Big Stone Gap, VA Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Big Stone Gap, VA Summary

Crime in Big Stone Gap research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Big Stone Gap over the past eight years using the FBI crime explorer. Based on the most recently available data released October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Big Stone Gap:

  • There were 100 total crimes committed in Big Stone Gap the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,939.9 total crimes per 100K people in Big Stone Gap.
  • The overall crime rate in Big Stone Gap is -16.54% below the national average.
  • Big Stone Gap ranks #84 safest out of 147 cities in Virginia.
  • Big Stone Gap ranks #6,411 safest out of 9,869 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as doing per capita comparisons and isn't conveying that there are 100,000+ people in a location.

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Big Stone Gap Vs Virginia And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Big Stone Gap is 1,939.9 per 100,000 people. That's -16.54% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and 16.50% higher than the Virginia total crime rate of 1,665.1 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Big Stone Gap
/ 100k People
Virginia
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 100 1,939.9 1,665.1 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 6.1 6.3
Robbery 1 19.4 34.3 66.1
Aggravated Assault 6 116.4 141.7 268.2
Violent Crime 8 155.2 208.7 369.8
Burglary 5 97.0 133.5 269.8
Larceny 81 1,571.3 1,196.6 1,401.9
Car Theft 6 116.4 126.3 282.7
Property Crime 92 1,784.7 1,456.4 1,954.4

Big Stone Gap Crime Compared To Virginia Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Virginia.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2022.

Violent Crime Rates In Big Stone Gap

8
Violent Crimes
155.2
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-58.03%
Below The National Average
  • There were 8 violent crimes in Big Stone Gap in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Big Stone Gap is 155.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 644.4 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Big Stone Gap each year. That compares to a 1 in 479.3 chance statewide.
  • That's -58.03% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -25.63% lower than the Virginia violent crime rate of 208.7 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Big Stone Gap

92
Property Crimes
1,784.7
Property Crimes / 100k People
-8.68%
Below The National Average
  • There were 92 property crimes in Big Stone Gap in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Big Stone Gap is 1,784.7 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 56.0 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Big Stone Gap each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -8.68% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And 22.54% higher than the Virginia property crime rate of 1,456.4 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Big Stone Gap

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Kingsport, TN 55,799 2,710 4,856.7 4,070.0 786.8
Bristol, TN 27,862 780 2,799.5 2,297.0 502.5
Greeneville, TN 15,556 536 3,445.6 3,092.1 353.6
Elizabethton, TN 13,868 311 2,242.6 1,939.7 302.9
Pikeville, KY 7,190 178 2,475.7 2,169.7 306.0
Church Hill, TN 7,105 46 647.4 351.9 295.6
Jonesborough, TN 6,081 95 1,562.2 1,480.0 82.2
Mount Carmel, TN 5,522 69 1,249.5 1,050.3 199.2
Norton, VA 3,666 262 7,146.8 6,764.9 381.9
Wise, VA 2,884 48 1,664.4 1,560.3 104.0

Big Stone Gap SnackAbility

4
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
4/10
Housing
5
Affordability
7
Diversity
8
Safety
8
Amenities
8
Education
5
Commute
8
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