What is the crime rate in Norfolk, VA?

In 2025, the Norfolk Police Department reported 919 violent crimes and 7,342 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 399 violent and 3,191 property crimes per 100,000 of the 230,068 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: 399
Property per 100,000: 3,191
Violent crimes: 919
Property crimes: 7,342

Crime reported by the Norfolk 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	1,253	543	8,892	3,852	230,849
2024	1,105	479	8,760	3,801	230,460
2025	919	399	7,342	3,191	230,068

Violent crimes reported went from 1,253 in 2023 to 919 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 8,892 in 2023 to 7,342 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.

Norfolk against Virginia and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Norfolk	399	3,191
Norfolk city	399	3,191
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 Norfolk, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Norfolk	—	399	3,191
Portsmouth	7.6 mi	774	3,264
Hampton	9.1 mi	277	2,878
Poquoson	15 mi	270	909
Virginia Beach	16 mi	101	1,486
Chesapeake	17 mi	320	1,480
Newport News	19 mi	794	2,282
Smithfield	21 mi	284	885
Cape Charles	26 mi	152	228

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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