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Bedford County, VA Arrest Records

Bedford County, VA is among the safest counties in the USA with 0.51 per 1,000 residents crime rate compared to national 4.69 per 1,000 average. It has lower total crime rate than Loudoun, Stafford, Spotsylvania, York, Henry counties in Virginia.
Bedford County, VA property crime rate is 6.13 per 1,000 residents, lower rate than national average of 28.42 per 1,000. There were 347 larceny theft related arrests in 2016 that increased by 10.86% compared to 2015.

Bedford County, VA Crime Rate

Total arrests in Bedford County in 2016 decreased by 3% compared to 2015 and is lower than national average of 33.12 per 1,000 people. Violent crimes decreased from 44 to 40 while non-violent crime decreased by 2.45% from 490 to 478.

5 Crimes In Bedford County, VA in 2016 with the Most Arrests

Crime Arrests
Larceny-theft 347
Burglary 107
Aggravated assault 24
Motor vehicle theft 24
Revised rape 11

Violent Crimes

Violent crime rate in Bedford County decreased by 9.09% from 2015 and decreased by 6.98% in the last 5 years since 2011 from 43 to 40. In 2016 violent crime rate in Bedford County was 89.07% lower than the national average. Your chance of being a victim of a violent crime is 0.051%.

Property Crimes

Property crime rates in Bedford County decreased by 2.45% from 2015 and decreased by 42.69% in the last 5 years since 2011 from 834 to 478. In 2016 property crime rate in Bedford County was 78.43% lower than the national average. Your chance of being a victim of property crime is 0.613%.

How Bedford stands up against other counties

Bedford vs. Rockingham

You’ll be in more risk in Bedford compared to Rockingham county that had 18.47% lower crime rate compared to Bedford county according to the FBI.
Rape rates of 0.1411 per 1,000 people is higher than national of 0.0199 per 1,000 people and lower than average 0.3386 in Rockingham county.
Motor Vehicle Theft rates of 0.3079 per 1,000 people is lower than national of 2.8637 per 1,000 people and higher than average 0.0878 in Rockingham county.

Bedford vs. Augusta

You’ll be in more safety in Bedford compared to Augusta county that had 56.53% higher crime rate compared to Bedford county according to the FBI.
Murder rates of 0.0128 per 1,000 people is lower than national of 0.0614 per 1,000 people and lower than average 0.0533 in Augusta county.
Burglary rates of 1.3725 per 1,000 people is lower than national of 5.0167 per 1,000 people and lower than average 2.7468 in Augusta county.

Names with the most arrests in Bedford

Crime rate by age group, gender, and race

According to the records in Bedford, Virginia, the most crimes, that's 33.33% of all records in county are committed by the people aged between 31-40.

DID you know?

  • The overall crime rate in Bedford County is 0.8% lower than the national average.
  • For every 1,000 residents, there are 1.82 daily crimes that occur in Bedford County.
  • Bedford, VA is more violent than Rockingham.
  • In Bedford County you have a 1 in 151 chance of becoming a victim of any crime.
  • Year over year crimes in Bedford, VA have decreased by 3%.

Bedford Police Departments

Cities in Bedford County

Names in Bedford County