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Safety in Occoquan · Not graded

Occoquan has no grade of its own; Dumfries, 9 miles away, is the nearest that does

Within 10 miles, Dumfries is the one town with a Safety Grade. A 25-mile circle around it holds 8 towns with a grade. Occoquan’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
1
reported to the FBI, 2025
Property crimes
3
reported to the FBI, 2025
Nearest graded town
9 mi
Dumfries (B−)
1,000 neighbors · one year

For every 1,000 residents, about 3 property crimes reported

Property crime (2.8)Violent crime (0.9)Everyone else

Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025

Occoquan0.9
Rest of VA3.2
U.S. (FBI)3.3

Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025

Occoquan2.8
Rest of VA20.2
U.S. (FBI)15.5

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 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.

By year

The years Occoquan’s police reported

Show as a table
YearOccoquanRest of VirginiaOccoquanRest of Virginia
2022not reported25.2not reported3.5
2023not reported24.4not reported3.5
2024not reported23.3not reported3.3
20252.820.20.93.2

Crimes per 1,000 residents

Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents, against the rest of Virginia. A year the department didn’t report in full is a gap, not a zero.

What gets reported

4 crimes reported in 2025

2025 offenses reported

Larceny / theft1
Burglary1
Vehicle theft1
Aggravated assault1
Robbery0
Rape0
Homicide0
Arson0
1
violent crimes
3
property crimes

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

1 violent and 3 property, as reported to the FBI by Occoquan’s police.

Nearest with figures

The nearest Virginia towns with a Safety Grade

TownGradeDistanceViolentProperty
DumfriesB−9 mi1.712.1
Manassas ParkB+11 mi1.27.6
FairfaxC−12 mi1.129.8
ManassasC13 mi2.816.8
AlexandriaC14 mi1.922.3
Falls ChurchB−15 mi1.015.9

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

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

On the roads

No one died in a crash on Occoquan’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 Occoquan’s size would see about 0 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Occoquan’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

Occoquan and its neighbors

A rangeB rangeC rangeD rangeNot graded
TownGradeViolentProperty
Laurel Hill———
Lake Ridge———

Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Laurel Hill and Lake Ridge 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.

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 Occoquan. 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 Occoquan’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
  • Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (1,070 in 2025); our figure for Occoquan is 1,078 (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 Occoquan

Is Occoquan, VA safe?

There is no Safety Grade for Occoquan. The nearest Virginia towns with a grade are Dumfries (B−, 9 mi), Manassas Park (B+, 11 mi), Fairfax (C−, 12 mi).

Who polices Occoquan?

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