What is the crime rate in Suffolk, VA?

In 2025, the Suffolk Police Department reported 385 violent crimes and 1,322 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 365 violent and 1,252 property crimes per 100,000 of the 105,574 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: 365
Property per 100,000: 1,252
Violent crimes: 385
Property crimes: 1,322

Crime reported by the Suffolk 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	554	551	1,669	1,659	100,598
2024	386	373	1,644	1,588	103,506
2025	385	365	1,322	1,252	105,574

Violent crimes reported went from 554 in 2023 to 385 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 1,669 in 2023 to 1,322 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.

Suffolk against Virginia and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Suffolk	365	1,252
Suffolk city	365	1,252
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 Suffolk, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Suffolk	—	365	1,252
Windsor	9.7 mi	169	709
Franklin	17 mi	686	2,603
Chesapeake	18 mi	320	1,480
Portsmouth	19 mi	774	3,264
Smithfield	19 mi	284	885
Norfolk	27 mi	399	3,191
Newport News	27 mi	794	2,282
Hampton	31 mi	277	2,878

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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