The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Manassas Park, VA
Manassas Park is a city of 16,800 in Manassas Park City, about 25 miles west of downtown Washington · Updated November 2026
Is Manassas Park, VA safe?
Yes. An overall CrimeGrade™ of A means crime in Manassas Park is low. Most US neighborhoods have little crime too, so Manassas Park sits near the middle: 54% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime, and 46% in neighborhoods with less. Violent crime grades A and property crime A-. Its neighborhoods are much alike, from A to B+; see the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 855 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
54% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Manassas Park as a whole, and 46% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Manassas Park scores 855.
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 Park, VA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Manassas Park, 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 Park
Thefts are uncommon. Manassas Park has thefts at less than half the US rate: 5.8 a year per 1,000 residents, against 13.1 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Manassas Park
Every part of Manassas Park where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Manassas Park run from A to B+; 55% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Manassas Park, the southeast side has the least crime and the center the most.
Is crime going up in Manassas Park?
Reported property crime in Manassas Park has fallen 11% since 2019. Too few violent crimes are reported here each year for a reliable violent crime trend. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 8.7 to 7.7 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 29%.
Property crime, change since 2019
Manassas ParkUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Manassas Park. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Manassas Park
Property, US
2016
+14%
+15%
2017
+1%
+12%
2018
-26%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-12%
-8%
2021
-2%
-10%
2022
+57%
-6%
2023
+26%
-7%
2024
-11%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Manassas Park
CrimeGrade™ estimates Manassas Park has about 21 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 44% less than the US as a whole and 39% less 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.
The largest share of crime reported in Manassas Park is assault, about 46% of the total. It also makes up 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.
The Manassas Park Police Department's 2024 report to the FBI was missing some months of simple assault; CrimeGrade™ filled them in from the department's own monthly pattern.
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 Park
Manassas Park has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 47% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Car theft
Homes (39%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Theft from cars
Homes (47%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (41%)
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 Park compares with nearby cities
Manassas Park has less crime than 5 of its 9 nearest cities.
Two things set Manassas Park apart: it has 50% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally, and 7.0 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally. Places where many residents live in dense blocks tend to report more robbery and car theft, and car theft runs high here.
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.50% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 83% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.7.0 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 81% of US city residents
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 and assault. 71% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.C- (26 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 74% of US city residents
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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 72% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.30 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 71% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.1.2 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 71% of US city residents
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 Park
Crime costs Manassas Park about $625 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 48% less 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 $8.0 million a year, or $477 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$350,000
$21
Rape
$260,000
$16
Robbery
$43,000
$3
Assault
$1.4 million
$82
Burglary
$79,000
$5
Theft
$500,000
$30
Vehicle theft
$340,000
$20
Arson
$6,300
under $1
Vandalism
$370,000
$22
Total
$3.3 million
$199
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 Park 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. Manassas Park is the other kind of example: few people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks lower than its CrimeGrade™ suggests.
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 Park, VA average a SchoolGrade of D-: 65% of students test proficient, against 35% projected for schools like them. Overall, they greatly exceed expectations. See schools in Manassas Park on SchoolGrade
