Prince William County Crime Map

Virginia · Latest 24h · updated 2026-11-12

Latest 24h	41 incidents, 14 violent (2026-11-11)
2026 YTD	16,154 incidents through October
2025 (full year)	24,783 incidents
Full archive	71,719 incidents (2024–2026)

Source: Prince William County Police Department open data.

About crime in Prince William County

Latest mapped day. Prince William County recorded 41 incidents on 2026-11-11, including 14 violent-category incidents. This is a short-window snapshot of police open data, not a personal-safety score.

Year-over-year context

Prince William County recorded 28,080 incidents in 2024 and 24,783 in 2025, a 11.7% decrease. Year-to-year comparisons depend on consistent source coverage and reporting definitions.

Latest 24h (2026-11-11) category breakdown

Other	19
Assault	13
Auto theft	2
Theft	2
Vandalism	2
Sexual assault	1
Fraud	1
Theft from vehicle	1

Where incidents were mapped

Woodbridge: 25
Gainesville: 5
Haymarket: 3
Manassas: 3
Dumfries: 3
Bristow: 1
Nokesville: 1

Across 2024–2026, the current archive contains 71,719 incidents for Prince William County. Missing categories or periods reflect what the source publishes; missing is not zero.

Prince William County crime overview

Essay updated 2026-11-12 · figures above are from the latest data

TL;DR. Prince William County recorded 24,783 police-reported incidents in 2025. Other was the largest category with 11,202 incidents, accounting for 45.2% of the total, followed by Assault with 4,556 incidents and Theft with 3,800. The 2025 total was down 11.7% from 28,080 in 2024. Woodbridge accounted for 13,546 incidents, or 54.7%, among 57 named neighborhoods. Data is current through November 2026.

About this data

TheCrimeMaps map for Prince William County, Virginia, shows police-reported incidents published by the Prince William County Police Department. Readers can explore reports across 57 named neighborhoods, with data current through November 2026. This page focuses on 2025, a complete calendar year with 12 months of data, which recorded 24,783 police-reported incidents.

That 2025 total includes 5,035 violent-category incidents, defined as assault, sexual assault, robbery, shooting and homicide, or 20.3% of all reports. The largest category grouping was Other with 11,202 incidents, or 45.2%, followed by Assault with 4,556 incidents and Theft with 3,800 incidents. Woodbridge accounted for 13,546 of the year's reports, with Manassas next at 6,206, showing how reports concentrate in the county's larger communities. The sections below detail trends, categories and neighborhoods.

Recent trend

Between the two complete calendar years, Prince William County recorded 28,080 incidents in 2024 and 24,783 incidents in 2025, a decline of 11.7%. Both years contain 12 months of data, so the comparison reflects two full years. For the current partial year, January–October 2026 recorded 16,154 incidents, compared with 21,782 incidents in the same months of 2025, a decline of 25.8%. Data are current through November 2026, and 2026 remains incomplete. The year series therefore shows lower totals in 2025 than in 2024, with 2026 still accumulating.

Category breakdown

The 2025 breakdown is led by Other with 11,202 incidents, or 45.2% of the 24,783 total, reflecting the source grouping of other crime, drugs, impaired and dangerous driving, threats and weapons offenses. Next is Assault with 4,556 incidents, or 18.4%, followed by Theft with 3,800 incidents, or 15.3%. Beyond the top three, Fraud recorded 1,582 incidents, or 6.4%, Theft from vehicle recorded 1,220 incidents, or 4.9%, and Vandalism recorded 940 incidents, or 3.8%. Within Other, other crime accounted for 9,348 incidents, or 37.7% of the total, with drugs at 881 incidents and impaired and dangerous driving at 595 incidents in 2025.

Where incidents concentrate

In 2025, Woodbridge recorded 13,546 incidents, or 54.7% of the county total, followed by Manassas with 6,206 incidents, or 25%, and Dumfries with 1,794 incidents, or 7.2%. Gainesville added 1,209 incidents, or 4.9%, and Bristow added 544 incidents, or 2.2%. Haymarket recorded 526 incidents, or 2.1%, Triangle recorded 421 incidents, or 1.7%, and Nokesville recorded 226 incidents, or 0.9%, rounding out the ranked named neighborhoods. These neighborhood counts follow where people live, work and visit, so they reflect report locations and volumes rather than a risk score for residents or visitors.

What this means

Prince William County's 2025 picture centers on 24,783 incidents, down from 28,080 in 2024. Other accounts for 11,202 incidents, or 45.2%, while Assault accounts for 4,556 incidents, or 18.4%, and Theft for 3,800 incidents, or 15.3%. Fraud adds 1,582 incidents, or 6.4%. By neighborhood, Woodbridge holds 13,546 incidents, or 54.7%, and Manassas holds 6,206 incidents, or 25%, together representing most reports, with Dumfries at 1,794 incidents, or 7.2%.

FAQ

How many crimes were reported in Prince William County in 2025?
Prince William County had 24,783 police-reported incidents in calendar year 2025. That total includes 5,035 violent-category incidents, defined as assault, sexual assault, robbery, shooting and homicide, which represented 20.3% of the 2025 total. Other reported types during the same 12 months included Theft, Fraud, Theft from vehicle and Vandalism.

What type of crime was most reported in Prince William County in 2025?
Other was the largest category in 2025 with 11,202 incidents, or 45.2% of the total. The source groups several types under Other, led by Other crime with 9,348 incidents, followed by Drugs with 881, Impaired & dangerous driving with 595, Threats with 208 and Weapons offenses with 170. Assault was next at 4,556 incidents.

Did crime go up or down between 2024 and 2025 in Prince William County?
Reported incidents declined 11.7% between the two consecutive complete calendar years, falling from 28,080 in 2024 to 24,783 in 2025. For the current partial year, January–October 2026 had 16,154 incidents compared with 21,782 in the same months of 2025, a decrease of 25.8% on a same-months basis.

Which neighborhoods had the most reported incidents in 2025?
In 2025, Woodbridge had 13,546 reported incidents, or 54.7% of the county total, followed by Manassas with 6,206 incidents, or 25.0%. Dumfries had 1,794 incidents and Gainesville had 1,209. The ranking covers named neighborhoods ranked by incidents in 2025, with 57 neighborhoods listed in the dataset for Prince William County.

Where does the Prince William County crime data come from?
The figures on TheCrimeMaps for Prince William County come from the Prince William County Police Department. The 2025 data reports 24,783 incidents, including 3,800 Theft incidents and 1,582 Fraud incidents. In 2025, the Other category included Other crime, Drugs and Weapons offenses, as listed in the department breakdown.

How up to date is the Prince William County crime data?
The dataset is current through November 2026. The headline total of 24,783 covers the complete 12 months of 2025, while 2026 currently shows 16,739 incidents across 11 months with data. The all-years archive from 2024 to 2026 contains 71,719 incidents combined, which is separate from the 2025 annual total.

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