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The South > Virginia > Crime

VIRGINIAN CRIME STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Aggravated assault 11,628 [22nd of 51]
Arson deaths 1.05 [27th of 49]
Burglary 31,913 [25th of 51]
Capital offenses
First-degree murder with 1 of 13 aggravating circumstances (VA Code ยง 18.2-31).
Capital Punishment > Black inmates on death row 12 [18th of 38]
Capital Punishment > Electrocution 27 [2nd of 32]
Capital Punishment > Latino inmates on death row 0 [26th of 26]
Capital Punishment > Lethal injection 67 [3rd of 32]
Capital Punishment > Total executions 1977-2006 98 [2nd of 43]
Capital Punishment > Total executions since 1930 190 [9th of 43]
Capital Punishment > Total inmates on death row 20 [20th of 38]
Capital Punishment > White inmates on death row 8 [24th of 38]
Firearms Death Rate per 100,000 11.1 [25th of 51]
Forcible rape 1,792 [16th of 51]
Gun violence > % Gun 69.4 [11th of 50]
Gun violence > % Knife 11.3 [38th of 50]
Gun violence > % Other Weapons 19.3 [38th of 50]
Gun violence > Number of homicides 391 [15th of 50]
Hate Crimes > Disability related 33 [1st of 49]
Hate Crimes > Ethnicity related 24 [10th of 49]
Hate Crimes > Race related 200 [4th of 49]
Hate Crimes > Religion related 47 [7th of 49]
Hate Crimes > Sexual orientation related 37 [10th of 49]
Hate Crimes > Total number 341 [6th of 50]
Homicide > Total number of victims 461 [11th of 0]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 14-17 3.7% [30th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 18-24 26.8% [15th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 25-34 24.7% [32nd of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 35-49 23.6% [23rd of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 50-64 8.7% [33rd of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 65 and above 4.3% [26th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > Under 14 5.2% [25th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Black Female 9.5% [9th of 0]
Homicide > Victims by Black Male 50% [14th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Other Female 0.9% [16th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Other Male 0% [45th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Race > Black 59.5% [13th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Race > Other 0.9% [34th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Race > White 38.3% [35th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Sex > Female 27.9 % [18th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Sex > Male 70.8 % [33rd of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Weapon > Gun 69.3 % [14th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Weapon > Knife 7.3 % [45th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Weapon > Other Weapons 23.4 % [24th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by White Female 12.1% [35th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by White Male 26.2% [35th of 49]
Larceny-theft 142,679 [16th of 51]
Lynchings > Black 83 [12th of 44]
    Lynchings > Black (per capita) 10.968 per 1 million people [14th of 44]
Lynchings > Total 100 [14th of 44]
    Lynchings > Total (per capita) 13.214 per 1 million people [23rd of 44]
Lynchings > White 17 [27th of 44]
    Lynchings > White (per capita) 2.246 per 1 million people [28th of 44]
Motor vehicle theft 14,814 [24th of 51]
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter 399 [16th of 51]
Prisoners under the jurisdiction of State or Federal correctional authorities 35,564 [11th of 50]
    Prisoners under the jurisdiction of State or Federal correctional authorities (per capita) 4.7 per 1,000 people [17th of 50]
Property crime total 189,406 [18th of 51]
Robbery 7,749 [16th of 51]
State and Federal prisoners held in local jails 4,502 [7th of 44]
    State and Federal prisoners held in local jails (per capita) 594.915 per 1 million people [6th of 44]
State and Federal prisoners held in private facilities 1,568 [15th of 50]
    State and Federal prisoners held in private facilities (per capita) 20.72 per 100,000 people [18th of 50]
State Prisoners > Number of deaths 140 [13th of 50]
    State Prisoners > Number of deaths (per capita) 0.185 per 10,000 people [24th of 50]
State Prisons > Number of Homicides 1 [25th of 50]
    State Prisons > Number of Homicides (per capita) 0.132 per 1 million people [26th of 50]
State Prisons > Number of Suicides 4 [21st of 50]
    State Prisons > Number of Suicides (per capita) 0.529 per 1 million people [38th of 50]
Terrorism > Victims of 9-11 81 [4th of 40]
Violent crime 21,568 [20th of 51]
Women under the jurisdiction of State or Federal correctional authorities 2,706 [7th of 50]
    Women under the jurisdiction of State or Federal correctional authorities (per capita) 35.758 per 100,000 people [19th of 50]

SOURCES: Bureau of Justice Statistics; US Fire Administration, 2001; Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2006; Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2006.; Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2005; Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2006.; Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2006; statehealthfacts.org; Wikipedia: Gun violence in the United States by state; Fedral Bureau of Investigation, 2006; Bureau of Justice Statistics; Bureau of Justice Statistics; Bureau of Justice Statistics ; UMKC School of Law; Bureau of Justice Statistics; Bureau of Justice Statistics, State Prisoner Suicides and Homicides, 2001.; September 11th, 2001 Victims, website memorial, last update - Sept. 21, 2002.

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