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Crime rate in Colonial Beach, Virginia (VA): murders, rapes, robberies, assaults, burglaries, thefts, auto thefts, arson, law enforcement employees, police officers, crime map


City-Data.com crime index in Colonial Beach, VA compared to other U.S. cities

Crime rate in Colonial Beach, VA

The 2022 crime rate in Colonial Beach, VA is 179 (City-Data.com crime index), which is 1.4 times lower than the U.S. average. It was higher than in 70.9% U.S. cities. The 2022 Colonial Beach crime rate rose by 13% compared to 2021. In the last 5 years Colonial Beach has seen increasing violent crime and decreasing property crime.
See how dangerous Colonial Beach, VA is compared to the nearest cities:
(Note: Higher means more crime)
Colonial Beach:

178.6
La Plata:

78.3
Warsaw:

49.7
Tappahannock:

270.1
Bowling Green:

13.5
Quantico:

7.3
Fredericksburg:

273.7
Dumfries:

250.9
City-Data.com crime index
Crime rates in Colonial Beach by year

Type

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

Murders
(per 100,000)
0
(0.0)
0
(0.0)
0
(0.0)
1
(27.7)
0
(0.0)
0
(0.0)
1
(28.2)
0
(0.0)
1
(28.0)
0
(0.0)
0
(0.0)
2
(55.1)
0
(0.0)
0
(0.0)
Rapes
(per 100,000)
1
(25.9)
0
(0.0)
1
(27.9)
2
(55.4)
3
(84.4)
3
(83.9)
2
(56.5)
3
(83.6)
2
(55.9)
1
(27.9)
2
(55.7)
3
(82.7)
3
(82.1)
3
(75.4)
Robberies
(per 100,000)
1
(25.9)
1
(28.2)
0
(0.0)
0
(0.0)
1
(28.1)
0
(0.0)
0
(0.0)
0
(0.0)
0
(0.0)
0
(0.0)
1
(27.8)
0
(0.0)
2
(54.7)
1
(25.1)
Assaults
(per 100,000)
1
(25.9)
7
(197.6)
7
(195.3)
5
(138.5)
4
(112.5)
4
(111.9)
6
(169.4)
4
(111.5)
8
(223.7)
3
(83.7)
8
(222.7)
12
(330.8)
1
(27.4)
11
(276.4)
Burglaries
(per 100,000)
16
(414.6)
8
(225.9)
10
(279.0)
1
(27.7)
20
(562.7)
10
(279.8)
13
(367.0)
11
(306.5)
11
(307.5)
9
(251.1)
5
(139.2)
6
(165.4)
11
(301.0)
3
(75.4)
Thefts
(per 100,000)
52
(1,347)
43
(1,214)
82
(2,288)
28
(775.8)
56
(1,576)
58
(1,623)
62
(1,750)
56
(1,560)
32
(894.6)
30
(837.1)
41
(1,141)
32
(882.0)
15
(410.4)
42
(1,055)
Auto thefts
(per 100,000)
4
(103.7)
3
(84.7)
24
(669.6)
2
(55.4)
11
(309.5)
6
(167.9)
4
(112.9)
10
(278.6)
4
(111.8)
3
(83.7)
2
(55.7)
18
(496.1)
15
(410.4)
4
(100.5)
Arson
(per 100,000)
1
(25.9)
0
(0.0)
0
(0.0)
0
(0.0)
0
(0.0)
0
(0.0)
1
(28.2)
0
(0.0)
0
(0.0)
0
(0.0)
0
(0.0)
0
(0.0)
0
(0.0)
0
(0.0)
City-Data.com crime index124.9119.1226.0164.9225.7187.5240.3195.3211.696.8157.3329.1157.9178.6

The City-Data.com crime index weighs serious crimes and violent crimes more heavily. Higher means more crime, U.S. average is 246.1. It adjusts for the number of visitors and daily workers commuting into cities.




According to our research of Virginia and other state lists, there were 32 registered sex offenders living in Colonial Beach, Virginia as of May 23, 2024.
The ratio of all residents to sex offenders in Colonial Beach is 112 to 1.



Violent crime rate in 2022
Colonial Beach:

226.1
U.S. Average:

219.8

Violent crime rate in 2021
Colonial Beach:

123.1
U.S. Average:

224.8

Violent crime rate in 2020
Colonial Beach:

358.3
U.S. Average:

228.2

Violent crime rate in 2019
Colonial Beach:

180.9
U.S. Average:

219.9

Violent crime rate in 2018
Colonial Beach:

69.8
U.S. Average:

221.2

Violent crime rate in 2017
Colonial Beach:

223.7
U.S. Average:

226.2

Violent crime rate in 2016
Colonial Beach:

139.3
U.S. Average:

227.3

Violent crime rate in 2015
Colonial Beach:

197.6
U.S. Average:

219.3

Violent crime rate in 2014
Colonial Beach:

139.9
U.S. Average:

211.1

Violent crime rate in 2013
Colonial Beach:

154.8
U.S. Average:

214.2

Violent crime rate in 2012
Colonial Beach:

180.1
U.S. Average:

187.4

Violent crime rate in 2011
Colonial Beach:

125.6
U.S. Average:

187.1

Violent crime rate in 2010
Colonial Beach:

112.9
U.S. Average:

195.7

Violent crime rate in 2009
Colonial Beach:

51.8
U.S. Average:

208.9

Violent crime rate in 2008
Colonial Beach:

198.2
U.S. Average:

222.5

Violent crime rate in 2007
Colonial Beach:

117.8
U.S. Average:

229.1

Violent crime rate in 2006
Colonial Beach:

