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Berryville, VA crime analytics

Source & Methodology

Analytics built by:   Location, Inc.

Raw data sources:   18,000 local law enforcement agencies in the U.S.

Date(s) & Update Frequency:   Reflects 2024 calendar year; released from FBI in October 2025 (latest available). Updated annually. Where is 2025 data?

Methodology:   Our nationwide meta-analysis overcomes the issues inherent in any crime database, including non-reporting and reporting errors. This is possible by associating the 9.4 million reported crimes in the U.S, including over 2 million geocoded point locations…. Read more about Scout's Crime Data

Berryville has an overall crime rate of 7 per 1,000 residents, making the crime rate here near the average for all cities and towns of all sizes in America. According to our analysis of FBI crime data, your chance of becoming a victim of crime in Berryville is 1 in 142. How does Berryville fare compared to other communities in Virginia of all population sizes? Berryville's crime rate is lower than approximately 57% of Virginia communities.

How does the crime rate in Berryville compare to similar sized communities across America? When NeighborhoodScout compared Berryville with other communities its size, we found that the crime rate was near the average for all other communities of similar size. So, whether Berryville's crime rate is high or low compared to all places in the US, when we control for population size and compare it to places that are similar in size, it is near the middle of the pack in crime rate; not much more or less dangerous, and about what we would expect from the statistics.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Berryville does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in Berryville.

For Berryville, NeighborhoodScout found that the violent crime rate is well below the national average for all communities of all population sizes. Violent crimes such as assault, rape, murder and armed robbery happen less often in Berryville than in most of America. One's chance of becoming a victim of a violent crime here is one in 2410, which is a violent crime rate of 0 per one thousand inhabitants.

Moreover, the rate of property crime in Berryville; burglary, larceny ($50 or more), grand theft auto, and arson; is 7 per 1,000 residents. This is about average for all cities and towns in America of all population sizes.

Berryville Crime Data

total Crime Index

54

(100 is safest)


Safer than 54% of U.S. cities.

Berryville Annual Crimes

  Violent Property Total

Number of Crimes

2

32

34

Crime Rate
(per 1,000 residents)

0.42

6.64

7.06

Violent Crime

Violent Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

20 15 10 5 0
0.42
2.18
National Median: 4
    Berryville
    Virginia

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Violent Crime

1 in 2,410

in Berryville

1 in 459

in Virginia

Berryville Violent Crimes

Population: 4,819
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total 0 1 0 1
Rate per 1,000 0.00 0.21 0.00 0.21

United States Violent Crimes

Population: 340,110,988
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total 16,935 127,527 205,952 870,931
Rate per 1,000 0.05 0.38 0.61 2.56

Property Crime

Property Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

100 75 50 25 0
6.64
15.7
National Median: 18
    Berryville
    Virginia

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Property Crime

1 in 151

in Berryville

1 in 64

in Virginia

Property Crimes

Population: 4,819
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total 1 28 3
Rate per 1,000 0.21 5.81 0.62

United States Property Crimes

Population: 340,110,988
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total 779,542 4,326,531 880,327
Rate per 1,000 2.29 12.72 2.59

Berryville Crimes Per Square Mile

200 150 100 50 0
15
18
National Median: 24.5
    Berryville
    Virginia