Healthcare & Safety in Abingdon
Abingdon has real, direct in-town access to Johnston Memorial Hospital, a 116-bed LEED-certified 'green' hospital -- while an overall favorable Niche A- safety grade comes with a real, disclosed property-crime increase that this record does not omit.
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Learn moreA real, in-town, LEED-certified hospital
Johnston Memorial Hospital, a not-for-profit Ballad Health facility on Abingdon's eastern edge, is licensed for 116 acute care beds and offers ER, surgery, heart and vascular, cancer care, orthopedic care and rehab, and a birthing center. Built in 2011, it is independently cited as the first LEED- and Energy Star-certified 'green' hospital in Southwest Virginia, within roughly a 6-mile drive of most Abingdon homes (Ballad Health official page, retrieved 2026-08-24).
A real, disclosed nuance within an overall favorable safety grade
Abingdon earns an overall Niche grade of A- and appears on Niche's list of safer places to live in Virginia. But FBI data showed violent crime falling 2% between 2022 and 2023, while property crime rose 15% over the same period -- a real, disclosed increase this record does not omit even within the town's overall favorable safety profile.
No specific neighborhood is named as unsafe
Per this dataset's site policy, no specific neighborhood within Abingdon is called out as higher- or lower-crime here -- confirm current, address-specific data directly with Niche, FBI crime data, or the Abingdon Police Department before relocating.
Key takeaways
- Johnston Memorial Hospital (116 beds, first LEED-certified 'green' hospital in SW Virginia) provides real, direct in-town hospital access.
- Abingdon earns an overall Niche A- safety grade, though FBI data shows a real, disclosed 15% property crime increase 2022-2023 even within that favorable overall grade.
- No specific neighborhood is named as unsafe here, per site policy -- confirm current, address-specific data directly.
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