What is the crime rate in Hampton, VA?

In 2025, the Hampton Police Department reported 383 violent crimes and 3,973 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 277 violent and 2,878 property crimes per 100,000 of the 138,041 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: 277
Property per 100,000: 2,878
Violent crimes: 383
Property crimes: 3,973

Crime reported by the Hampton 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	395	285	4,185	3,021	138,533
2024	343	248	4,007	2,902	138,100
2025	383	277	3,973	2,878	138,041

Violent crimes reported went from 395 in 2023 to 383 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 4,185 in 2023 to 3,973 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.

Hampton against Virginia and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Hampton	277	2,878
Hampton city	277	2,878
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 Hampton, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Hampton	—	277	2,878
Poquoson	5.6 mi	270	909
Norfolk	9.1 mi	399	3,191
Newport News	13 mi	794	2,282
Portsmouth	13 mi	774	3,264
Smithfield	18 mi	284	885
Cape Charles	21 mi	152	228
Virginia Beach	24 mi	101	1,486
Chesapeake	25 mi	320	1,480

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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