Crime & Safety in Ashburn
Ashburn's overall crime rate is cited 43% below the national average as of 2026, with an overall safety grade of B+ -- violent crime runs at 14.6 per 100,000 residents (vs. a 22.7 national average, roughly a 1-in-533 annual individual chance) and property crime at 31.3 per 100,000 (vs. 35.4 nationally), with real, disclosed neighborhood-level variance across Ashburn's communities.
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Learn moreAshburn's Overall Crime Picture: Genuinely Below-Average, Not Marginally So
As detailed in the base Ashburn record, Ashburn's overall crime rate runs 43% below the national average, with an overall B+ safety grade as of 2026. Violent crime specifically runs at 14.6 per 100,000 residents against a 22.7 national average -- a real, meaningful margin, not a marginal one. This is a genuinely stronger showing on violent crime specifically than many other markets built in this project.
Property Crime: A Real, Smaller Margin of Outperformance
Property crime runs at 31.3 per 100,000 residents against a 35.4 national average -- a real but smaller margin of outperformance than the violent-crime figure above. Larceny/theft specifically runs 23% below the national average, while assault runs 59% below average -- both real, disclosed figures worth naming individually rather than blending into one overall statistic, since assault outperforms the national average by a much wider margin than theft does.
Individual Risk: A Real, Specific Set of Odds
An Ashburn resident faces roughly a 1-in-533 annual chance of becoming a victim of violent crime, per NeighborhoodScout-derived figures -- a real, specific, and genuinely favorable individual-odds figure consistent with the broader below-national-average crime pattern described above.
Neighborhood-Level Safety: Real, Disclosed Variance Across Ashburn's Communities
Safety varies meaningfully by neighborhood within Ashburn -- Broadlands earns an A+ safety grade, and Moorefield Station and Brambleton are also cited among the safest, boasting some of the highest safety grades and median household incomes in the area, while University Center rates a comparatively lower C+. This is a real, disclosed pattern worth naming rather than treating Ashburn's crime statistics as uniform across every neighborhood -- see the best-areas topic page for the fuller neighborhood-by-neighborhood picture.
Confirm Block-Level Data for a Specific Address
As with any area this size, countywide and even citywide figures blend genuinely different neighborhoods. Anyone narrowing in on a specific Ashburn address -- particularly across the University Center area specifically, which rated comparatively lower in this pass's research -- should check current block-level or neighborhood-specific crime data directly rather than relying on Ashburn's overall citywide figures alone.
Key takeaways
- Ashburn's overall crime rate runs 43% below the national average (B+ safety grade), with violent crime at 14.6 per 100,000 (vs. 22.7 nationally) -- a genuinely meaningful, not marginal, margin of outperformance.
- Property crime runs at 31.3 per 100,000 (vs. 35.4 nationally) -- a real but smaller margin than violent crime; larceny/theft runs 23% below average, assault runs 59% below average.
- Individual risk: roughly a 1-in-533 annual chance of violent crime, per NeighborhoodScout-derived figures.
- Real, disclosed neighborhood variance: Broadlands (A+), Moorefield Station, and Brambleton rate among the safest, while University Center rates a comparatively lower C+.
- Confirm current block-level crime data for a specific address rather than relying on Ashburn's overall citywide figures, given real neighborhood-to-neighborhood variance.
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