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Safety in La Crosse · Not graded

Crime reported in La Crosse, VA

La Crosse’s police reported to the FBI for 2025 but not 2023 or 2024, so there is no Safety Grade: the grade needs all three years, 2023–2025.

Violent crimes
0
reported to the FBI, 2025
Property crimes
0
reported to the FBI, 2025
Nearest graded town
3 mi
South Hill (D)
Reported crime, 2025

0 crimes reported in 2025

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

0
violent crimes reported
0
property crimes reported
What gets reported

0 crimes reported in 2025

0 violent and 0 property, as reported to the FBI by La Crosse’s police.

2025 offenses reported

Larceny / theft0
Burglary0
Vehicle theft0
Aggravated assault0
Robbery0
Rape0
Homicide0
Arson0
0
violent crimes
0
property crimes

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

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
South HillD3 mi4.234.4
KenbridgeB−18 mi3.95.4
Chase CityC21 mi3.614.9
ClarksvilleB+27 mi1.06.1
BlackstoneC−27 mi5.218.0
EmporiaD31 mi8.930.2

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

On the roads

No one died in a crash on La Crosse’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 La Crosse’s size would see about 0 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so La Crosse’s own rate (0.0) is context, not a ranking.

0
people died in crashes, 2019–2023
0
pedestrians among them
0
cyclists among them
0.0
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

La Crosse and its neighbors

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

South Hill: Safety Grade DSouth HillLa Crosse
A rangeB rangeC rangeD rangeNot graded
TownGradeViolentProperty
South HillD4.234.4

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

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 La Crosse. 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 La Crosse’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
  • Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (614 in 2025); our figure for La Crosse is 605 (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 La Crosse

Is La Crosse, VA safe?

There is no Safety Grade for La Crosse. La Crosse’s police reported to the FBI for 2025 but not 2023 or 2024, so there is no Safety Grade: the grade needs all three years, 2023–2025. The nearest Virginia towns with a grade are South Hill (D, 3 mi), Kenbridge (B−, 18 mi), Chase City (C, 21 mi).

Who polices La Crosse?

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