Charlottesville crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 20 years with violent crime decreasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Charlottesville for 2025 is expected to be lower than in 2019.
The city violent crime rate for Charlottesville in 2019 was lower than the
national violent crime rate average by 14.6% and the city property crime rate in Charlottesville was higher than the
national property crime rate average by 9.94%.
In 2019 the city violent crime rate in Charlottesville was higher than the
violent crime rate in Virginia by 55.79% and the city property crime rate in Charlottesville was higher than the
property crime rate in Virginia by 41.22%.