Is Downtown Safe?
Is Downtown Fredericksburg safe?
The official count went down: Virginia State Police data show 127 violent crimes in the City of Fredericksburg in 2025, down from 182 in 2024, with no murders. Most reported crime is theft — 700 larceny cases in 2025. The State Police publish these counts for the whole City; there is no official Downtown-only figure.
Sources: Virginia State Police, Virginia Crime Statistics (2025 data); Virginia State Police, Virginia Crime Statistics (property crime) (2025 data).
How has crime in Fredericksburg changed since 2021?
These are counts for the whole City, not just Downtown; the State Police dashboard doesn't break them out by neighborhood.
| 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes | 127 | 182 | 145 | 120 | 157 |
City of Fredericksburg, all reporting by the City police. Violent crime = murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault.
Sources: Virginia State Police, Virginia Crime Statistics (2025 data).
What kinds of crime were reported in 2025?
Theft dominates. The clearance rate is the share of crimes where police made an arrest or closed the case by other means.
- Larceny / theft
- 700 crimes · 41% clearedVSP, 2025
- Fraud
- 289 · 26% clearedVSP, 2025
- Aggravated assault
- 87 · 69% clearedVSP, 2025
- Burglary
- 40 · 40% clearedVSP, 2025
- Motor vehicle theft
- 32 · 31% clearedVSP, 2025
- Rape
- 26 · 77% clearedVSP, 2025
- Robbery
- 14 · 29% clearedVSP, 2025
- Murder
- 0VSP, 2025
Sources: Virginia State Police, Virginia Crime Statistics (2025 data); Virginia State Police, Virginia Crime Statistics (property crime) (2025 data).
What's the trade-off?
The official numbers only exist for the City as a whole, so they can't tell you about one block or another. What they can tell you is what kind of crime is reported most: theft, 700 cases in 2025. If a car left on the street is your worry, an off-street space or a garage is worth asking about when you look at a house.
Sources: Virginia State Police, Virginia Crime Statistics (property crime) (2025 data).
Quick answers
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