That puts it at C+ for safety, judged on crimes Glade Spring’s police reported from 2023 to 2025. Annual rates stand at 2.7 violent crimes and 13.6 incidents of property crime for every thousand residents, next to 3.3 and 22.6 in the rest of Virginia.
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’s behind Glade Spring’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; property crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (2.7) 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. Its property rate (13.6) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Glade Spring | Rest of Virginia | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.5 | 3.5 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.7 | 3.5 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 5.1 | 3.3 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 2.2 | 3.2 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Glade Spring’s police reported 11 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.7 per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.3 in the rest of Virginia and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in Glade Spring 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 2 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | Glade Spring property | Rest of Virginia property | Glade Spring violent | Rest of Virginia violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7.4 | 25.2 | 1.5 | 3.5 |
| 2023 | 15.4 | 24.4 | 0.7 | 3.5 |
| 2024 | 16.8 | 23.3 | 5.1 | 3.3 |
| 2025 | 8.8 | 20.2 | 2.2 | 3.2 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Virginia.
15 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.
3 violent and 12 property, as reported to the FBI by Glade Spring’s police.
No one died in a crash on Glade Spring’s roads in 2019–2023
That is about what is typical for Virginia towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (4.8 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Glade Spring’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Glade Spring’s own rate (0.0) 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.
Glade Spring and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glade Spring | C+ | 2.7 | 13.6 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Virginia towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glade Spring | C+ | 2.7 | 13.6 |
| Rural Retreat | A | 0.4 | 3.1 |
| Cape Charles | A− | 1.0 | 5.2 |
| Clarksville | B+ | 1.0 | 6.1 |
| Exmore | C+ | 3.3 | 12.1 |
| Coeburn | C− | 2.4 | 26.3 |
The five graded Virginia towns closest to Glade Spring’s population (1,366), 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 Glade Spring. 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 Glade Spring’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (1,368 in 2025); our figure for Glade Spring is 1,366 (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 Glade Spring
Is Glade Spring, VA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Glade Spring reports more crime per resident than 63% of U.S. towns, a C+ Safety Grade. Its police reported 2.7 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 Glade Spring?
2.7 violent and 13.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Virginia reports 3.3 and 22.6; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Who polices Glade Spring?
Glade Spring’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Glade Spring”. 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.