What is the crime rate in Poquoson, VA?

In 2025, the Poquoson Police Department reported 35 violent crimes and 118 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 270 violent and 909 property crimes per 100,000 of the 12,986 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: 270
Property per 100,000: 909
Violent crimes: 35
Property crimes: 118

Crime reported by the Poquoson 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	26	206	92	727	12,648
2024	41	321	89	696	12,788
2025	35	270	118	909	12,986

Violent crimes reported went from 26 in 2023 to 35 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 92 in 2023 to 118 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.

Poquoson against Virginia and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Poquoson	270	909
Poquoson city	270	909
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 Poquoson, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Poquoson	—	270	909
Hampton	5.6 mi	277	2,878
Newport News	13 mi	794	2,282
Norfolk	15 mi	399	3,191
Cape Charles	18 mi	152	228
Portsmouth	19 mi	774	3,264
Smithfield	20 mi	284	885
Williamsburg	24 mi	167	1,122
Virginia Beach	28 mi	101	1,486

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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