Bufford Crossroads, VA Violent Crime Rates and Maps

Bufford Crossroads is a community of 227 in Greensville County, about 35 miles south of downtown Petersburg · Updated November 2026

How common is violent crime in Bufford Crossroads?

Violent crime is low in Bufford Crossroads: an A+, safer than the neighborhoods where 84% of Americans live. Assaults make up 89% of it, and most of those are simple assaults, which involve no weapon and no serious injury.

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Violent crime CrimeGrade™Safety score 951 of 1,000
Less violent crime than most US neighborhoods What this means

84% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more violent crime than Bufford Crossroads as a whole, and 16% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a violent crime safety score of 860, a CrimeGrade™ of A. Bufford Crossroads scores 951.

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 violent crime than most US neighborhoods.

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Overall crimeSafety score 962 of 1,000Safer than nearly all US neighborhoods
A+
Property crimeSafety score 980 of 1,000Less property crime than nearly all US neighborhoods

How it works


Violent crime map of Bufford Crossroads

Map of Bufford Crossroads shaded by violent crime CrimeGrade™, from green for the least crime to red for the most
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How to read the map: each area's color compares its violent crime with the people who spend time there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy downtown or nightlife strip can show red while the homes around it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a solid connection. Compare high speed internet in Bufford Crossroads, VA at ISP Reports.

Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Bufford Crossroads, 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


Violent crime rates and types in Bufford Crossroads

CrimeGrade™ estimates Bufford Crossroads has about 11 reported violent crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 14% less than the US as a whole and close to Virginia.

All violent crime

Assaults

Robbery

Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Violent crime here includes simple assaults, which the FBI's violent crime rate leaves out.

Assault is the most common violent crime in Bufford Crossroads, about 89% of the total.

CrimeCrimeGrade™Reported a yearPer 1,000 residentsUS per 1,000
MurderA+under 10.300.05
RapeA+under 10.930.38
RobberyA+under 10.060.62
AssaultA+210.212.3

Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a violent crime with the people who spend time in an area, not only the people who live there. 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.


Violent crime in Bufford Crossroads and nearby cities

Bufford Crossroads has less violent crime than 6 of its 10 nearest cities.

Nearby cities

PlaceViolentOverallResidents
Bufford CrossroadsA+951A+227
Westover Hills 4 milesA908A+246
Pleasant Shade 4 milesA+970A+236
Emporia 5 milesB+743A-10,400
Jarratt 6 milesA+926A+5,330
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PlaceViolentOverallResidents
Washington Park 7 milesA893A90
Freeman 7 milesA+972A+742
Purdy 8 milesA852A441
Callaville 9 milesA+970A+301
Brink 9 milesA906A+328
Edgerton 10 milesA+965A+317

Nearest first, with each place's distance from Bufford Crossroads. Beside each violent crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).

Compared with cities of similar size and density, Bufford Crossroads has more violent crime than 84% of them.

Cities of similar size and density

PlaceViolentOverallResidents
Bufford CrossroadsA+951A+227
Omar, NYA+996A+227
Gatesburg, PAA+987A+227
Lydia, TXA+985A+227
Dawson, WVA+981A+227
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PlaceViolentOverallResidents
Avondale, WVA+980A+227
Tennille, ALA+974A+227
Pineola, NCA+963A+227
Berkshire, MAA+961A+227
Sunnybrook, CAA+955A+227
Rabbit Hash, KYA+954A+227

What violent crime costs Bufford Crossroads

Counting the pain and suffering of victims, violent crime costs Bufford Crossroads about $1.0 million a year, or $4,566 per resident. The costs that reach a bill, such as medical care, lost work and the justice system, come to about $160,000, or $724 per resident.

Billed cost of violent crime per resident, per year

How the cost breaks down

Pain and suffering are about 84% of that full cost.

CrimeCost a yearPer resident
Murder$130,000$556
Rape$13,000$56
Robbery$420$2
Assault$25,000$111
Total$160,000$724

How CrimeGrade™ works

The violent crime CrimeGrade™ covers murder, rape, robbery and assault, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.

It weighs each violent crime against the people who spend time in an area, so a busy downtown is graded on its workers and visitors as well as its residents.

The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them. Bufford Crossroads is a good example: many people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks worse 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
  • Population and housing figures from the US Census Bureau
  • 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.

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