What is the crime rate in Smithfield, VA?

In 2025, the Smithfield Police Department reported 26 violent crimes and 81 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 284 violent and 885 property crimes per 100,000 of the 9,155 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: 284
Property per 100,000: 885
Violent crimes: 26
Property crimes: 81

Crime reported by the Smithfield 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	25	277	100	1,108	9,027
2024	25	274	103	1,127	9,137
2025	26	284	81	885	9,155

Violent crimes reported went from 25 in 2023 to 26 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 100 in 2023 to 81 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.

Smithfield against Virginia and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Smithfield	284	885
Isle of Wight County	135	560
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 Smithfield, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Smithfield	—	284	885
Newport News	8.8 mi	794	2,282
Windsor	13 mi	169	709
Portsmouth	16 mi	774	3,264
Hampton	18 mi	277	2,878
Suffolk	19 mi	365	1,252
Poquoson	20 mi	270	909
Norfolk	21 mi	399	3,191
Williamsburg	21 mi	167	1,122

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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