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2016-06-26 18 09 42 View south along Virginia State Route 42 (Main Street) at Rockingham Street in Timberville, Rockingham County, VirginiaPhoto: Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0
Safety in Timberville · Not graded

Crime reported in Timberville, VA

Timberville’s police reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2025 but not 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
9
reported to the FBI, 2025
Nearest graded town
2 mi
Broadway (A)
1,000 neighbors · one year

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

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

Property crime (2.9)Violent crime (0.3)Everyone else

Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025

Timberville0.3
Rest of VA3.2
U.S. (FBI)3.3

Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025

Timberville2.9
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.

By year

The years Timberville’s police reported

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.

Show as a table
YearTimbervilleRest of VirginiaTimbervilleRest of Virginia
20222.025.21.73.5
20233.924.50.33.5
2024not reported23.3not reported3.3
20252.920.20.33.2

Crimes per 1,000 residents

What gets reported

10 crimes reported in 2025

1 violent and 9 property, as reported to the FBI by Timberville’s police.

2025 offenses reported

Larceny / theft8
Burglary1
Vehicle theft0
Aggravated assault1
Robbery0
Rape0
Homicide0
Arson0
1
violent crimes
9
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
BroadwayA2 mi0.63.3
Mount JacksonB−10 mi0.814.3
ShenandoahA−13 mi1.24.0
HarrisonburgC15 mi2.316.9
LurayB−17 mi1.613.3
ElktonB18 mi1.48.9

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

On the roads

No one died in a crash on Timberville’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 Timberville’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Timberville’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

Timberville and its neighbors

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

Timberville
A rangeB rangeC rangeD rangeNot graded
TownGradeViolentProperty

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 Timberville. 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 Timberville’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
  • Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (3,139 in 2025); our figure for Timberville is 3,166 (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 Timberville

Is Timberville, VA safe?

There is no Safety Grade for Timberville. Timberville’s police reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2025 but not 2024, so there is no Safety Grade: the grade needs all three years, 2023–2025. The nearest Virginia towns with a grade are Broadway (A, 2 mi), Mount Jackson (B−, 10 mi), Shenandoah (A−, 13 mi).

Who polices Timberville?

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