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Richmond, VA · the CityFunIndex

Safety in Richmond

Richmond ranks #94 of 134 US cities for staying safe, with a safety score of 30 — Some Fun. That puts it in the 31st percentile nationally and #4 of 4 in Virginia.

safety score
30
Some Fun
National rank
#94 of 134
In Virginia
#4 of 4
Percentile
31st

The typical city scores 50 for staying safe; Richmond sits 20 points below the median.

How safety is measured

Reported violent and property crime rates.

The safety score is the flip side of our crime measure — 100 minus the raw crime score — so a city with less of it scores higher.

Data sources: FBI Crime Data Explorer and city open-data crime portals.

Full methodology → Glossary The raw measurement is part of the Data plan →

Ranked around Richmond

  1. T#91 Fargo, ND 32
  2. #93 Winston-Salem, NC 31
  3. #94 Richmond, VA — this page 30
  4. T#95 Charleston, WV 29
  5. T#95 Washington, DC 29

See the full leaderboard — The safest cities in America →

Top US cities for staying safe

  1. #1 Jackson, WY 100
  2. #2 Gilbert, AZ 99
  3. T#3 Boise, ID 98
  4. T#3 Santa Clarita, CA 98
  5. #5 Irvine, CA 97

More about Richmond

Richmond scores 91 overall (Exceptional) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: