The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Manassas City, VA
Manassas is an independent city of 43,000 residents, outside any county · Updated November 2026
Is Manassas City, VA safe?
With an overall CrimeGrade™ of B+, Manassas City has moderate crime by national standards. Most US neighborhoods have less: 64% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime. Violent crime grades A- and property crime B+. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Manassas City run from A to B-, so check the map below.
B+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 749 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
36% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Manassas City as a whole, and 64% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Manassas City scores 749.
Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its crime with the people, homes and cars there, on one national scale, from green for the least crime to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy shopping center can show red while the homes beside it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in Manassas City, VA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Manassas City, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.
Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports
What stands out in Manassas City
Burglaries are less common than in most B-graded counties. Manassas City has 0.99 burglaries a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of a B-graded US county, the figure is 2.9.
One weak spot: reported rape. It grades C in Manassas City, worse than in the neighborhoods where 93% of Americans live, against A- for violent crime as a whole.
The safest and least safe parts of Manassas City
Every part of Manassas City where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Manassas City run from A to B-; 11% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
100%
A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Across the county, the southwest side has the least crime and the Manassas area the most.
Is crime going up in Manassas City?
Reported violent crime in Manassas City peaked in 2020 and has fallen 10% since, back near its 2019 level. Property crime is up 22% from 2019. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 2.6 to 2.7 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 15 to 19 (US: 18). Neither changed much from 2023 to 2024.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
Manassas CityUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments across Manassas City. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Manassas City
Violent, US
Property, Manassas City
Property, US
2016
+16%
+4%
+28%
+15%
2017
-4%
+4%
+26%
+12%
2018
+1%
+0%
+1%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+18%
+4%
+1%
-8%
2021
+4%
+6%
+13%
-10%
2022
+16%
+5%
+45%
-6%
2023
+0%
+2%
+16%
-7%
2024
+6%
-4%
+22%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Manassas City
CrimeGrade™ estimates Manassas City has about 44 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 19% more than the US as a whole and 29% more than Virginia.
Overall crime
Violent crime
Property crime
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. These figures include simple assaults and vandalism, which the FBI's violent and property crime rates leave out.
Assault is the most common crime in Manassas City, about 37% of everything reported, and it also accounts for the largest share of what crime costs here.
Each CrimeGrade™ compares a crime with what it affects: people for assaults and robbery, homes for burglary, parked cars for vehicle theft. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Where and when crime happens in Manassas City
These figures come from the reports of the police departments across Manassas City, 2022 to 2024.
In Manassas City, 71% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often in parking lots and garages: 49% of them, against 31% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (71%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Car theft
Parking lots and garages (42%)
Night (midnight to 6 am)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (49%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (30%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Robbery
Streets and sidewalks (30%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Aggravated assault
Homes (54%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
How Manassas City compares with nearby counties
Manassas City has more crime than 9 of its 10 nearest counties. Fauquier County and Loudoun County have the least crime nearby.
Empty homes, night lighting and walkability in Manassas City
Two things set Manassas City apart: it has 2.1% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally, and 41% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. Places with few empty homes tend to report less burglary and arson; here burglary sits near the national middle.
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary and arson.2.1% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 99% of Americans
Lit at nightSatellite images show which neighborhoods are lit at night, a sign of busy streets and businesses. Brightly lit places tend to report more theft and vandalism.100% where people liveUS: 78%Higher than for 99% of Americans
Walk GradeBestNeighborhood's grade for getting through daily life on foot, traced along real walking routes to shops, schools and parks. Walkable places tend to report more theft. 69% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (25 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 77% of Americans
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Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery.41% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 82% of Americans
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.11.5 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 78% of Americans
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.52 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 74% of Americans
These traits tend to go with more or less crime; none of them causes it on its own. Sources: Census job counts and housing figures, OpenStreetMap and Overture business listings, CrimeGrade™ parking estimates, NASA night-light imagery, US Forest Service tree cover, EPA transit data and BestNeighborhood's Walk Grade.
What crime costs Manassas City
Crime costs Manassas City about $1,289 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 7% more than the US figure of $1,205.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost comes to about $46 million a year, or $1,063 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$1.5 million
$35
Rape
$2.1 million
$48
Robbery
$540,000
$12
Assault
$6.5 million
$151
Burglary
$380,000
$9
Theft
$3.6 million
$83
Vehicle theft
$1.1 million
$25
Arson
$15,000
under $1
Vandalism
$2.4 million
$57
Total
$18 million
$419
How CrimeGrade™ works
A CrimeGrade™ shows how much crime an area has compared with the rest of the country, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most. Every neighborhood in the US is graded on the same scale, so a B in Manassas City means the same as a B anywhere else.
CrimeGrade™ starts from the crimes people report to police and measures each kind of crime against what it affects: people for assaults, homes for burglaries, parked cars for car thefts.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them.
Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.
Where the numbers come from
Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.
Schools in Manassas City, VA average a SchoolGrade of D-: 63% of students test proficient, against 39% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in Manassas City on SchoolGrade
