According to NeighborhoodScout's analysis of FBI crime statistics, Yorktown is safer than 62% of the cities and towns in the US of all population sizes. In Virginia, only on the order of 36% of the communities have a lower crime rate than Yorktown. If you live in Yorktown, your chance of becoming a victim of crime in the community is 1 in 74. The US average across communities from the largest to the smallest is 1 in 43.

However, when you compare Yorktown to other communities of similar population, then Yorktown crime rate (violent and property crimes combined) is quite a bit higher than average. Regardless of how Yorktown does relative to all communities in America of all sizes, when NeighborhoodScout compared it to communities of similar population size, its crime rate per thousand residents stands out as higher than most.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Yorktown does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in Yorktown.

Importantly, our analysis shows that Yorktown has one of the lowest violent crime rates in all of America, across cities and towns of all sizes. Murder, rape, armed robbery and aggravated assault happen far less frequently here than in most places. Your chance of becoming a victim? Just one in 10000. Yorktown's violent crime rate is just 0 per 1,000 residents.

NeighborhoodScout's analysis also reveals that Yorktown's rate for property crime is 14 per one thousand population. This makes Yorktown a place where there is an above average chance of becoming a victim of a property crime, when compared to all other communities in America of all population sizes. Property crimes are motor vehicle theft, arson, larceny, and burglary. Your chance of becoming a victim of any of these crimes in Yorktown is one in 74.