Hillsville, VA Crime Statistics For 2023

Demographics | Crime
Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Hillsville, VA Summary

Crime in Hillsville research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Hillsville over the past eight years using the FBI crime explorer. Based on the most recently available data released October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Hillsville:

  • There were 47 total crimes committed in Hillsville the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,645.7 total crimes per 100K people in Hillsville.
  • The overall crime rate in Hillsville is -29.19% below the national average.
  • Hillsville ranks #66 safest out of 147 cities in Virginia.
  • Hillsville ranks #5,725 safest out of 9,869 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as doing per capita comparisons and isn't conveying that there are 100,000+ people in a location.

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Hillsville Vs Virginia And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Hillsville is 1,645.7 per 100,000 people. That's -29.19% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -1.17% lower than the Virginia total crime rate of 1,665.1 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Hillsville
/ 100k People
Virginia
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 47 1,645.7 1,665.1 2,324.2
Murder 2 70.0 6.1 6.3
Robbery 0 0.0 34.3 66.1
Aggravated Assault 3 105.0 141.7 268.2
Violent Crime 7 245.1 208.7 369.8
Burglary 4 140.1 133.5 269.8
Larceny 33 1,155.5 1,196.6 1,401.9
Car Theft 3 105.0 126.3 282.7
Property Crime 40 1,400.6 1,456.4 1,954.4

Hillsville Crime Compared To Virginia Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Virginia.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2022.

Violent Crime Rates In Hillsville

7
Violent Crimes
245.1
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-33.72%
Below The National Average
  • There were 7 violent crimes in Hillsville in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Hillsville is 245.1 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 408.0 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Hillsville each year. That compares to a 1 in 479.3 chance statewide.
  • That's -33.72% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • 17.46% higher than the Virginia violent crime rate of 208.7 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Hillsville

40
Property Crimes
1,400.6
Property Crimes / 100k People
-28.34%
Below The National Average
  • There were 40 property crimes in Hillsville in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Hillsville is 1,400.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 71.4 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Hillsville each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -28.34% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -3.83% lower than the Virginia property crime rate of 1,456.4 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Hillsville

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Blacksburg, VA 45,749 286 625.2 581.4 43.7
Christiansburg, VA 21,746 554 2,547.6 2,363.7 183.9
Radford, VA 16,978 239 1,407.7 1,089.6 318.1
Martinsville, VA 13,660 341 2,496.3 2,115.7 380.7
Mount Airy, NC 10,511 323 3,073.0 2,692.4 380.6
Pulaski, VA 8,944 340 3,801.4 3,466.0 335.4
Wytheville, VA 8,199 313 3,817.5 3,695.6 122.0
King, NC 7,213 137 1,899.3 1,830.0 69.3
Galax, VA 6,652 271 4,074.0 3,818.4 255.6
Bluefield, VA 4,957 262 5,285.5 4,962.7 322.8

Hillsville SnackAbility

4
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
4/10
Housing
5
Affordability
8
Diversity
5
Safety
8
Amenities
5
Education
6
Commute
6
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