Virginia Beach, VA crime rate
In 2025 the Virginia Beach Police Department reported 101.1 violent crimes and 1,486.1 property crimes per 100,000 residents it covers. The FBI's estimates for Virginia and the US for the same year are beside each number.
Data as of 2025 (FBI), checked October 30, 2026. How we got these numbers
Data notes.
- Arson, 2021: possibly incomplete. 29 reported; 3 of 12 months zero (Feb, Mar, Nov) while other offenses were reported in those months; 2022: 25 reported. The count is shown; its rate is not compared.
How does Virginia Beach compare with Virginia and the US?
Arson has no FBI state or US estimate, so its row shows Virginia Beach only.
What offenses were reported in Virginia Beach, 2025?
| Offense | Reported | Per 100k | Virginia | US | vs 2024 | vs 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | ||||||
| Violent crime | 460 | 101.1 | 205.9 | 327.6 | up 3.2% | down 11.3% |
| Murder | 15 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 0.0% | up 6.5% |
| Rape | 81 | 17.8 | 23.6 | 36.1 | down 16.4% | up 11.9% |
| Robbery | 139 | 30.6 | 29.8 | 49.4 | down 4.1% | down 2.5% |
| Aggravated assault | 225 | 49.5 | 148.3 | 238.0 | up 19.3% | down 22.0% |
| Property crime | ||||||
| Property crime | 6,759 | 1,486.1 | 1,353.5 | 1,534.8 | down 10.8% | down 6.1% |
| Burglary | 281 | 61.8 | 87.1 | 193.6 | down 31.0% | down 23.9% |
| Larceny-theft | 5,986 | 1,316.2 | 1,154.2 | 1,144.1 | down 9.7% | down 0.5% |
| Motor vehicle theft | 460 | 101.1 | 112.1 | 197.0 | down 8.2% | down 40.9% |
| Arson | 32 | 7.0 | Not estimated | Not estimated | down 23.9% | See data note |
Reported = offenses known to the Virginia Beach Police Department and sent to the FBI. Virginia and US are FBI estimates for the same year. Changes compare rates of full years only.
Violent crime rate, 2021 to 2025
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| Year | Virginia Beach | United States | Virginia |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 114.0 | 387.0 | 225.5 |
| 2022 | 96.4 | 388.7 | 237.5 |
| 2023 | 122.5 | 379.5 | 241.6 |
| 2024 | 98.0 | 362.9 | 222.5 |
| 2025 | 101.1 | 327.6 | 205.9 |
Property crime rate, 2021 to 2025
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| Year | Virginia Beach | United States | Virginia |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1,581.9 | 1,832.3 | 1,449.4 |
| 2022 | 1,754.3 | 1,973.8 | 1,714.1 |
| 2023 | 1,739.0 | 1,934.1 | 1,670.1 |
| 2024 | 1,666.9 | 1,761.1 | 1,584.0 |
| 2025 | 1,486.1 | 1,534.8 | 1,353.5 |
Is Virginia Beach safe?
We don't rate cities as safe or unsafe. What the FBI's numbers show: in 2025 the violent crime rate the Virginia Beach Police Department reported, 101.1 per 100,000 residents, was lower than Virginia's 205.9, and lower than the US rate of 327.6 (FBI estimates). It rose 3.2% from 2024.
What these numbers can't tell you:
- How crime differs between neighborhoods (the FBI publishes agency totals only).
- Crimes nobody reported to the police.
- How many offenses involved visitors and commuters, who are not in the population count.
Violent crime reported to the FBI by Virginia Beach police came to 460 offenses in 2025, or 101.1 per 100,000 residents covered by the Virginia Beach Police Department. That rate was below the Virginia estimate of 205.9 and the US rate of 327.6. Property crime, 1,486.1 per 100,000, was above the state's 1,353.5, and below the national 1,534.8.
The violent rate rose 3.2% from 2024 to 2025. Against 2021, when it was 114.0, it is 11.3% lower. Property crime fell 10.8% in the last year and 6.1% from 2021.
Aggravated assault had the largest fall of the violent offenses from 2021 to 2025, 22.0%. From 2024 to 2025 aggravated assault had the largest rise, 19.3%, and it made up 49% of violent crime. Rape rose the most from 2021 to 2025, 11.9%.
There were 15 homicides in 2025, 3.3 per 100,000. Burglary fell 31.0% from 2024 to 2025, and motor vehicle theft fell 40.9% from 2021, to 101.1 per 100,000. Larceny-theft made up 89% of property crime.
The 2021 arson count is flagged as possibly incomplete because several months were sent as zero, so it is not compared. All 12 months were reported for each of the 5 years shown; NIBRS reporting began in 1999.
Written from the numbers on this page. Every figure and every comparison is checked against the stored FBI data before publishing.
Police employees, 2025: 2.01 per 1,000 residents (711 officers, 201 civilians), FBI Crime Data Explorer. Shown as context, not as a measure of crime.
Other Virginia cities
The nearest Virginia cities with a page, in alphabetical order. VC = violent crime per 100,000, 2025.
Sources
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, Virginia Beach Police Department (ORI VA1280000), offenses known to law enforcement and police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026. Crime Data Explorer
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, Virginia and United States estimated crime (Summary Reporting System estimates), 2021 to 2025.
- FBI, "UCR Statistics: Their Proper Use" (why we don't rank cities).
Every stored file behind this page (11)
- Virginia Beach Police Department (VA1280000): violent crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_VA1280000_violent_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Virginia Beach Police Department (VA1280000): murder, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_VA1280000_homicide__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Virginia Beach Police Department (VA1280000): rape, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_VA1280000_rape__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Virginia Beach Police Department (VA1280000): robbery, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_VA1280000_robbery__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Virginia Beach Police Department (VA1280000): aggravated assault, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_VA1280000_aggravated_assault__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Virginia Beach Police Department (VA1280000): property crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_VA1280000_property_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Virginia Beach Police Department (VA1280000): burglary, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_VA1280000_burglary__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Virginia Beach Police Department (VA1280000): larceny-theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_VA1280000_larceny__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Virginia Beach Police Department (VA1280000): motor vehicle theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_VA1280000_motor_vehicle_theft__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Virginia Beach Police Department (VA1280000): arson, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_VA1280000_arson__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Virginia Beach Police Department (VA1280000): police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/pe_agency_VA1280000__from-2021-to-2025.json)