Wytheville, VA Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Wytheville, VA Summary

Crime in Wytheville research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Wytheville 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 Wytheville:

  • There were 313 total crimes committed in Wytheville the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 3,817.5 total crimes per 100K people in Wytheville.
  • The overall crime rate in Wytheville is 64.25% above the national average.
  • Wytheville ranks #132 safest out of 147 cities in Virginia.
  • Wytheville ranks #8,833 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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Wytheville Vs Virginia And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Wytheville is 3,817.5 per 100,000 people. That's 64.25% higher than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and 129.27% higher than the Virginia total crime rate of 1,665.1 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Wytheville
/ 100k People
Virginia
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 313 3,817.5 1,665.1 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 6.1 6.3
Robbery 1 12.2 34.3 66.1
Aggravated Assault 2 24.4 141.7 268.2
Violent Crime 10 122.0 208.7 369.8
Burglary 33 402.5 133.5 269.8
Larceny 252 3,073.5 1,196.6 1,401.9
Car Theft 18 219.5 126.3 282.7
Property Crime 303 3,695.6 1,456.4 1,954.4

Wytheville 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 Wytheville

10
Violent Crimes
122.0
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-67.02%
Below The National Average
  • There were 10 violent crimes in Wytheville in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Wytheville is 122.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 819.9 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Wytheville each year. That compares to a 1 in 479.3 chance statewide.
  • That's -67.02% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -41.55% lower than the Virginia violent crime rate of 208.7 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Wytheville

303
Property Crimes
3,695.6
Property Crimes / 100k People
89.09%
Above The National Average
  • There were 303 property crimes in Wytheville in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Wytheville is 3,695.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 27.1 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Wytheville each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 89.09% higher than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And 153.74% higher than the Virginia property crime rate of 1,456.4 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Wytheville

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Blacksburg, VA 45,749 286 625.2 581.4 43.7
Christiansburg, VA 21,746 554 2,547.6 2,363.7 183.9
Radford, VA 16,978 239 1,407.7 1,089.6 318.1
Mount Airy, NC 10,511 323 3,073.0 2,692.4 380.6
Bluefield, WV 9,411 139 1,477.0 85.0 1,392.0
Pulaski, VA 8,944 340 3,801.4 3,466.0 335.4
Marion, VA 5,711 149 2,609.0 2,293.8 315.2
Princeton, WV 5,551 43 774.6 360.3 414.3
Richlands, VA 5,158 87 1,686.7 1,299.0 387.7
Bluefield, VA 4,957 262 5,285.5 4,962.7 322.8

Wytheville SnackAbility

6
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
6/10
Housing
5
Affordability
6
Diversity
6
Safety
7
Amenities
7
Education
7
Commute
9.5
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