What is the crime rate in Newport News, VA?

In 2025, the Newport News Police Department reported 1,452 violent crimes and 4,172 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 794 violent and 2,282 property crimes per 100,000 of the 182,798 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: 794
Property per 100,000: 2,282
Violent crimes: 1,452
Property crimes: 4,172

Crime reported by the Newport News 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	1,620	882	4,674	2,546	183,600
2024	1,373	748	4,502	2,453	183,563
2025	1,452	794	4,172	2,282	182,798

Violent crimes reported went from 1,620 in 2023 to 1,452 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 4,674 in 2023 to 4,172 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.

Newport News against Virginia and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Newport News	794	2,282
Newport News city	794	2,282
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 Newport News, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Newport News	—	794	2,282
Smithfield	8.8 mi	284	885
Hampton	13 mi	277	2,878
Poquoson	13 mi	270	909
Williamsburg	17 mi	167	1,122
Portsmouth	18 mi	774	3,264
Norfolk	19 mi	399	3,191
Windsor	22 mi	169	709
Suffolk	27 mi	365	1,252

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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