Drug-Related Crime per Capita in VCU
The map below shows drug-related crime per 1,000 VCU residents.
The map below shows drug-related crime per 1,000 VCU residents.
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Your yearly chance of being a victim of drug-related crime in VCU is about 1 in 260.
Drug-Related Crime costs the average VCU resident about $28 per year.
Crime Grade's drug-related crime map shows the safest places in VCU in green. The most dangerous areas in VCU are in red, with moderately safe areas in yellow. Crime rates on the map are weighted by the type and severity of the crime.
The C- grade means the rate of drug-related crime is slightly higher than the average US neighborhood. VCU is in the 33rd percentile for safety, meaning 67% of neighborhoods are safer and 33% of neighborhoods are more dangerous. This analysis applies to VCU's proper boundaries only. See the table on nearby places below for nearby neighborhoods.
The rate of drug-related crime in VCU is 3.850 per 1,000 residents during a standard year. People who live in VCU generally consider the west part of the neighborhood to be the safest.
Your chance of being a victim of drug-related crime in VCU may be as high as 1 in 208 in the southeast neighborhoods, or as low as 1 in 276 in the west part of the neighborhood.
By a simple count ignoring population, more drug-related crime occurs in the northeast parts of VCU, Richmond, VA: about 7 per year. The central part of VCU has fewer cases of drug-related crime with only 0 in a typical year.
The chart below compares the drug-related crime rate in VCU to the Virginia state average and the national average. All rates are the number of crimes per 1,000 residents in a standard year.
| VCU, Richmond, VA: | 3.850 |
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| Virginia: | 3.200 |
| USA: | 3.112 |
Considering only the drug-related crime rate, VCU is less safe than the Virginia state average and less safe than the national average.
See how CrimeGrade calculates these grades and rates on the CrimeGrade methodology page.
Drug-Related Crime is projected to cost the residents of VCU about $161,285 in 2025, or roughly $28 per resident. This is part of VCU's overall Cost of Crime™. See the full cost-of-crime breakdown for VCU, including every crime type and how VCU compares to other neighborhoods.
Remember that drug-related crime rates are measured per resident. Places with heavy daytime traffic, like shopping districts, airports, and parks, can look more dangerous than they are for the people who live there. See a full guide to reading VCU's crime maps on the VCU overall crime page.
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Nearby Neighborhood | Overall Crime Grade | Violent Crime Grade | Property Crime Grade | Drug-Related Crime Crime Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
D+ | B- | D+ | D | |
D+ | A- | D+ | D | |
C+ | C+ | B- | C- | |
C | A- | C+ | C- | |
B | A- | B+ | C- | |
C | A- | C | D | |
C- | A- | C | C- | |
D- | C+ | D- | D+ | |
C- | B | C- | C- | |
D- | C- | D+ | D+ |
VCU is higher versus other neighborhoods of the same size for drug-related crime. The table below compares drug-related crime in neighborhoods with comparable overall population.
Similar Neighborhood | Overall Crime Grade | Violent Crime Grade | Property Crime Grade | Drug-Related Crime Crime Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
F | F | F | F | |
D | A | A | A+ | |
C- | B- | B- | D+ | |
A+ | A | A | A- | |
B- | C+ | C+ | B- | |
A- | B+ | B+ | B+ | |
A | B | B | A | |
C- | D | D | D- | |
D | D+ | D+ | C | |
B | C | C | C |
Safety and school performance are separate topics, but both shape moving decisions. Using SchoolGrade data, schools in VCU, Richmond, VA average SchoolGrade of B, with 45% actual proficiency versus 42% projected; overall, schools exceed expectations. See VCU schools on SchoolGrade
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