Charlottesville Crime Map
Virginia · Latest 24h · updated 2026-11-12
| Latest 24h | 2 incidents (2026-11-10) |
|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | 2,874 incidents through October |
| 2025 (full year) | 3,678 incidents |
| Full archive | 19,098 incidents (2021–2026) |
| Per 100K / year | 8,216 |
Source: Charlottesville Police Department open data.
About crime in Charlottesville
Latest mapped day. Charlottesville recorded 2 incidents on 2026-11-10. This is a short-window snapshot of police open data, not a personal-safety score.
Year-over-year context
Charlottesville recorded 3,836 incidents in 2024 and 3,678 in 2025, a 4.1% decrease. Year-to-year comparisons depend on consistent source coverage and reporting definitions.
Latest 24h (2026-11-10) category breakdown
| Other | 2 |
Across 2021–2026, the current archive contains 19,098 incidents for Charlottesville. Missing categories or periods reflect what the source publishes; missing is not zero.
Charlottesville crime overview
Essay updated 2026-11-12 · figures above are from the latest data
TL;DR. Charlottesville police reported 3,678 incidents in 2025, down 4.1% from 3,836 in 2024. Other was the most common category with 1,258 incidents, accounting for 34.2% of the total, followed by Theft with 861 incidents and Assault with 505. Violent-category incidents totaled 583, or 15.9%. Data extend through November 2026, with January–October 2026 down 8% from the same months in 2025.
About this data
The map on this page plots 3,678 police-reported incidents recorded in Charlottesville, Virginia, during calendar year 2025. The locations come from open data published by the Charlottesville Police Department and are shown as reported, without additional classification by TheCrimeMaps. Each point reflects where an incident was recorded by police.
The 2025 total covers 12 months of complete reporting. That volume equals 8,215.9 reported incidents per 100,000 residents in 2025, based on the U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2024 population estimate of 44,767 for the city, and describes the rate of police-reported incidents rather than personal risk. Violent-category incidents, defined as assault plus sexual assault, robbery, shooting and homicide, totaled 583, or 15.9% of the year. Data on this page is current through November 2026, and the all-years archive total is 19,098 incidents.
Recent trend
Between the two consecutive complete calendar years, Charlottesville declined 4.1%, from 3,836 incidents in 2024 to 3,678 in 2025. The longer complete-year series also stepped down each year, from 3,987 in 2022 to 3,895 in 2023, then to 3,836 in 2024 and 3,678 in 2025. The same-month comparison points in the same direction, with January–October 2026 at 2,874 incidents compared with 3,123 in January–October 2025, a decline of 8%. Together, the complete-year record and the same-month comparison show lower totals in the most recent period than in the prior comparable period.
Category breakdown
In 2025, Other was the largest grouping at 1,258 incidents, or 34.2% of the total, reflecting how the source groups weapons offenses, threats, harassment, drugs, impaired and dangerous driving, and other crime together. Theft followed with 861 incidents, or 23.4%, while Assault accounted for 505 incidents, or 13.7%. Beyond the top three, Vandalism totaled 307 incidents, or 8.3%, Theft from vehicle totaled 269 incidents, or 7.3%, and Fraud totaled 178 incidents, or 4.8%. Within Other in 2025, impaired and dangerous driving contributed 569 incidents, or 15.5% of all incidents, and other crime contributed 368 incidents, or 10% of all incidents.
What this means
Charlottesville recorded 3,678 incidents in 2025, continuing a step-down from 3,987 in 2022, 3,895 in 2023 and 3,836 in 2024. What stands out is the weight of the Other grouping at 1,258 incidents, or 34.2%, followed by Theft at 861 incidents, or 23.4%, and Assault at 505 incidents, or 13.7%. Those three are the three largest groupings for the year, while Vandalism at 307 incidents, or 8.3%, and Theft from vehicle at 269 incidents, or 7.3%, form the next tier.
FAQ
How many crimes were reported in Charlottesville in 2025?
Charlottesville had 3,678 police-reported incidents in calendar year 2025, which covers 12 months of complete data. That equals 8,215.9 reported incidents per 100,000 residents in 2025, based on the U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2024 population estimate of 44,767 for the city. Violent incidents totaled 583, or 15.9% of the yearly total.
What was the most common type of crime in Charlottesville in 2025?
Other was the largest category in 2025 with 1,258 incidents, or 34.2% of the 3,678 total. Within Other, impaired and dangerous driving accounted for 569 incidents (15.5% of the yearly total), followed by other crime with 368 incidents. Theft was next at 861 incidents, so the source grouping under Other exceeds any single specific offense type.
How many assaults and other violent crimes were reported in Charlottesville in 2025?
Charlottesville recorded 583 violent-category incidents in 2025, which is assault plus sexual assault plus robbery plus shooting plus homicide, or 15.9% of the 3,678 total. That included 505 assaults, or 13.7% of all incidents. The violent rate was 1,302.3 reported violent incidents per 100,000 residents in 2025, using the Census 2024 population of 44,767.
Is crime in Charlottesville going up or down?
Reported totals declined from 3,836 incidents in complete year 2024 to 3,678 incidents in complete year 2025, a decrease of 4.1%. The same-month comparison also declined, with January–October 2026 at 2,874 incidents compared with 3,123 in January–October 2025, down 8%. Earlier complete years were 3,987 in 2022 and 3,895 in 2023.
Which neighborhoods in Charlottesville had the most reported incidents in 2025?
The 2025 data supplied for this page includes 0 named neighborhoods ranked by incidents, so this summary reports only the citywide total of 3,678 incidents. Without a neighborhood table for 2025, we cannot compare areas within Charlottesville. Citywide, theft accounted for 861 incidents and theft from vehicle for 269 incidents, but those counts are not broken out by neighborhood in the available figures.
Where do these Charlottesville numbers come from, and how current are they?
The figures come from the Charlottesville Police Department and cover calendar year 2025 with 12 months of data. TheCrimeMaps archive for the city holds 19,098 incidents from 2021 through 2026, with data through November 2026. The year 2021 covers only 3 months and 2026 covers 11 months with 2,971 incidents, so only 2022 through 2025 are complete years.
Explore Charlottesville
By category
- Charlottesville Assault (2,528)
- Charlottesville Sexual assault (275)
- Charlottesville Robbery (127)
- Charlottesville Homicide (6)
- Charlottesville Burglary (559)
- Charlottesville Auto theft (747)
- Charlottesville Theft from vehicle (1,599)
- Charlottesville Theft (4,281)
- Charlottesville Vandalism (1,571)
- Charlottesville Fraud (1,097)
- Charlottesville Other (6,308)
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Neighborhoods
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