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Crime Map and Safety Score for Roanoke City, Virginia

Browse neighborhood-by-neighborhood crime scores for every Census block group in Roanoke City. Severity-weighted and rate-normalized, built for real estate, PropTech, and location intelligence workflows.

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Roanoke City, Virginia local context

Roanoke City, Virginia is a mid-sized county market, with an estimated 98,355 residents across 43,575 households based on 2024 ACS 5-year profile data.

The housing profile is more mixed than many county pages, with renter-occupied homes at 47.6% and owner-occupied homes at 52.4%.

The county profile also includes broad socioeconomic context, including a 17.1% poverty rate, a 5.6% unemployment rate, 30% bachelor's degree or higher attainment.

Commute context is included as well, with 3.2% of workers reporting commutes of 60 minutes or more.

CrimeScore pairs this county profile with neighborhood-level safety scores and block group map layers so teams can compare local areas inside Roanoke City without relying on one broad county-level view.

County profile data uses 2024 ACS 5-year estimates.

Population 98,355
Households 43,575
Block Groups 77
Bachelor's+ 30%
Owner occupied 52.4%
Renter occupied 47.6%
Poverty rate 17.1%
Unemployment 5.6%
60+ min commute 3.2%

How to read the map

Each colored polygon is a Census block group, typically 600 to 3,000 residents. Greener regions score safer; orange and red indicate higher modeled risk. Click any block group to see its score and grade. A free account unlocks component breakdowns and API access for production use.

About the model

Scores in Roanoke City come from the same gradient-boosted ensemble we ship through the CrimeScore crime data API, crime score API, and embeddable crime map. Built from normalized national location signals and validated across geography. Protected attributes are excluded from scoring, and prohibited/high-impact uses are explicitly out of scope.