



The city violent crime rate for Appalachia in 2016 was higher than the



In 2016 the city violent crime rate in Appalachia was higher than the



Appalachia crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 12 years with violent crime increasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Appalachia for 2020 is expected to be lower than in 2016.The city violent crime rate for Appalachia in 2016 was higher than the national violent crime rate average by 6.52% and the city property crime rate in Appalachia was lower than the national property crime rate average by 55.62%.In 2016 the city violent crime rate in Appalachia was higher than the violent crime rate in Virginia by 94.4% and the city property crime rate in Appalachia was lower than the property crime rate in Virginia by 41.51%.

Property and Violent Crime Appalachia Crime Statistics

Summary Report 2016 Crime (Actual Data)* Incidents Aggravated Assault 3 Arson 0 Burglary 5 Larceny and Theft 12 Motor Vehicle Theft 1 Murder and Manslaughter 0 Rape 3 Robbery 1 Crime Rate (Total Incidents) 18 Property Crime 18 Violent Crime 7 2020 Crime (Projected Data)* Incidents Aggravated Assault 5 Arson 2 Burglary 19 Larceny and Theft 20 Motor Vehicle Theft 1 Murder and Manslaughter 0 Rape 2 Robbery 1 Crime Rate (Total Incidents) 40 Property Crime 40 Violent Crime 8

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

* The source of actual data on this Appalachia, Virginia crime rate report is the FBI Report of Offenses Known to Law Enforcement for the corresponding year or years. Arson numbers are reported inconsistently. Zero values may indicate the data was not available. The projected crime rate data displayed above was generated from the trends and crime data available from previous years of actual reported data. In this case, the Appalachia crime report data for 2020 was projected from 12 years of actual data. The last year of actual available crime data, as reported above, was 2016.



The FBI cautions the data users against comparing yearly statistical data solely on the basis of their population coverage. The comparisons made herein are thus, only meaningful upon further examination of all variables that affect crime in each reported city, state or other reported jurisdicition.