Crime in Virginia Beach, Virginia

Although Virginia Beach has seen an uptick in certain crimes such as burglaries and larcenies over the past few years, overall it remains one of the safest cities in America with a much lower per capita crime rate than many other US cities of similar size.

Crime is ranked on a scale of 1 (low crime) to 100 (high crime)

Virginia Beach violent crime is 10.5. (The US average is 22.7)

Virginia Beach property crime is 33.2. (The US average is 35.4)

NOTE: Click on the links below to see charts for each crime category.

Violent Crimes - Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Property Crimes - Burglary Larceny Auto Theft

Virginia Beach, VA Crime History

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Year	Violent	Murder	Rape	Robbery	Assault	Property	Burglary	Larceny	Auto
2000	209.7	2.5	22.4	101	83.8	3751.1	558	3002.5	190.6
2001	194.5	2.8	25.5	85.2	81.1	3542	529.2	2797	215.8
2002	217.7	0.7	30.1	101.1	85.8	3449.1	522.6	2734.3	192.2
2003	211.2	5.5	27.1	92.8	85.8	3314.1	486.5	2644.4	183.2
2004	226.4	3.4	31.1	108.6	83.4	3042.5	399.2	2471.6	171.7
2005	255.3	4.5	21.5	139.3	90	2988.5	495.7	2324.1	168.7
2006	283.7	4.3	26	153.1	100.3	2903.2	462.5	2306.3	134.4
2007	249.8	3.7	20.2	127.3	98.6	2988.9	495.2	2359.3	134.4
2008	240.2	3.2	16.8	123.7	96.5	2904.2	442.5	2313.9	147.9
2009	208.6	4.1	16	103.6	84.8	3062.8	468.4	2464.8	129.5
2010	188.1	3.2	12.6	96.8	75.5	3035.7	493.5	2393.1	149.1
2011	175.1	3.4	13.5	93	65.2	2737.4	459.8	2176.1	101.5
2012	169.4	4.7	13	72.8	78.9	2617.8	351.4	2158.7	107.7
2013	162	3.8	31.1	67.5	59.7	2490.9	312.2	2079.9	98.7
2014	146.3	3.8	23.7	55.9	63	2174.9	232.8	1861.2	80.9
2015	138.3	4.2	22.7	59.6	51.7	2205.6	211.1	1898.4	96.1
2016	154.5	4.6	28.3	58.7	62.9	2176.1	190.9	1873	112.1
2017	137.6	3.1	22.4	59.9	52.2	1934.6	166	1667.6	101
2018	117.1	1.6	18	38.6	59	1723.3	129.5	1465.9	127.9
2019	129.4	6.7	17.6	43.6	61.5	1760.7	118	1513.7	128.9

Crime in Nearby Cities

City	Violent per 100k	Property per 100k	Pop.	Miles	Data Year
Norfolk, VA	545.7	3,461.5	245,303	16	2019
Chesapeake, VA	456.3	2,273.5	227,531	17	2019
Portsmouth, VA	945.8	5,861.2	101,167	19	2019
Hampton, VA	295.1	2,999.1	139,078	24	2019
Poquoson, VA	189.7	750.5	12,132	29	2019

Crime in Similar Size Cities

City	Violent per 100k	Property per 100k	Pop.	Miles	Data Year
Raleigh, NC	255.7	1,783.1	406,005	160	2019
Durham, NC	730.0	3,807.6	280,282	169	2019
Greensboro, NC	818.7	3,689.0	232,761	217	2019
Newark, NJ	619.0	1,641.0	278,906	290	2019
Jersey City, NJ	522.7	1,903.9	233,242	291	2019

Visualize the relationship between violent and property crime in similar size cities.

Reviews for Virginia Beach 95 Reviews

An okay place to reside - 1/3/2021
If you lived here prior to 2005, your experience in Virginia Beach is likely between good and wonderful. There are still pros to living here. Other reviews have... Read More

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Virginia Beach - 6/17/2019
I lived in the Hampton Roads area for 11 years while I was in the Navy. It was a bit of a culture shock, since I grew up in a small rural town in Maine with 900 people.... Read More

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Great Place to Grow Up - 6/13/2018
I lived in the Kempsville area of VB growing up and loved it. There's no way to be bored when you have so many public and neighborhood parks, libraries, events,... Read More

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