Colonial Heights City, VA Property Crime Rates and Maps

D-

Violent Crime Grade	C-
Property Crime Grade	F
Other Crime Grade	C-

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$3.97 million

Cost of Crime™ for Colonial Heights City, VA

In 2025, property crime will cost $506 per household.

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On the map, green marks the parts of Colonial Heights City with the least property crime and red marks the most, weighted by the type and severity of each offense. Property crime is the most common category of crime, so these maps track closely with where stores, parking, and daytime foot traffic sit. The Interpreting the Crime Maps section below explains why busy commercial blocks can look worse than the neighborhoods around them.

The F grade reflects how often theft, burglary, vehicle theft, and arson happen in Colonial Heights City against the average US county, where the rate is much higher than the norm. Colonial Heights City sits in the 5th percentile for property-crime safety, ahead of 5% of counties and behind 95%. The grade covers only Colonial Heights City's official city boundaries. See the table below for nearby counties.

The property crime rate in Colonial Heights City is 36.08 per 1,000 residents in a typical year. Residents generally point to the northeast part of the county as the safest for their belongings. Your odds of a property-crime loss range from 1 in 6 in the east areas to 1 in 78 in the northeast.

Counting total incidents instead of per-capita rates, the east parts of Colonial Heights City, VA report the most property crime, about 293 cases per year. The north part reports the fewest, around 23 per year.

The Cost of Crime™ in Colonial Heights City, VA

Property crime in Colonial Heights City is projected to cost $3,967,296 in 2025, about $211 per resident and $506 per household. That equals 0.5% of the median household income. All of it is measurable loss: replaced vehicles, repaired break-ins, stolen goods, and the policing and courts that respond. Because property crime leaves a repair bill rather than a lasting injury, these tangible costs make up its full economic toll. They split into:

Criminal justice system costs (law enforcement, courts, and imprisonment): 74.8%
Direct costs to victims (damaged property, medical expenses, and lost wages): 20.1%
Lost economic contribution from offenders (time in prison or repeat offenses): 5.1%

How Much Does Property Crime Cost in Colonial Heights City Compared to Other Counties?

Colonial Heights City, VA:	$211
Roanoke City, VA:	$220
Loudoun County, VA:	$52
Virginia:	$108
USA:	$136

Property crime costs $211 per resident each year in Colonial Heights City, which is $75 more than the national average and $102 more than Virginia's state average. The comparison below uses counties similar to Colonial Heights City:

In Roanoke City, VA, crime costs $220 per person, which is $9 more than in Colonial Heights City.
In Loudoun County, VA, crime costs $52 per person, which is $159 less than in Colonial Heights City

2025 Projected Property Crime Cost by Type

The table below breaks the property-crime total into its four offenses for Colonial Heights City, with the projected cost per resident.

Crime	Cost to Colonial Heights City	Cost per Colonial Heights City Resident
Vehicle Theft	$492,215	$26
Burglary	$240,389	$13
Theft	$3.21 million	$170
Arson	$28,999	$2
Total Cost of Property Crime	$3,967,296	$211

How the Property Crime Cost Is Estimated

Property crime carries no pain-and-suffering figure in this model. Its cost is the replacement and repair value of what was taken or damaged, plus the policing, courts, and lost offender productivity that follow. Stolen and damaged property has a market price, which is why this total is easier to pin down than the human cost of violent crime in Colonial Heights City, VA. All Cost of Crime figures come from scholarly research on the cost of crime. Read more about our methodology here.

Interpreting the Property Crime Maps

Property crime rates are measured per resident, so places where shoppers and commuters outnumber residents read high. Stores are where shoplifting, theft, and vehicle break-ins happen, yet almost nobody lives there, so the per-capita rate climbs. How strongly this shows on the map depends on retail density; the east part of the county has more retail establishments. A red commercial strip does not mean the homes nearby are unsafe.

Parking lots and transit stops follow the same pattern: heavy daytime traffic, few residents, so per-capita property crime reads high. To judge a residential block, weigh both the per-capita rate and the total number of incidents, and note what sits nearby.

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Colonial Heights City Property Crime Breakdown

The table below shows which non-violent crimes are used to calculate the Crime Grade above. All property crime rates are shown as the number of crimes per 1,000 Colonial Heights City residents in a standard year.

Crime Type	Crime Rate
Theft	32.92
Vehicle Theft	1.690
Burglary	1.409
Arson	0.0639
Total Property Crime	36.08 (F)

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Crime Maps and Rates for Nearby Counties

Compared to surrounding counties, the rate of property crime in Colonial Heights City is higher. The table below shows Crime Grades for counties close to Colonial Heights City.

Nearby County	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade
Petersburg City, VA	F	D-	F
Hopewell City, VA	B-	C+	B
Prince George County, VA	B+	B+	B+
Dinwiddie County, VA	B-	C+	B-
Chesterfield County, VA	C	A-	C+
Charles City County, VA	B-	C	C+
Richmond City, VA	D	C+	D
Sussex County, VA	D-	D	F
Henrico County, VA	C-	A-	D+
New Kent County, VA	A+	A+	A+

Crime Maps and Rates for County with Similar Populations

Colonial Heights City is higher versus other counties of the same size for property crime. The table below compares crime in counties with comparable overall population in the county‘s boundaries.

Similar County	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade
Conway County, AR	D-	D+	D+
Shelby County, TX	D	D	D
Seminole County, OK	D	C-	C-
Dawson County, NE	D+	B-	B-
Crenshaw County, AL	B-	B-	B-
Crawford County, MO	C	D+	D+
Crawford County, IL	A-	A-	A-
Craig County, OK	C-	C-	C-
Cooper County, MO	B	C+	C+
Cook County, GA	B-	C-	C-

Considering only the property crime rate, Colonial Heights City is less safe than the Virginia state average and less safe than the national average.

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