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2017-06-11 18 38 43 View east along U.S. Route 460 Business (Anchorage Circle) just east of U.S. Route 460 in Grundy, Buchanan County, VirginiaPhoto: Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0
Safety in Grundy · Not graded

Safety in Grundy: figures, but no grade

Grundy’s police department covers under 1,000 people in the FBI’s count, so the page shows its counts, not rates, and there is no Safety Grade. For a graded neighbor, the nearest is Richlands (C−), 20 miles away.

Violent crimes
0
reported to the FBI, 2025
Property crimes
26
reported to the FBI, 2025
Nearest graded town
20 mi
Richlands (C−)
Reported crime, 2025

26 crimes reported in 2025

0
violent crimes reported
26
property crimes reported

In a town this small, a few incidents move the numbers a lot, so we show counts rather than rates.

What gets reported

Every offense type reported in 2025

2025 offenses reported

Larceny / theft22
Burglary2
Vehicle theft2
Aggravated assault0
Robbery0
Rape0
Homicide0
Arson0
0
violent crimes
26
property crimes

Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.

0 violent and 26 property, as reported to the FBI by Grundy’s police.

Nearest with figures

The nearest Virginia towns with a Safety Grade

TownGradeDistanceViolentProperty
RichlandsC−20 mi5.113.5
LebanonC−25 mi2.325.3
CoeburnC−30 mi2.426.3
SaltvilleB+33 mi0.87.2
WiseC+33 mi1.217.0
TazewellC+34 mi2.611.7

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

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

On the roads

One person died in crashes on Grundy’s roads in 2019–2023

Grundy had 1 fatal crash in five years, in which one person died.

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 Grundy’s size would see about 0 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Grundy’s own rate (22.9) is context, not a ranking.

1
people died in crashes, 2019–2023
0
pedestrians among them
0
cyclists among them
22.9
per 100,000 a year · Virginia towns of 2,500–5,000: 4.8

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

Grundy and its neighbors

Grundy
A rangeB rangeC rangeD rangeNot graded
TownGradeViolentProperty

Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

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

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.
  • One number for all of Grundy. 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 Grundy’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
  • Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (804 in 2025); our figure for Grundy is 815 (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 Grundy

Is Grundy, VA safe?

There is no Safety Grade for Grundy. The nearest Virginia towns with a grade are Richlands (C−, 20 mi), Lebanon (C−, 25 mi), Coeburn (C−, 30 mi).

Who polices Grundy?

Grundy’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Grundy”. 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.