Map credit: Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service. (Darker shade indicate higher incidence of crime, lighter shades a lower incidence.)
Virginia has one of the lowest crime rates in the country, according to 2012 FBI crime data, as plotted by the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service at the University of Virginia. That applies to both violent and non-violent crime. The Old Dominion is a real outlier compared to other Southern states. Maybe this is more evidence that we’re really not a Southern state anymore! — JAB
