Northwest, Virginia Beach, VA Property Crime Rates and Maps
Northwest is a neighborhood of 79,500 residents in Virginia Beach, about 10 miles northwest of downtown · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Northwest?
Northwest earns a B+ for property crime, with more property crime than the neighborhoods where 66% of Americans live. Theft makes up 65% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades A, and vehicle theft grades A-. Virginia Beach as a whole grades A- for property crime.
B+
Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 702 of 1,000More property crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
34% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Northwest as a whole, and 66% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Northwest scores 702.
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 Northwest, Virginia Beach, VA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Northwest in Virginia Beach, 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 Northwest
Burglary is a strength. Northwest grades B+ for property crime, but burglary grades A, better than in the neighborhoods where 58% of Americans live.
How Northwest compares within Virginia Beach
Most of Northwest grades well for property crime: 82% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 5% in areas graded D or F. Property crime grades across Northwest run from A to F.
82%13%
A or B 82%C 13%D or F 5%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Northwest has less property crime than 0 of the 7 neighborhoods in Virginia Beach. It covers much of the Northwest area.
Is property crime going up in Virginia Beach?
Reported property crime in Virginia Beach as a whole has held about steady since 2019, within 7%. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 18 to 16 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). Property crime changed little from 2023 to 2024.
Property crime, change since 2019
Virginia BeachUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments that serve Virginia Beach. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Virginia Beach
Property, US
2016
+24%
+15%
2017
+11%
+12%
2018
-1%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-15%
-8%
2021
-12%
-10%
2022
-0%
-6%
2023
-2%
-7%
2024
-7%
-15%
Property crime rates and types in Northwest
CrimeGrade™ estimates Northwest has about 33 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 41% more than the US as a whole and 51% more than Virginia Beach as a whole.
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 Northwest, about 65% 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 Virginia Beach
The Virginia Beach Police Department polices Northwest; these figures cover Virginia Beach as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Virginia Beach as a whole, 58% 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 (58%)
Night (midnight to 6 am)
Car theft
Parking lots and garages (38%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (46%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (39%)
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 Northwest and nearby neighborhoods
Northwest has less property crime than 5 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Northwest. Beside each property crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with neighborhoods of similar size and density, Northwest is safer than 67% of them.
Night lighting, walkability and transit in Northwest
Northwest looks like a typical neighborhood on the traits that tend to go with property crime.
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.100% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 85% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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. 78% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (20 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 72% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Northwest: D (18 of 100).4 trips an hourUS: noneLower than for 71% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft.52 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 71% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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 Northwest
Property crime costs Northwest about $17 million a year, or $213 per resident and about $499 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 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. Northwest is a good example: many people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks worse than its CrimeGrade™ suggests.
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
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.
