Gretna has an overall crime rate of 11 per 1,000 residents, making the crime rate here near the average for all cities and towns of all sizes in America. According to our analysis of FBI crime data, your chance of becoming a victim of crime in Gretna is 1 in 92. How does Gretna fare compared to other communities in Virginia of all population sizes? Gretna's crime rate is lower than approximately 39% of Virginia communities.

However, when you compare Gretna to other communities of similar population, then Gretna crime rate (violent and property crimes combined) is quite a bit higher than average. Regardless of how Gretna 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 Gretna 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 Gretna.

For Gretna, NeighborhoodScout found that the violent crime rate is well below the national average for all communities of all population sizes. Violent crimes such as assault, rape, murder and armed robbery happen less often in Gretna than in most of America. One's chance of becoming a victim of a violent crime here is one in 1284, which is a violent crime rate of 1 per one thousand inhabitants.

NeighborhoodScout's analysis also reveals that Gretna's rate for property crime is 10 per one thousand population. This makes Gretna 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 Gretna is one in 99.