Hampton is the seventh-largest city in Virginia, with 135,800 residents in Hampton City, about 25 miles northwest of downtown Virginia Beach · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Hampton?
Property crime is high in Hampton: a B, with more property crime than the neighborhoods where 71% of Americans live. Theft makes up 64% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades A-, and vehicle theft grades A-.
B
Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 646 of 1,000More property crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
29% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Hampton as a whole, and 71% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Hampton scores 646.
Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more property crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its property crime with the homes, parked cars and people there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy shopping center can show red while the homes beside it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in Hampton, VA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Hampton, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.
Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports
What stands out about property crime in Hampton
Thefts run high. Hampton has thefts at about double the US rate: 23.9 a year per 1,000 residents, against 13.1 nationally.
Thefts from cars happen in parking lots and garages more often than nationally. In Hampton, 51% of reported thefts from cars happen in parking lots and garages, against 31% nationally.
Where property crime is lowest and highest in Hampton
Low property crime is the norm across Hampton: 62% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 3% in areas graded D or F. Property crime grades across Hampton run from A to D+.
62%35%
A or B 62%C 35%D or F 3%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
1Magruder & Mercury Central, northwestCar thefts run at about half the rate in the rest of Hampton.A-775
2Langley Air Force Base, northCar thefts run about 40% lower here than in the rest of Hampton.B+749
3Foxhill & North King St, northeastBurglaries run at about half the rate in the rest of Hampton.B+731
4Phoebus, southeastThefts run about 40% lower here than in the rest of Hampton.B616
5Northampton, westClose to the rest of Hampton on most crimes.B-614
7Aberdeen, southwestBurglaries run about 40% higher here than in the rest of Hampton.B-540
8Buckroe, eastThefts run about 50% higher here than in the rest of Hampton.C+536
Neighborhood areas of Hampton, ranked by property crime CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer). Each one combines several of the smaller areas on the map.
Is property crime going up in Hampton?
Reported property crime in Hampton has held about steady since 2019, within 1%. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts stayed at about 29 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). Property crime changed little from 2023 to 2024.
Property crime, change since 2019
HamptonUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Hampton. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Hampton
Property, US
2016
+18%
+15%
2017
+11%
+12%
2018
+1%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-17%
-8%
2021
-15%
-10%
2022
+0%
-6%
2023
+4%
-7%
2024
-1%
-15%
Property crime rates and types in Hampton
CrimeGrade™ estimates Hampton has about 37 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 56% more than the US as a whole and 71% more than Virginia.
All property crime
Burglary
Vehicle theft
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Property crime here includes vandalism, which the FBI's property crime rate leaves out.
Theft is the most common property crime in Hampton, about 64% of the total, followed by vandalism and vehicle theft.
Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a property crime with what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for vehicle theft, people and parking for theft, homes and businesses for vandalism. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Where and when property crime happens in Hampton
Hampton has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Hampton, 66% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Car thefts happen most often in parking lots and garages: 38% of them, against 23% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (66%)
Night (midnight to 6 am)
Car theft
Parking lots and garages (38%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (51%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (45%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
Property crime in Hampton and nearby cities
Hampton has more property crime than 7 of its 9 nearest cities. Carrollton and Seaford have the least property crime nearby.
Hampton looks like a typical city on the traits that tend to go with property crime.
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.8.1 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 72% of US city residents
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Hampton: D (15 of 100).4 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 65% of US city residents
Walk GradeBestNeighborhood's grade for getting through daily life on foot, traced along real walking routes to shops, schools and parks. Walkable places tend to report more theft. 87% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (15 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 60% of US city residents
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Lit at nightSatellite images show which neighborhoods are lit at night, a sign of busy streets and businesses. Brightly lit places tend to report more theft and vandalism.99% where people liveUS: 78%Higher than for 62% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft.35 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 62% of US city residents
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.6.6% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 59% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Hampton on shops, parks, home prices, getting around and more.
These traits tend to go with more or less crime; none of them causes it on its own. Sources: Census job counts and housing figures, OpenStreetMap and Overture business listings, CrimeGrade™ parking estimates, NASA night-light imagery, US Forest Service tree cover, EPA transit data and BestNeighborhood's Walk Grade.
What property crime costs Hampton
Property crime costs Hampton about $33 million a year, or $242 per resident and about $581 per household: the value of what is stolen or damaged, plus the police, courts and prisons that respond.
Cost of property crime per resident, per year
How the cost breaks down
Pain and suffering add little to the cost of property crime, so this is close to its full cost.
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Burglary
$2.5 million
$19
Theft
$17 million
$123
Vehicle theft
$4.9 million
$36
Arson
$300,000
$2
Vandalism
$8.5 million
$62
Total
$33 million
$242
How CrimeGrade™ works
The property crime CrimeGrade™ covers burglary, theft, car theft, arson and vandalism, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.
It weighs each property crime against what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for car theft, and the people and parking around stores for theft.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them.
Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.
Where the numbers come from
Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.
