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Safest Counties (Lowest Violent Crime) in Virginia (2026)

Clarke has the lowest violent crime rate of any county in Virginia, at 43.6 per 100k, followed by Highland and Frederick. Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer (per-agency, 2018-2022 average), FBI CDE 2020-2024 avg. The full ranking of the top 25 counties is below.

Data updated 2024 - Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer (per-agency, 2018-2022 average)

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Safest counties for violent crime rate in Virginia

Top 25 of 133 counties with data.

Ranked by violent crime rate (FBI Crime Data Explorer (per-agency, 2018-2022 average), FBI CDE 2020-2024 avg), lowest first.

Safest counties for violent crime rate in Virginia
RankCountyValue
1Clarke43.6 per 100k
2Highland44.2 per 100k
3Frederick66.5 per 100k
4Bath69.3 per 100k
5Bland71.4 per 100k
6Floyd76.1 per 100k
7Mathews76.4 per 100k
8Surry80.3 per 100k
9Fauquier80.4 per 100k
10Goochland83.1 per 100k
11Craig84.8 per 100k
12Greene88.8 per 100k
13Brunswick88.8 per 100k
14Richmond89.7 per 100k
15Gloucester93.3 per 100k
16Louisa94.7 per 100k
17Fairfax95.6 per 100k
18Wythe98.2 per 100k
19Loudoun99.3 per 100k
20Fairfax104.3 per 100k
21Carroll105.8 per 100k
22Grayson106.1 per 100k
23Salem106.3 per 100k
24Pittsylvania106.8 per 100k
25Culpeper108.2 per 100k

How this ranking works

This page ranks Virginia counties by violent crime rate, sorted so the safest places appear first. Click any county to see its housing, schools, crime, and demographics in detail.

For violent crime rate, a lower value is generally more favorable, so the top of the list is the lowest. Want to weigh violent crime rate against schools, taxes, commute, and more at once? Use the live map to build a custom match.

Data comes from public sources. Source attribution and the exact data vintage are shown above and on the full map of violent crime rate.

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