223.0
U.S. Average:

232.6

Violent crime rate in 2005
Colonial Beach:

52.5
U.S. Average:

227.0

Property crime rate in 2022
Colonial Beach:

82.9
U.S. Average:

166.5

Property crime rate in 2021
Colonial Beach:

142.3
U.S. Average:

157.8

Property crime rate in 2020
Colonial Beach:

151.6
U.S. Average:

169.6

Property crime rate in 2019
Colonial Beach:

93.2
U.S. Average:

179.7

Property crime rate in 2018
Colonial Beach:

104.6
U.S. Average:

190.2

Property crime rate in 2017
Colonial Beach:

123.0
U.S. Average:

206.4

Property crime rate in 2016
Colonial Beach:

181.1
U.S. Average:

216.6

Property crime rate in 2015
Colonial Beach:

177.9
U.S. Average:

221.5

Property crime rate in 2014
Colonial Beach:

162.3
U.S. Average:

230.8

Property crime rate in 2013
Colonial Beach:

237.8
U.S. Average:

250.4

Property crime rate in 2012
Colonial Beach:

52.6
U.S. Average:

267.3

Property crime rate in 2011
Colonial Beach:

270.6
U.S. Average:

273.5

Property crime rate in 2010
Colonial Beach:

118.6
U.S. Average:

276.4

Property crime rate in 2009
Colonial Beach:

165.8
U.S. Average:

285.6

Property crime rate in 2008
Colonial Beach:

288.1
U.S. Average:

302.2

Property crime rate in 2007
Colonial Beach:

77.8
U.S. Average:

309.2

Property crime rate in 2006
Colonial Beach:

158.6
U.S. Average:

317.3

Property crime rate in 2005
Colonial Beach:

134.0
U.S. Average:

322.3
Murders per 100,000 population
Rapes per 100,000 population
Robberies per 100,000 population
Assaults per 100,000 population
Burglaries per 100,000 population
Thefts per 100,000 population
Auto thefts per 100,000 population
Arson per 100,000 population

Full-time law enforcement employees in 2021, including police officers: 13 (12 officers - 10 male; 2 female).
Officers per 1,000 residents here:

3.28
Virginia average:

2.24

Full-time law enforcement employees in 2020, including police officers: 11 (10 officers - 8 male; 2 female).
Officers per 1,000 residents here:

2.76
Virginia average:

2.31

Full-time law enforcement employees in 2019, including police officers: 10 (9 officers - 7 male; 2 female).
Officers per 1,000 residents here:

2.50
Virginia average:

2.27

Full-time law enforcement employees in 2018, including police officers: 12 (10 officers - 6 male; 4 female).
Officers per 1,000 residents here:

2.79
Virginia average:

2.26

Full-time law enforcement employees in 2017, including police officers: 13 (11 officers - 7 male; 4 female).
Officers per 1,000 residents here:

3.08
Virginia average:

2.25

Full-time law enforcement employees in 2016, including police officers: 11 (10 officers - 8 male; 2 female).
Officers per 1,000 residents here:

2.79
Virginia average:

2.25

Full-time law enforcement employees in 2015, including police officers: 13 (12 officers - 11 male; 1 female).
Officers per 1,000 residents here:

3.39
Virginia average:

2.26

Full-time law enforcement employees in 2014, including police officers: 13 (12 officers - 10 male; 2 female).
Officers per 1,000 residents here:

3.36
Virginia average:

2.27

Full-time law enforcement employees in 2013, including police officers: 12 (11 officers - 9 male; 2 female).
Officers per 1,000 residents here:

3.10
Virginia average:

2.27

Full-time law enforcement employees in 2012, including police officers: 16 (11 officers - 9 male; 2 female).
Officers per 1,000 residents here:

3.05
Virginia average:

2.27

Full-time law enforcement employees in 2011, including police officers: 16 (11 officers - 10 male; 1 female).
Officers per 1,000 residents here:

3.07
Virginia average:

2.28

Full-time law enforcement employees in 2010, including police officers: 15 (10 officers - 10 male; 0 female).
Officers per 1,000 residents here:

2.82
Virginia average:

2.30

Full-time law enforcement employees in 2009, including police officers: 16 (11 officers - 11 male; 0 female).
Officers per 1,000 residents here:

2.85
Virginia average:

2.32

Full-time law enforcement employees in 2008, including police officers: 17 (12 officers - 12 male; 0 female).
Officers per 1,000 residents here:

3.17
Virginia average:

2.38

Full-time law enforcement employees in 2007, including police officers: 17 (12 officers - 12 male; 0 female).
Officers per 1,000 residents here:

3.21
Virginia average:

2.34

Full-time law enforcement employees in 2006, including police officers: 16 (11 officers - 11 male; 0 female).
Officers per 1,000 residents here:

3.10
Virginia average:

2.31

Full-time law enforcement employees in 2005, including police officers: 15 (10 officers - 10 male; 0 female).
Officers per 1,000 residents here:

2.99
Virginia average:

2.29

Full-time law enforcement employees in 2004, including police officers: 13 (8 officers - 8 male; 0 female).
Officers per 1,000 residents here:

2.44
Virginia average:

2.28

Full-time law enforcement employees in 2003, including police officers: 13 (8 officers - 8 male; 0 female).
Officers per 1,000 residents here:

2.50
Virginia average:

2.27

Full-time Law Enforcement Employees in Colonial Beach, VA
Full-time Law Enforcement Employees
Full-time Law Enforcement Employees - Officers
Full-time Law Enforcement Employees - Civilians

Zip codes: 22443.