The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Shenandoah County, VA
Shenandoah County is home to 44,900 residents and includes Strasburg and Woodstock · Updated November 2026
Is Shenandoah County, VA safe?
Yes. Most US neighborhoods have little crime, and Shenandoah County has less than most of them: its overall CrimeGrade™ is A+, safer than the neighborhoods where 81% of Americans live. Violent and property crime both grade A+ here. Its neighborhoods are much alike, from A+ to A-; see the map and the safest and least safe places below.
A+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 939 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
81% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Shenandoah County as a whole, and 19% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Shenandoah County scores 939.
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 Shenandoah County, VA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Shenandoah County, 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 Shenandoah County
Burglaries and car thefts both run low. In Shenandoah County, each runs at a small fraction of the US rate: 0.63 burglaries and 0.74 car thefts a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.4 and 2.7 nationally.
How places in Shenandoah County compare
Every part of Shenandoah County where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Shenandoah County run from A+ to A-; 97% 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.
Cities and towns in Shenandoah County with at least 1,000 residents. Ranked by overall CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer), and the other numbers are residents.
Across the county, the west side has the least crime and the Woodstock and Edinburg areas the most.
Is crime going up in Shenandoah County?
Reported crime in Shenandoah County has fallen since 2019: violent crime is down 18% and property crime down 23%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 1.9 to 1.5 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 11 to 8.7 (US: 18). Neither changed much from 2023 to 2024.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
Shenandoah CountyUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments across Shenandoah County. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Shenandoah County
Violent, US
Property, Shenandoah County
Property, US
2016
-5%
+4%
+2%
+15%
2017
-12%
+4%
+2%
+12%
2018
+6%
+0%
-5%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+4%
+4%
-1%
-8%
2021
-16%
+6%
-13%
-10%
2022
-15%
+5%
-24%
-6%
2023
-17%
+2%
-18%
-7%
2024
-18%
-4%
-23%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Shenandoah County
CrimeGrade™ estimates Shenandoah County has about 24 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 36% less than the US as a whole and 31% 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 Shenandoah County is assault, about 41% 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.
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 Shenandoah County
These figures come from the reports of the police departments across Shenandoah County, 2022 to 2024.
In Shenandoah County, 69% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 33% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (69%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Car theft
Homes (43%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Theft from cars
Homes (33%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Vandalism
Homes (47%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Aggravated assault
Homes (66%)
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 Shenandoah County compares with nearby counties
Shenandoah County has more crime than 6 of its 10 nearest counties. Rappahannock County and Hampshire County, WV have the least crime nearby.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Shenandoah County. Beside each overall CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with counties of similar size and density, Shenandoah County is safer than 51% of them.
Night lighting, density and walkability in Shenandoah County
Two things set Shenandoah County apart: it has 32% of the land where people live lit at night, against 78% nationally, and 2% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. Places like that tend to report less theft and vandalism, and they run low here.
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.32% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 93% of Americans
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery.2% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 89% 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. 91% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D- (8 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 86% of Americans
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JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.30 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 88% of Americans
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft and robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Shenandoah County: F (0 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 86% of Americans
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.10.9 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 64% 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 Shenandoah County
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Shenandoah County about $617 a year per household, 49% 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 $33 million a year, or $740 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$1.6 million
$35
Rape
$1.1 million
$24
Robbery
$71,000
$2
Assault
$4.4 million
$97
Burglary
$250,000
$6
Theft
$1.8 million
$39
Vehicle theft
$510,000
$11
Arson
$39,000
$1
Vandalism
$1.4 million
$32
Total
$11 million
$247
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 Shenandoah County 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 Shenandoah County, VA average a SchoolGrade of C: 72% of students test proficient, against 46% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Shenandoah County on SchoolGrade
