State Crime Report

NickName: The Old Dominion State Named for England's "Virgin Queen," Elizabeth I Capital City: Richmond Location: 37.531N, 077.474W
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Brief Overview

Virginia offers many positive factors such as low cost of living, lower unemployment rates with more and more new age economy jobs being added; in fact it ranks 4th in knowledge job creation, and 5th in high tech jobs. Other tempting factors are the lower crime rates, least pollutions levels, poverty levels in control and AAA ranking of the state government bonds (S&P 1999)  More Info (Full Report)....

Virginia Crime	VA		USA
Index Offences Total	4511.09	3326.73
Violent Crime Total	240.38	385.32
Murders	4.32	3.95
Forcible Rape	22.62	28.03
Assault	124.47	261.06
Property Crimes	4270.71	2941.4
Burglary	564.27	678.55
Larceny, Theft	3453.4	1942.89
Motor Vehicle Thefts	253.04	320.72
Index Offences Rate	2354.3	2735.58
Murders Rate	3.97	3.02
Forcible Rape Rate	21.03	25.16
Robbery Rate	53.91	52.25
Aggravated Assault Rate	143.05	195.86
Property Crime Rate	2132.36	2459.29
Burglary Rate	365.46	585.46
Larceny, Thefts Rate	1605.97	1660.47
Motor Vehicle Thefts Rate	160.91	213.85
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