Photo: Mojo Hand · CC BY-SA 3.0Tappahannock has more crime per resident than 88% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported by Tappahannock’s police in 2023–2025, it grades D for safety. What’s more, the local count comes to 4.7 violent crimes and 27.3 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people each year, with 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 stands out about safety in Tappahannock
A job center
Tappahannock has 2,060 jobs based in town for 2,193 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Tappahannock’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.
Crime in Tappahannock 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 5 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 | Tappahannock | Rest of Virginia | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5.4 | 3.5 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 5.9 | 3.5 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 5.0 | 3.2 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Tappahannock’s police reported 31 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 4.7 per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.3 in the rest of Virginia and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | Tappahannock property | Rest of Virginia property | Tappahannock violent | Rest of Virginia violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 24.6 | 25.2 | 5.4 | 3.5 |
| 2023 | 26.4 | 24.4 | 5.9 | 3.5 |
| 2024 | 33.4 | 23.2 | 3.2 | 3.3 |
| 2025 | 22.3 | 20.2 | 5.0 | 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.
60 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.
11 violent and 49 property, as reported to the FBI by Tappahannock’s police.
Four people died in crashes on Tappahannock’s roads in 2019–2023
Tappahannock had 4 fatal crashes in five years, in which four people died.
That is more than 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 Tappahannock’s size would see about 0 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Tappahannock’s own rate (41.9) 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.
Tappahannock and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tappahannock | D | 4.7 | 27.3 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Virginia towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tappahannock | D | 4.7 | 27.3 |
| Stephens City | B | 0.5 | 11.6 |
| Amherst | B | 1.3 | 9.4 |
| Louisa | C+ | 2.4 | 11.8 |
| Chase City | C | 3.6 | 14.9 |
| Crewe | C− | 5.7 | 18.3 |
The five graded Virginia towns closest to Tappahannock’s population (2,193), 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 Tappahannock. 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 Tappahannock’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (2,202 in 2025); our figure for Tappahannock is 2,193 (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 Tappahannock
Is Tappahannock, VA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Tappahannock reports more crime per resident than 88% of U.S. towns, a D Safety Grade. Its police reported 4.7 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 Tappahannock?
4.7 violent and 27.3 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 Tappahannock?
Tappahannock’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Tappahannock”. 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.