What is the crime rate in Chesapeake, VA?

In 2025, the Chesapeake Police Department reported 823 violent crimes and 3,804 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 320 violent and 1,480 property crimes per 100,000 of the 257,012 residents it serves.

Across Virginia the rates were 211 and 1,395.

Nationally they were 330 and 1,552.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 320
Property per 100,000: 1,480
Violent crimes: 823
Property crimes: 3,804

Crime reported by the Chesapeake Police Department, 2023 to 2025

Offenses known to law enforcement, reported to the FBI; rates per 100,000 residents of the area the department serves
Year	Violent crimes	Violent per 100,000	Property crimes	Property per 100,000	Residents served
2023	1,076	424	4,713	1,855	254,051
2024	889	346	4,530	1,761	257,248
2025	823	320	3,804	1,480	257,012

Violent crimes reported went from 1,076 in 2023 to 823 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 4,713 in 2023 to 3,804 in 2025.

In a small town a handful of incidents moves these numbers a long way, so one year’s change says little on its own.

Chesapeake against Virginia and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Chesapeake	320	1,480
Chesapeake city	320	1,480
Virginia	211	1,395
United States	330	1,552

These are rates per resident; they are not adjusted for visitors, commuters or the size of the area, which raise or lower a town’s figures without changing anybody’s risk.

Crime reported in places near Chesapeake, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Chesapeake	—	320	1,480
Portsmouth	13 mi	774	3,264
Virginia Beach	17 mi	101	1,486
Norfolk	17 mi	399	3,191
Suffolk	18 mi	365	1,252
Hampton	25 mi	277	2,878
Windsor	26 mi	169	709
Smithfield	27 mi	284	885
Elizabeth City	27 mi	350	2,437

Neighboring departments count the same offenses the same way, but their areas, populations and visitors differ, so a difference between two towns is a starting point for a question, not an answer.

How to read these numbers

These are offenses known to the police and reported to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program: crimes nobody reported, or that a department did not record, are not in them.

Violent crime is murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft and arson.

A department reports the crimes in the area it polices, which can differ from the town’s boundaries, and the FBI estimates the population it serves.

The FBI asks that these figures not be used to rank places or to judge how safe a neighborhood is: crime depends on many local factors, and the counts describe a whole town, not any street or home.

A year is shown only when the department reported all twelve months.

FBI: Uniform Crime Reporting statistics and their proper use

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